Post Avatar Support

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  1. Alix
    Posted June 9, 2009 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    I’m interested in finding out if it’s doable for me to add title="" and name="" to the img tag. What I would like is for title="" and name="" to show the filename on hover.

  2. Posted June 9, 2009 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

    No questions, just glad to see some activity from the creator of my favourite WP plugin :D Keep up the great work!

  3. mj
    Posted July 31, 2009 at 2:35 pm | Permalink

    Interesting

  4. limnique
    Posted August 1, 2009 at 9:40 am | Permalink

    Hi, thx for the awesome plugin.

    I have one idea, but i don’t know how to make this. Can you help me?

    I want to avatar will be clickable and send users to the FULL post, like Read More button.

  5. Posted August 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Hi!

    I’m having a question about PA. It shows up on the Write Post page in the Admin Panel, but I also like it to show up on the <Write Page page. Is that possible?

    Thanks for creating such a great plugin for the WordPress community! If you need a translator for the Dutch version of Post Avatar, I can assist.

    Regards,

    Jay

  6. Posted September 16, 2009 at 3:08 am | Permalink

    Hi there, thanks for sharing shuch plug-in. I got a doubt. I didn’t get to make it work yet. My avatars aren’t showing. So here are the comments/doubts:
    a) Can’t the files be as .jpg? What extension they need to be?
    b) My paht is “www.mysite.com.br/myfolder/my-uploads/avatars” and I’ve tried to place in the “path to image folder” input field the following option but none worked:
    1) http://www.mysite.com.br/myfolder/my-uploads/avatars/
    2) http://www.mysite.com.br/myfolder/my-uploads/avatars
    3) http://www.mysite.com.br/myfolder/my-uploads/avatars/
    4) http://www.mysite.com.br/myfolder/my-uploads/avatars
    5) /myfolder/my-uploads/avatars/
    6) /myfolder/my-uploads/avatars
    7) myfolder/my-uploads/avatars/
    8) myfolder/my-uploads/avatars

    Any idea what can be wrong? Thanks in advance.

  7. Posted September 16, 2009 at 3:11 am | Permalink

    Forget the post above, I just got it by using:

    9) my-uploads/avatars/

    :o )

    Thanks!

  8. Posted September 16, 2009 at 3:19 am | Permalink

    Now a new doubt. I don’t want that author avatar be placed at the beggining of the text, ok, I’ve deactivated the checkbox. I use the plug-in “Author Exposed” (http://colorlightstudio.com/2008/03/14/wordpress-plugin-author-exposed/), so I wonder what code should I use to replace the gravatar and what code should I use between the div class bellow to get to make it pick automatically the right author isntead of I point each jpg for every single post.

    ([div class="postavatar"][/div] (replaced )

    Thanks in advance.

  9. danny
    Posted October 4, 2009 at 8:47 am | Permalink

    anyway to when I post it automatically places a default image instead of no image for the avatar because it messes some of my text up when theres no avatar placed in there.

  10. TJ Sherrill
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    I am trying to use Post Avatar while still maintaining normal userphoto_the_author_photo.

    Basically I want to list the avatar if its there else use the userphoto

    IS this possible? I list the most recent blog posts on my homepage and 1 guy posts much more often than the rest and so often his 1 user image shows 3 times. But I want the other users to not need this if they don’t want.

    thoughts?

  11. Kathryn
    Posted February 5, 2010 at 8:11 am | Permalink

    I am not using code but just the insert fxn w/ drop down menu. In firefox, the avatars are fine, but when I view my blog in IE the avatars are smushed. Help?

  12. Kathryn
    Posted February 5, 2010 at 1:07 pm | Permalink

    When I look at my blog in IE the avatar is all smushed and you can’t see the picture. I don’t know how to use code or html so I’ve just been using the drop-down insert menu. Help?

  13. Posted February 5, 2010 at 4:22 pm | Permalink

    I’ve got post avatar running so that it’s in the feed next to search results. The problem is, when I click a tag, all of the similar tags are listed with a recently uploaded avatar, and not the avatar for the actual post.

    Example– go to the site I used as my site for this comment. In the search results they all have their avatar, but if I click a tag, say Hair/Red, I get the same image of the same person for every result next to the posts.

    What can I do to fix this?

