Question [Resolved] Guest Avatar Not Showing Up After Upgrade

Let's return to the initial problem statement:

brentwilliams3 wrote:

I recently upgraded from 1.0 to 1.5.9, and everything seems to be working except the avatar for guest posting isn't showing up properly. The image link seems to be my domain name and that's all.

The keyword in this is "guest posting" - all right, it's actually two words - which I presume means anonymous public posting, correct?

I haven't tried anonymous public posting when I've integrated my forum(s) with CB, so I don't know what to expect.

Looking at your website, I don't see any problems with the avatars for your registered users. I am yet to find a message where there's an anonymous public post. When I do, I'll update the information to this topic.

OK, I see the issue.



I haven't got an answer. Maybe this is the way it's supposed to work? And you're saying that this behaviour has changed since upgrading from K 1.0.something to K 1.5.9?

Let's return again to the problem statement:

brentwilliams3 wrote:

I recently upgraded from 1.0 to 1.5.9, and everything seems to be working except the avatar for guest posting isn't showing up properly. The image link seems to be my domain name and that's all.

There is no image. There is no image link, either. So now I'm confused. :S

Ah, I misspoke. I didn't mean image link - I meant image URL. So it's not supposed to link anywhere, just show the image. And the point I was trying (and failing) to make was that the image URL was just my homepage. In other words, it wasn't as if the image URL was correct and there wasn't an image there, the image URL was completely incorrect itself, just showing " www.multifamilyinsiders.com/home ".

And as for what is supposed to be there... Yes, there used to be an image shown there, specifically the standard no-photo, but I seem to remember it being a little different...

Does that clear things up a little bit? (and I'm glad you can see the issue I'm having!)

Thanks!!

Oh, and I am using the Simpleboard settings in the plugin, although mine is set to "Basic (default Kunena)", which is a little different than your screenshots...

I have been in contact with the developers on this issue. It's been difficult to quantify the problem because I've been trying to get a comprehensive understanding from you.

On the one hand, I am not familiar with the use of anonymous postings to a forum. This is an allowable feature of Kunena but, actually, it is not often used in practice. I haven't actually seen the feature, as you have described it, work. While I understand that sometimes there are privacy concerns, and that allowing anonymous postings can be useful, it can also generate as many other problems as it may solve. It's akin to asking for anonymous Facebook accounts.

Leaving aside questions of philosophy, we are not certain about the avatar behaviour for guest posters. Does the absence of an avatar image cause you distress?

I don't think that this issue concerns Community Builder but, perhaps, you can verify that the "no guest avatar" was not introduced by that component by changing your Kunena integration settings.

Well, I just found out something interesting. I looked at my dev server and sure enough, not having the same problem! ( www.apttweets.com/home/component/kunena/...es-poll-html-or-text )

But there is a key difference: It is using the "GJ Fireboard Extended" plugin. I actually need to update Groupjive on my live system anyway, so maybe that will be the magic bullet!

Thanks for all the help!