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So – in 1.1 BuddyPress does not query the database to fetch avatars, it expects them to be in specific folders and with specific names.

Likely what it happening is the permissions on the folders denied BuddyPress the access it needed to move avatars around and into the format/location needed for 1.1. Most of the problems will be related to group avatars mixing up with user avatars, as they were in the same folder for 1.0.

The quickest option is to remove the /wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/avatars/ directory and let BuddyPress rebuild your avatars as people upload again. Anyone who has a Gravatar will revert back to that image, so not all will be lost.

Other than that, you can use this code below to place group avatars in the correct place, so they don’t conflict with user avatars (this normally runs on upgrade). Make sure the permissions on the avatar folder allow for BuddyPress to move files around.

function move_group_avatars() {

/* On upgrade, handle moving of old group avatars */

$groups = groups_get_all();



foreach ( $groups as $group ) {

/* Don't fetch and move gravs, default images or empties */

if ( empty($group->avatar_thumb) || strpos( $group->avatar_thumb, 'gravatar.com' ) || strpos( $group->avatar_thumb, 'identicon' ) || strpos( $group->avatar_thumb, 'none-thumbnail' ) )

continue;



$start = strpos( $group->avatar_thumb, 'blogs.dir' );



if ( false !== $start ) {

$avatar_thumb = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/' . substr( $group->avatar_thumb, $start, strlen( $group->avatar_thumb ) );

$avatar_full = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/' . substr( $group->avatar_full, $start, strlen( $group->avatar_full ) );



if ( !file_exists( $avatar_thumb ) || !file_exists( $avatar_full ) )

continue;



$upload_dir = groups_avatar_upload_dir( $group->id );



copy( $avatar_thumb, $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . basename($avatar_thumb) );

copy( $avatar_full, $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . basename($avatar_full) );



unlink( $avatar_thumb );

unlink( $avatar_full );

}

}

}

add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'move_group_avatars' );

Put that somewhere so it can run, maybe temporarily paste it at the top of bp-core.php, then remove it when you are done.

Jugoretz: I would definitely play more on a development server, get things up to speed then push it on the live site. If you’ve made a lot of modifications and customizations then with this version you will unfortunately have a more difficult upgrade path.

The way things work in 1.1 are much more solid moving forward, but they may cause some people who are heavily invested in 1.0 a bit more work.

Hmmmm – what should that code do for me? The missing avatars in groups are still missing… But maybe I am missing the point here. Can someone point me in the right direction?

+1

I managed to retrieve the old avatars from 1.0 by copying previous directory but new members cannot change avatar, same behavior: upload OK but avatar not changed.

John, can you give us the directory where the avatars are supposed to be? It can help me a lot to understand. Because I not only migrated from 1.0 to 1.1, I also change blog organisation by adding a blog to take care of all Buddypress stuff.

Before 1.1:

– only one blog : http://www.casualgames.fr, with buddypress page on the same base

After 1.1:

– the previous blog is still http://www.casualgames.fr but without any access so buddypress pages, all BP is on http://www.casualgames.fr/bp (a sub blog using buddypress theme)

Any help? I have dozens of new users every days… none of them can change the avatar

@Michel: no idea for the ticket. If you have same issue, it seems to be a reproducible bug on some blogs. Hope some BP coders will read us.

My technical team resolved the issue using a symbolic link:

/www/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/avatars/

is now a symbolic link to /www/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/avatars/

It’s not working for the groups, but for users it is OK!