[Forum] Intermediate "How do I?" questions

[STAlphaAdm]

I have had my CMS 4.2 software for a while and have been testing things like permissions, forums, and color changes. I have found many things by googling and binging them. However, I have arrived at a certain point where it is hard to dig for things. Some things come up when you make a change, that also change another item that you did not want changed.

This software is amazing and I am so very happy for the purchase. I do need some additional help that should be answered here.
Thank you all in advance.



First off, I need a little help with giving a user group an icon. Is this possible so that they can still change their avatar and profile pic on their own? If so, how do I assign an icon or pic to that user group?

[Lynne]

Do you mean you want a certain usergroup to have a default avatar until they assign one to themselves? That is not a default option and would required customized coding which we do not support. Help for that is available over on vbulletin.org, the modification site.

[STAlphaAdm]

Thanks Lynne. Let me clarify a little bit. Maybe just advice is needed.

I wanted a way to allow all users to have custom avatars, yet show somehow, through a user group icon, somewhere that those members were unique and part of a special group that I have already created.

I was browsing the BI Forum and found them doing what I think I want to do also.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?137428-ATTN-USERS-Proper-use-of-the-report-to-moderator-system

[Trevor Hannant]

You could use the User Title field within the Usergroup to link to an image using HTML - this will show up under their username instead of the standard User Title text:

<img src="path/to/image.extension" />

[STAlphaAdm]

Thanks Trevor. I have put <img src="images/avatars/trident.png"/> into into the title of the user group that my members are in. It does not seem to be showing up at all.

[Lynne]

Into the title or into the User Title field textarea?

Can you also get a link to a thread with the user where it isn't working?

[STAlphaAdm]

User Title field: <img src="/images/avatars/trident.png"/>

http://st-alpha.net/showthread.php?12-Server-Information

[Lynne]

You don't seem to have user titles turned on. (Usergroup Setting > Can use Custom Title)

[whitey10tc]

I assume your talking about the rank icon. if so you can use the user ranks in the admincp/user rank/ ad new.

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[STAlphaAdm]

Whitey, that sounds like a yes and a no.

My goal is to have members of a group have an icon indicating they are in that group. Also, I want the user to be able to use their own Avatar. This way both the group icon and the avatar come up in the post each time. If it is rank based, then all my users would have the icon, and that is not the goal.

Lynne, I have turned that feature on inside the user group and the picture still does not come up.

[Lynne]

I get No Thread Specified when I click the link to view the thread.

It does sound like you want to use User Ranks.

[STAlphaAdm]

Sorry about the thread issue. Here is the right thread:

http://st-alpha.net/showthread.php?11-Six-Updater-Information

This user is part of a user group. I have the user title active in the UG. Here is the path, which is browsable.

http://st-alpha.net/images/avatars/Default_Avatar.jpg

I do want this UG to have all its users use an avatar. I don't with for the avatar to be bound by the post count.

[Lynne]

It looks like the user has the title "ST-Alpha Operator"

I do think you want to look into Ranks for what you want.

[STAlphaAdm]

The title is has been applied by editing the individual user profile to say it. The label is there but there is no pic applied to that title, which what I thought the usergroup image entry was for.

If the ranks are bound by post count, that won't work. Is there good documentation on ranks and how to use them from beginner to intermediate?

[Lynne]

If you added the image into the usergroup title, but then allowed users to use their own titles, then the image you entered is going to be replaced by their title. That is why I suggest using ranks. Just set the post count to 0 and everyone in that usergroup will get the rank.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/user_ranks?manualversion=40200603