1) I installed the WP-prettyPhoto plugin (maybe this is not necesary, but I think I need it )

2) activate the bbpress-login widget by putting it in the sidebar (in the WP admin section)

3) I addded this script to my sidebar.php: (in my case in wp-content/themes/inove/)

<script type="text/javascript">
function user_avatar_refresh_image(img){
jQuery('#user-avatar-display-image').html(img);
}
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var swrAjax = {
ajaxurl: "http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
};
</script>


4) add jquery to the head section:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js?ver=1.3.2"></script>

5) I added these lines to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-core-widgets.php, just
after "<?php else : ?>" (line 132):
(this will show the avatar when the user is logged in)

<div id="user-avatar-display" >
<p id="user-avatar-display-image"><?php echo get_avatar( bbp_get_current_user_id(), '100' ); ?></p>
</div>

<?php
echo 'Upload avatar
';


You have to configure the css for a nice layout.

I think BBPress is an excellent plugin but I think it should provide a way members can upload avatars.

How do you upload avatars in this actual BBPress forum? Is there an option in profile edit?

Many thanks

It's more of a UI and face-of-the-site issue...

Regarding the plugins, I do hope someone will take a crack at them soon :-)

OC2PS - when are we going to start seeing some of these plugins you keep suggesting? :)

I'll keep you posted.

Just upload profile pics via users menu.

I wanted to allow the member to do it via my webpage rather than having access to wordpress. i.e. via profile edit in BBPress.

I have found a temp solution that works for me, however I'am using eMember plugin that is integrated with Gravatar. http://en.gravatar.com/

Maybe this is something the BBPress team can add on their next update as I'm sure many people would like this option?

Hi MTPrower, I'm going to carry on looking for a solution, hopefully someone can help on here, but I'll keep you updated with my progress. Could you let me know if you find a solution as well?

Many thanks

I have recently installed BBPress plugin on my website, which I use with WordPress.

I've been searching for a solution to allow my members to be able to upload their own avatars via the user edit section on BBPress.

At the moment the defualt WordPress avatar is used which looks rather boring. I have found two plugins that have been built for this purpose however I can't seem to get either to work.

These are http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/avatar-upload/ and http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bavatars/

avatar-upload plugin requires a number of changes and even when I follow these steps I can't get it to work. Bavatars doesn't work either when I follow the WP option.

Does anyone know of a simple solution?

Thanks in advance
marques_uk1

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-2-plugin-how-to-change-default-avatar-size-to-match-buddypress

but I haven't come with the right solution yet so far...

ps - avoid hacking bbp core template files, you should use filters

instead in the single-forum view under the freshness coulumn, I get some last poster pictures sized 14px (default) and some other at full size

I have no idea why this is happening, and looks very random...

sigh, I wish this whole thing was easier to accomplish...

function sg_author_avatar($size) {
    global $post;
    if ( function_exists('bp_core_fetch_avatar') ) {
        echo apply_filters( 'bp_post_author_avatar', bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'item_id' => $post->post_author, 'type' => 'full', 'height' => $size, 'width' => $size ) ) );
    }
    elseif ( function_exists('get_avatar') ) {
        echo get_avatar(get_the_author_meta('ID'), $size );
    }
} 

function sg_bp2bb_author_avatar() {
    $author_avatar = sg_author_avatar('150');
}
add_filter('bbp_get_reply_author_avatar', 'sg_bp2bb_author_avatar')

bbp_reply_author_link( array( 'sep' => '', 'size' => '150' ) );

actually resizes the avatar to the desired size

HOWEVER, it fetches the buddypress thumbnail avatar - in my case uses the 50px thumbnail and stretches it to 150px, which is ugly

I want to fetch the 150px (full width buddypress avatar ) and display as it is...

Call to undefined function post_author_avatar_link()

thank you

My bbpress 2.x forum installation, however, has set by default 80px forum avatar images

How can I set the avatar size for the forum threads to be the same as buddypress?

thank you

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_THUMB_WIDTH', 50 );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_THUMB_HEIGHT', 50 );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH', 150 );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT', 150 );

you can define custom sizes for your BP avatar, replace 50 or 150 with the size in pixel you want

I'm trying to replace the size of the default bbPress forums avatar from 80 to 150px to match my BP_AVATAR_FULL size... bbPress 2.1 plugin is using 80by80px avatars by default apparently, do you know where to change that value to match 150px?