  14. Posted February 5, 2010 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

    Yeah it’s right out of the box, auto-install and check to show avatar in RSS Feed.

  15. Posted February 12, 2010 at 9:34 pm | Permalink

    http://www.ericcrooks.com/ It’s Writer’s Blog.

  16. Posted February 14, 2010 at 9:19 pm | Permalink

    I’m running a header image on the theme options and I changed just a hex color code, that’s really it. As for plugins I’m using yours, Contact Form 7 (http://contactform7.com/), Search Tags (http://projects.jesseheap.com/) which allows tags to be a searchable term, and custom search (http://www.don-benjamin.co.uk/tag/custom-search/) which allows me to set my own search criteria.

    I haven’t made any changes to the Style Sheet or Markup in the theme.

  17. Posted February 14, 2010 at 9:25 pm | Permalink

    Ha! Just got your second message. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I love your plugin. I use it on my Professional Site too. Thank you again.

  18. Posted February 26, 2010 at 11:17 am | Permalink

    You made my life much easier. Thats exactly what I was looking for. Will be implementing it this afternoon. Thank you.

  19. Posted March 9, 2010 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

    To send a Spanish translation of the plugin?

  20. Vix
    Posted March 10, 2010 at 12:02 am | Permalink

    If you have a translation send it me at vix@garinungkadol.com and I’ll add it to the plugin

  21. Shawn
    Posted March 26, 2010 at 8:56 am | Permalink

    How do you get the post avatar to align to the right of the post, instead of the default left?

  22. Mar
    Posted May 3, 2010 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    How do I get the text to align left next to the avatar instead of below it in a post?

  23. Vix
    Posted May 4, 2010 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    If you’re using the automatic template display, the image will appear on the left of the text.
    Can you send me a link to your website so i can take a look at the html source.

    • Posted August 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

      I am having the same problem…

      “How do I get the text to align left next to the avatar instead of below it in a post?”

      Thanks for the Help!!!!!!

  24. Yash
    Posted May 10, 2010 at 4:54 am | Permalink

    Is there an easy way to display avatars in the sidebar next to their relevant post link? I can show the avatar for whatever page I’m on of course but I’d like to fetch multiple ones from a list of recent posts (wp_get_archives).

    Thanks and sorry to bother!

  25. Posted May 22, 2010 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    When using the plugin, I get avatar images in the header on individual post pages?
    http://www.daddystork.com/2010/05/22/waking-up-in-hotels-and-the-great-pee/

    any thoughts on why this may be?

  26. Vix
    Posted May 23, 2010 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

    I can think of two possible reasons:

    (1) If you’re using the template tag, the header is inside the WordPress Loop.
    (2) If you’re using the automatic display, there is another plugin using “the_content” filter inside the header.

    I will need to see the theme that you are using along with your currently installed plugins to further diagnose the problem.

  27. Koz
    Posted May 27, 2010 at 12:22 am | Permalink

    Hello,

    Is there a way to get the avatar to display in the post title? I’ve tried adding this to the index.php:

    This causes it to display before my top most post, what I think is considered part of the header area. Any guidance on this would be much appreciated. Thank you.

  28. Vix
    Posted May 27, 2010 at 3:00 am | Permalink

    The easiest way would be to remove the default filter and then hook into the title like this:


    remove_filter('the_content', 'gkl_postavatar_filter', 100);
    add_filter('the_title', 'gkl_postavatar_filter', 100);

  29. Koz
    Posted May 28, 2010 at 1:07 am | Permalink

    Thanks for your reply Vix, I’ve tried playing that code in a few different places (i’m not entirely sure where to put it), and it seems to be adding my avatar on its own line and bumping my title box down below it. Any ideas? Thanks again, sorry for my ignorance when it comes to this.

  30. Vix
    Posted May 28, 2010 at 1:47 am | Permalink

    Yeah, using the add_filter for the_title tag wasn’t such a good idea. On my test installation, it ended up placing it beside all references for the_title (Link: http://i.garinungkadol.com/images/posts/add_filter_the_title.jpg)

    What you need to do is keep the remove_filter tag

    remove_filter( 'the_content', 'gkl_postavatar_filter', 99 );

    But you’ll have to use the gkl_postavatar tag inside your theme’s templates.

