[silversurfer.wf]

Yes, it worked. Everyone has an actual avatar now instead of a box with the text that says, “picture of username”

Thanks for the help.

[silversurfer.wf]

Dude, that is weird. I figured it out. When BuddyPress forums emailed me your response, it added extra characters in the Email. Then, when I cut and paste it back into BuddyPress forums, the extra characters were removed. I changed the code to remove the extra characters the Email added and the error went away.

[silversurfer.wf]

OK, for some reason that did not cut and paste correctly. The add_filter line looks like this.

add_filter( 'bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav','__return_true' );

[silversurfer.wf]

The following code…

<?php

// Use this file to customize Buddy Press

// This section changes the default avatar to the picture of a box
// the picture is uploaded into WordPress
add_filter( 'bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav','__return_true' );
define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT’, ‘http://www.truesouthernmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/0307152159-02-300×225.jpg&#8217; );
define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT_THUMB’, ‘http://www.truesouthernmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/0307152159-02-300×225.jpg&#8217; );

?>

Returns this error when loading the page…..

Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/cody7670/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php on line 8

[silversurfer.wf]

That shut my site down completely with a syntax error – it could not process the line.