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Hi there,

I too am facing a problem with Avatars.

I am installed BP on a fresh WordPress, no MU involved.

The BP is installed here http://www.waapsols.com .. some how I can’t get the upload avtar thing to work.

It fails during cropping. Can you please check and comment.

Tagging this thread. The problem with uploading and cropping member avatars reappeared after upgrading from bp 1.2.2.1 to 1.2.3. I originally had to do the fix mentioned by kb734 in version 1.2.2.1. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next release. Just one note, I did not have to define the full url path in Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings. I just left it blank and problem solved.

ok – here’s the situation. I just changed the url on the site to it’s actual one since we are supposed to be out of test mode now and in the real world.

Avatars are uploading, but are not showing up in the profile for cropping. I get this as a link on the image:

http://xxxx.xxx/members/mha/profile/change-avatar/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2/arrow-downright6.gif

but nothing shows up on the page except 2 beige squares saying Avatar to Crop and Avatar Preview.

Same thing is happening with my Group Avatars. When I go to the file server, the images have uploaded to the Avatars folder. Any ideas??

Running WP Single User 2.9.2 with BuddyPress Plugin 1.2.3

I am unable to change/upload avatars, too.

WP 2.9.2

BP 1.2.2.1

Template Pack installed on current WP theme

http://www.MyVintageAddiction.com

I tried the fix suggested by gian-ava and unfortunately- no change. Help?

The above fix does address the issue of the images not appearing after upload, but I still don’t see the jCrop tool with the options to crop the image properly.

@MrMaz I’ve got some good news for you. While I still can’t get the avatars to work via the thumbnail chooser, I have gotten avatars to work on a single wordpress install when choosing to “Customize” the link’s avatar. In my case it can crop the image and upload the thumbnail and fullsize pic to /wp-content/uploads/link-avatars/

In case this helps anyone else… I had to use the “Full URL path” in wordpress’ Settings > Miscellaneous to get BuddyPress user avatars to upload (in case someone wants to use a different avatar than their Gravatar)

Full URL path example: http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads

Part of the problem is it’s also not very obvious that they are supposed to check their email.

Having that warning on the same page as crop the avatar makes no sense. Heck even I didn’t see the message up there.

Maybe having a separation between the avatar upload/crop and the message to check your email would help?

–make it it’s own page in the steps to registering?

I’ve run into a similar problem but it’s not related to the emails not going through.

In testing, I have found that almost without exception, that no one pays attention to the text above the crop avatar to check their email for the validation.

The system takes the user to the crop avatar portion, which they do, but after submitting their new avatar, they are left on the same screen, with just a small text warning above the avatar to activate their account.

Actually, it even caught me off guard a few times, not realizing I needed to activate a new account.

Maybe in the future make this much more obvious?

Which theme are you using and which WP version?

Same issue, just updated to 1.2.3 from 1.2.2.1 today and cannot upload a new avatar image since the old ones disappeared. Also had fatal errors when using the automatic upgrade. Needed to delete buddypress and do a complete fresh install.

In 1.2.2.1 needed to use the following to correct a cropping issue. Tried it on 1.2.3 and it does not help with the missing image. Not sure if this is still a problem in 1.2.3. Also using BP Album+.

To correct cropping issue:

Go to Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings

Set “Store uploads in this folder” to “wp-content/uploads”.

Set “Full URL path to files” to the REAL FULL PATH of your uploads.

Then change bp-core-avatars.php line 389:

Replace:

if ( !$path = get_option( ‘upload_path’ ) )

$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/uploads’;

With:

if ( !$path = get_option( ‘upload_path’ ) )

$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/uploads’;

else $path = ABSPATH . $path;

Hi Ed,

I responded to a post you made about 30 mins ago, please check out those threads before creating a new one.

Please browse through the recent topics or do a search before replying or adding a new post.

The following thread was made just five hours ago:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/cannot-change-avatar-1

I have the same problem. I only have the buddypress plugin installed.

Here is the funny thing: on a test site on my local machine everything installed and works perfectly.

On my web site is installed the same way I have the problem.

If you use firefox and firebug to inspect the code you will see there is a / missing from the img src line.

I have tried the buddypress default theme and a few more, same problem.

I have all the folders on my web site set to 777 to be sure there were no unreported writing errors.

the key lies in that line of code but I don’t know how to fix it.

Ed Pitts

Check out this thread:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/avatar-cropping-after-upload-image-and-cropper-dont-appear-fails

See if that helps.

@gian-ava Thanks!

@the-molitor Did you try the code and settings above?

I’m still having trouble with the cropping tool not appearing.

Anybody?

Just did the work-around provided by gian-ava and my site is running fine now. Avatars upload properly, can be cropped and saved like the system should. It’s funny though because I have the same versions running on another domain and have no problems at all changing avatars, saving or cropping.

The change from @gian-ava to the bp-core-avatars.php file on line 389 corrects the problem when running a single installation of wordpress.

Thanks @gian-ava

Similar issue for me too. I’m running the latest BuddyPress template package on my normal WordPress install. The image appears correctly in the cropping section after upload, but the actual cropping tool doesn’t appear.

Reference site: http://1stbaptistchurch.org/activity

I’m also facing the same problem with

WP 2.9.2

BP 1.2.2.1

bp-default theme

Please help

Thanks