    Where the loop is and just before where the the_title tag is located place this:

    <?php gkl_postavatar('postavatar', ' ', ' '); ?><php the_title(); ?>

    So you get the desired result: (http://i.garinungkadol.com/images/posts/the_title_template_tag.jpg)

    What theme are you using so I can point you in the right direction?

  31. Koz
    Posted May 29, 2010 at 10:39 pm | Permalink

    Hi Vix,

    I’m using Comic Press currently, I could link you to my site if that is helpful at all.

  32. Vix
    Posted May 31, 2010 at 2:21 am | Permalink

    I’m going to get the Comic Press theme and check out where the problem is happening.
    A link to your site would be greatly appreciated – makes it easier for me to troubleshoot.

  33. Vix
    Posted May 31, 2010 at 2:59 am | Permalink

    Koz, here is the code that you need to place inside functions.php (http://pastebin.com/yGWVSney).

  34. Koz
    Posted May 31, 2010 at 3:35 am | Permalink

    Hi Vix,

    Thank you so very very much for your help. I really can’t express my gratitude for you going above and beyond to such an extreme. You are truly a gift to those that you come into contact with. If you’re interested, the link to my site is http://www.damagespec.com It’s still very much under construction so there are certain elements that are quite ugly at the moment, but most of which are just for testing purposes to make sure I can get it working. As you can see, the avatar now displays perfectly in the post title where I want it. Thank you again so much.

    -Koz

    • Posted August 17, 2010 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

      Wow that looks great can you show me how you guys did that?

      Thanks

  35. Vix
    Posted May 31, 2010 at 5:13 am | Permalink

    No problem Koz. I’m happy to help.

  36. Gee
    Posted June 1, 2010 at 7:05 am | Permalink

    Hello, iv tryed for hours to try to get this the way i want it.I am trying to get it to be a similar layout to this site http://www.insidebigbrother.net
    the only css i can do to change width is .postavatar { width : 10xp;}
    etc.. please help

  37. Gee
    Posted June 1, 2010 at 11:50 am | Permalink

    Ok that was a big vague , i have used (ticked) to post the avatar instead of placing the code to show in the index.php. in doing this is have edited the gkl-postavatar.css to suit the look at want. though it is to the left of the text how do i also get it to the left of the header and meta etc… what css code would need to go in.. the above post link shows what i mean.thanks

  38. Vix
    Posted June 1, 2010 at 11:56 pm | Permalink

    Gee, I took a look at the link you provided and you will need to customize your template to get a look like this screenshot.

    I’ve sent you an e-mail with further information.

  39. Koz
    Posted June 5, 2010 at 2:20 am | Permalink

    Hi Vix,

    I had a quick question for you about the code you gave me the other day. Which again, I sincerely appreciate. It appears that it has linked the post avatar to the post title text and I can’t figure out a way to separate the two. I’m wondering how to do this because it seems to have bumped my post title’s text down so it’s covering the date and author. When i try to modify .post-title margins or padding etc, it moves the avatar as well. Any ideas? The link is http://www.damagespec.com if you would like to see what I’m talking about.

    Thank you very much,

    -Koz

  40. Vix
    Posted June 5, 2010 at 4:46 am | Permalink

    Koz, here is the updated code snippet. I moved the display of the post avatar before the

    tag. http://pastebin.com/t4vxGzn8

    I also edited the style.css after Line 43: http://pastebin.com/iGiNcmti which floats the postavatar class as well as the post-title class.

  41. Koz
    Posted June 6, 2010 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

    Hi Vix,

    Thank you so much for all of your help, I sincerely appreciate everything you’ve done.

    The page is looking much better now, my post title’s are finally how I want them.

    Thank you so much,

    -Koz

  42. Posted June 19, 2010 at 6:13 am | Permalink

    This is a fantastic plugin – EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for – I just have one small problem – I want the text from my post to wrap around the image. I note a couple of earlier posts asked the same question but I didn’t locate a definitive response.

    I unchecked “show avatar in post” and added the default code in the loop in my theme editor so that the avatar displays under the author name:

    I tried to edit the gkl-postavatar.css but this has not worked.

