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Hi I am developing a new site for a client. I’m trying to crate a sidebar for logged in users with their avatar, username, notifications and the Buddypress pages. I’m trying to add the avatar with the code below:

<?php
$userid = bp_loggedin_user_id();
$avatarurl = bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $userid, ‘html’ => false ) );
echo $avatarurl;
?>

This works on Buddypress profile page but no other page, is there anything I need to include in the header. This is a personal theme not the Buddypress default. I’m using WordPress 3.8.1 and Buddypress 1.9.2. The site is beta.hyperjake.com

Thanks for your help
Conor

Hi I am developing a new site for a client. I’m trying to crate a sidebar for logged in users with their avatar, username, notifications and the Buddypress pages. I’m trying to add the avatar with the code below:

<?php
$userid = bp_loggedin_user_id();
$avatarurl = bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $userid, ‘html’ => false ) );
echo $avatarurl;
?>

This works on Buddypress profile page but no other page, is there anything I need to include in the header. This is a personal theme not the Buddypress defult.

Thanks for your help
Conor

This code is part of bp-messages-tample.php and it handles the Users list inside the send-to autocomplete pop-up ( compose msg )

But if you change ‘width’ => 15 to ‘width’ => 32 is doesn’t apply and just keeps giving 15px avatar width front-end.

function bp_message_get_recipient_tabs() {
	$recipients = explode( ' ', bp_get_message_get_recipient_usernames() );

	foreach ( $recipients as $recipient ) {
		$user_id = bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() ? bp_core_get_userid( $recipient ) : bp_core_get_userid_from_nicename( $recipient );

		if ( $user_id ) : ?>

			<li id="un-<?php echo esc_attr( $recipient ); ?>" class="friend-tab">
				<span><?php
					echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'item_id' => $user_id, 'type' => 'thumb', 'width' => 15, 'height' => 15 ) );
					echo bp_core_get_userlink( $user_id );
				?></span>
			</li>

		<?php endif;
	}
}

I use the PODs CMS framework plugin to add a bunch of custom user meta fields including an avatar field. All of my users will be registered manually and their avatars will be set when they are created. I want to use the avatars I set through PODs instead of the buddypress avatar (which because I have disabled gravatars, is the default mystery man).

With PODs if I call get_avatar() it pulls in the avatar I upload.

I have been up and down the bp-core-avatars file and looked at the filters for bp_core_fetch_avatar and bp_core_fetch_avatar_url and I can’t seem to get anything to work.

Before I put my fist through my monitor, I’d love to see if anyone can help me with this issue. Not sure why it’s so difficult, it seems like it should be easy… (frankly BP should just look to see if theres a non-default avatar WP avatar through get_avatar and if so, use that.)

Thanks.

I am using the below function to check for Avatar. However the else condition is displaying when users are logged in via social media (FB, Twitter) and they have a profile picture. How can I ignore them? or how can I get their picture to download to the avatar directly

function user_has_avatar(){
global $bp;

if ( bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $bp->loggedin_user->id, ‘no_grav’ => true,’html’=> false ) ) != bp_core_avatar_default() ){

echo ‘Gravatar exists’;
}
else { echo ‘Neither avatar nor Gravatar exist.’;
}
}
?>

I’m using the
bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'html' => false ) );
code.

But it only works when i’m on buddypress generated page.

How can I make it work everywhere on my website?