[mhuntdesign]

Thank you! That fixed the comments avatars. They show up now in the comments. However, It would be great if the avatars changed throughout. The code I submitted works though if someone wants to use this in their template:


echo get_user_meta(get_the_author_meta('ID'), 'user_avatar', true);


Instead of the usual:

echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('ID'), 220, '', '' );


Like I said this only affects users that already have a gravatar existing from the start. (from gravatar.com)

I have things working the way I need on my end so I am very pleased. But ideally we would want to use the get_avatar function. Now, I tried this in and outside of a loop and the same things happens.

Great plugin. Thanks for your help!

[mhuntdesign]

THANK YOU!! That worked!

[mhuntdesign]

Ok so I made some progress with this one. I had to use a different piece of code.

I had to do some research initially to figure out how to display user meta data. Since I new what function to use for that, I was actually only a step away.

I looked on the actual form html code to see the name attribute of an existing custom field then I searched for what was set for the avatar.. which was user_avatar.

Here is the code if it shows through properly:

But first the steps:

1) Get the author id.
2) Get the value of the user_avatar field in the database
3) Since the value starts at a subdirectory of uploads… output that path
as part of the src attribute value.
That does it.


$curauth = (get_query_var('author_name')) ? get_user_by('slug', get_query_var('author_name')) : get_userdata(get_query_var('author'));

$author_id = $curauth -> ID;

$user_avatar = get_usermeta($author_id,'user_avatar');
<img src="/wp-content/uploads/" width="220" height="220" />

The only thing that is not resolved at the point is that the avatars do not update in the comments section for anyone who does not currently use a gravatar icon with their email.

[mhuntdesign]

I did a few more tests. It works for people that already have a gravatar. If the user does not have a gravatar, then it does not replace the existing. The new image does show on the backend, but not on the front using the get_avatar function.

[mhuntdesign]

The latest rc3 from may 4th. I can’t post the url to the dev site publicly. But Basically what I am trying to do is use the avatar field to update the avatar. So it would have to replace the gravatar I suppose.. much like what buddypress does. So what you have here for the account photo: http://user-meta.com/account/ and on the comments on this site for instance, I would assume the expectation of the avatar field is to replace the avatar. That does work but I only see the avatar updated when I go to the WP backend under Users. Is anything anything special to get it ti work? Like I said the normal get_avatar’ function did not work for me. it simply shows the old avatar.

Thanks for taking a look!

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