bbPress custom gravatar

[curtismchale]

Been working on a site and have custom gravatars setup for the Wordpress blog. I know would like to have the custom gravatars in the bbPress theme but can't find any information on how to do it.

Has anyone done this or know where to get information on how to do it?

[Ryan]

What do you mean by a "custom gravatar"?

[chipbennett]

Seems to be a terminology gap here.

A Gravatar is the now-Automattic-owned "Globally Recognized Avatar". It is built into bbPress core.

Note: go to Settings -> Discussion to find Gravatar settings.

A Custom Avatar is a user-uploaded profile picture. Various plugins allow use of custom avatars.

[curtismchale]

Yeah I wanted to not use the random 'monster' or blank head when users don't upload their own avatar but to provide a custom one suited to my site. You can do this for Wordpress comment when the person doesn't have a gravatar.

I did find a plugin to do it this morning but I personally would rather have it in my functions file and make it theme dependant like WP does. I'm going to see about modifying the WP version for bbPress.

[Jeffro]

Maybe the wrong way to go about it, but couldn't you overwrite the default Gravatars with the ones you wanted to use?

[chipbennett]

Yeah I wanted to not use the random 'monster' or blank head when users don't upload their own avatar but to provide a custom one suited to my site. You can do this for Wordpress comment when the person doesn't have a gravatar.

The default bbPress allows you to use any of the following:

Blank (no image)
Mystery Man
Gravatar default ("G" on a blue bg)
MonsterID (the one I think you're talking about)
Wavatar (different type of generated "monster")
Identicon (a fractal-based generated image)

I did find a plugin to do it this morning but I personally would rather have it in my functions file and make it theme dependant like WP does. I'm going to see about modifying the WP version for bbPress.

Good idea. I'm sure many people would like to use such a plugin.

[chipbennett]

Maybe the wrong way to go about it, but couldn't you overwrite the default Gravatars with the ones you wanted to use?

I'm surprised there isn't a "user-defined" (or "custom") option in the default list, that would let the user upload his desired image.

[andrea_r]

I did find a plugin to do it this morning but I personally would rather have it in my functions file and make it theme dependant like WP does

Then stick the plugin code in the functions.php file.

[chipbennett]

Then stick the plugin code in the functions.php file.

I don't believe bbPress currently supports functions.php files for themes.

I could be wrong, though.

[Ryan]

I don't believe bbPress currently supports functions.php files for themes.

I could be wrong, though.

Support for functions.php was added in version 1.0 final. It wasn't in any of the betas I don't think and I'm not sure it was in the RC's either.