Question need to hide CB profile pic from guests

pepperstreet wrote: Yes. its possible with the build-in "Forum integration plugin". This plugin has 4 different display modes for the Kunena Sidebar. The 3rd and 4th option let you customize the whole sidebar content. Option 3 gives you 3 enhanced textboxes... (sorry, not sure about each box, because i am looking at german labels & help bubbles and they sound strange.)

3rd option:

Anyway, the first box may contain CB Substitutions (dynamic placeholders). With its special syntax you can display any HTML and CB-fields and check for some conditions. Everything without a line of PHPcode or any core hacks. The following "quick and dirty" example gives you a message for Guests, and the avatar thumbnail for registered users:

[cb:if user="#me" user_id="0"]Hey, you are a guest and cant see my avatar picture![/cb:if]

[cb:if user="#me" usertype="Registered"][cb:userfield field="avatar" reason="list" /][/cb:if]


4th option (you will need programming knowledge):
You can achieve the same with more effort and possibilities in PHP. The help points to the following file...
components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbsimpleboardtab/view/
file cb.simpleboardtab.sidebar.php
see function ShowExpert


I advice you to try the first method with substitutions... please visit Joomlapolis Forum and search for some posts, because there is not much documentation on CB Substitutions. Just a rough overview here . The CB-Forum plugin includes sample substitutions above the mentioned text area. The samples will genearte the typical sidebar-infos in n unordered list style output! Check it out, more or less, its learning by doing. Definitely the coolest thing about CB , and much more powerful than JomSocial :evil:

Thank you very much i will look into all you have said and see which one works.

dewinky wrote:

pepperstreet wrote: Yes. its possible with the build-in "Forum integration plugin". This plugin has 4 different display modes for the Kunena Sidebar. The 3rd and 4th option let you customize the whole sidebar content. Option 3 gives you 3 enhanced textboxes... (sorry, not sure about each box, because i am looking at german labels & help bubbles and they sound strange.)....

I just want to make sure we are on the same page...I am not talking about the tab on the cb user profile, but the actual topic/discussion that is displayed on the Kunena forum...I would like the guest to read the discussions but not see the profile pictures of the authors unless they have register with the site.

Yes, this is exactly what you can achieve with the CB-forum-integration plugin. Kunena Sidebar configuration is in CB plugins manager! The tab is a totally different story

(By the way, There is also a new CB-Forums plugin in the CB Incubator projects. It has a different configuration and other options... If you are a subscriber, you may have a look at it as well)

Good luck.