    I would be really grateful if you could advise me the simplest way to wrap the text. I noticed that from within my WordPress admin panel in the plugin editor section that when I brought up the gkl-postavatar.css that in brackets it said “inactive”

    Does this mean that this file is not being utilised?

    Help!

  43. Posted June 26, 2010 at 1:15 am | Permalink

    I used post-avtar plugin ,It succuss fuly installed but It is not working in my blog ..
    (Select the image name from the list.) This point is not See in my admin section please find out my broblem or any help thanks..

  44. Posted July 1, 2010 at 8:15 am | Permalink

    Greetings program !!!

    I have what is probably the simplest question. I’m trying to get the avatar in my posts to align to the absolute top left center of my posts. I see where the floating alignment tag is in the .css editor but I’m no css expert, meaning i’m not about to go playing around in there without some assistance.

    is it possible to align the avatar that way, and if so what do I need to do? The avatar in the current post is the one that will be used from here on in though i plan to make several others later, but they will all be the same size.

  45. Dokken
    Posted July 22, 2010 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    How do we remove the big bold border around the photo,

    Sample:

    http://i.garinungkadol.com/images/posts/post-avatar-default-vs-custom.jpg

    thanks

  46. Webjoker
    Posted July 31, 2010 at 3:45 am | Permalink

    I am trying to use this on WPMU 2.9.2. It works fine on the main blog but when I activate it and try to change the settings for any other blog it does not keep them. Any reason why this could be happening. When you click save changes it wants to goto the main blog address and not stay with the sub blogs address. By the way it is a great plugin and would like to use it.

    thanks.

  47. Vix
    Posted August 1, 2010 at 9:34 pm | Permalink

    I’ve only ever tested this plugin with the self hosted version of WordPress so I’m not certain of how it works with MU.

    Let me see what changes to the plugin are needed for it to work better with MU.

  48. Posted August 4, 2010 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    When you say “* Path to Images Folder – location of your images ” Where do I put the images? Is this reffering to the media Library?

  49. Vix
    Posted August 4, 2010 at 8:15 pm | Permalink

    The folder where images are located can be the location to you Media Library (usually wp-content/uploads). But this will result in all images (including the big ones) to be available for selection.

    I normally create a folder within wp-content and place all my small images there. So the path would be wp-content/images/icons.
    But you can specify any path as long as it is in relation to where WordPress is installed.

  50. Posted August 5, 2010 at 6:56 am | Permalink

    Hey there Vix,

    Have a question I hope you can help me with.

    As you can see on my blog right here there’s quite a big “hole” below the post avatar.

    I can’t seem modify this right, so I can’t remove it. Basically I’m just looking for a 5px padding below the picture so that the text wraps around the image.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks in advance.

    • Vix
      Posted August 5, 2010 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

      I see the problem that you’re having. After some troubleshooting, it appears that you need to remove the css from the postavatar div and place it under .postavatar img
      I’ve sent you an e-mail with the css code that you need.

  51. Posted August 5, 2010 at 10:19 am | Permalink

    Thanks so much this is a great plugin… But how do I create a folder in the media library? … Sorry I am a nubie.

    • Vix
      Posted August 5, 2010 at 8:28 pm | Permalink

      The plugin doesn’t create the folders, you need to do that yourself using your website’s control panel or via FTP/SFTP.
      Then you must upload the images to that folder before the plugin can see them

  52. Jeff
    Posted August 18, 2010 at 9:11 pm | Permalink

    i have a trouble with post avatr since the last worpress upgrade:
    here is the trouble
    http://ow.ly/i/3dyM

    • Vix
      Posted August 18, 2010 at 10:18 pm | Permalink

      The problem that you’re having is not with the post avatar plugin.
      Post avatar doesn’t have any functionality regarding cropping images

  53. Posted August 20, 2010 at 11:09 pm | Permalink

    I need help. I just upgraded the plugin. I used to have the avatars appear like this:
    http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1973/helpj.jpg

    Now after the upgrade they appear like this:
    http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3809/help2s.jpg

    What should I do to fix the space?

    • Posted August 20, 2010 at 11:51 pm | Permalink

      nevermind – fixed it. thanks!

  54. Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:58 am | Permalink

    Hi,

    Thanks for plugin but I have a problem. Can I upload avatar automatically in uploads folder(uploads/icons) folder…How possible?

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