vBulletin now gives users the chance to assign a small image (an avatar) to their user account - after a user selects/uploads an avatar, the image will be displayed next to every message the user posts in the bulletin board. For example:
The administrator can choose to implement the avatar feature in a number of ways: he/she can choose to disable avatars completely, allow users to select an avatar from a list, or upload their own image to use as an avatar. To configure the avatars feature, click on the
Change Options link under the
Options section of the control panel, and then click on
Avatars to move down the page to the relevant section:
From here, you can set the following options:
- Enable Avatars - Use this option to enable/disable the overall use of avatars.
- Minimum custom posts - Minimum number of posts that a user requires before they can choose an avatar.
- Allow uploads - Allow user to upload their own avatar if they have enough posts?
- Allow website uploads - Allow user to upload their own custom avatar from another website if they have enough posts?
- Maximum Dimensions - The maximum height and width of the avatar in pixels.
- Maximum File Size - The maximum file size (in bytes) that an avatar can be.
- Display Height - This option sets the number of columns of avatars displayed to the user via the user control panel avatar selection page.
- Display Width - This option sets the number of rows of avatars displayed to the user via the user control panel avatar selection page.
Once you have selected the options as required, scroll to the end of the page and click on the
[Save Changes] button.