Question [Solved] Avatar Gallery Not Functioning Properly

I'm using Installed version: Kunena 1.5.9 | 2010-01-23 | 1869 [ Susurrate ]

My problem is that I can successfully upload avatars from the "Default Gallery" but I can't select an avatar from the very same gallery. The avatars appear and you can bullet one of them, but Confirming the selection does not register the selected avatar and not even the "NoPhoto" avatar is then available.

Curiously, some places say the gallery folder is /components/com_kunena/kunena.files.distribution/avatars/gallery, as does the Admin Forum Configuration screen. Yet, I've found that only the /media/kunena/attachments/legacy/avatars/gallery is processed.

Also, I'm developing on WAMP where I can't adjust permissions, but as I said, I can upload from that folder.

Hello,

You can try with K1.5.10 if this works better.

i found K1.5.10 avatars work perfectly you can even upload ur own as a user and it works with no errors

I see the bug fix list for 1.5.10 contains [#19902] Remove extra { which causing issues with avatar uploading.

I checked the table and that is indeed what is happening. An extraneous "{" is prepended to the avatar name and stored in the table.

However, I hesitate to reinstall/update Kunena. I've done so much customization I'm just afraid I'll break it.

Instead, I opted to fix the offending location for the avatar selection process,which appears to be around line 335 in components/com_kunena/template/default/plugin/myprofile/myprofile_avatar_upload.php as there is a double curly brace "{{" at the beginning of the assignment that needs to be corrected to a single open curly brace.

The same issue seems to also apply to around line 162 involving the delete process.

nikkie wrote:

However, I hesitate to reinstall/update Kunena. I've done so much customization I'm just afraid I'll break it.

This is one of the main reasons for developing K 1.6: because users make a lot of custom CSS changes, and hacks to the code to present the information in a specific, tailored way.

Although we're always happy to see users share their ideas, their hacks, everyone should remember that the changes you make today will be dead-weight that you'll have to carry with you into future versions.

K 1.5.10 fixes 30 known defects. 30 known defects! That's not a small number of fixes. K 1.5.10 is also unfinished - it, too, introduced a couple of unforeseen problems - and there is to be a K 1.5.11.

So, you see, there will be no support for K 1.5.9. Indeed, right now, there is no support for K 1.5.8. It will not be too long before there is no interest in K 1.5.x at all.

You have a choice. Stay where you are, with your customisations, and 30 known defects, or abandon the customising and keep the core functionality up-to-date. It's a choice between reliability and appearance, between what's fashionable to look at and what is functional, durable, and will withstand the wear-and-tear. I know what I would rather do, but I respect your decision.

wat sozzled said but with less woffle but seriously he right it well worth the time to customize again for the benefits of the 30 bug fixes