is there a way to set the default avatar to something custom and theme-specific?
i saw this neat post at:
http://www.problogdesign.com/general-tips/how-to-make-your-own-default-avatar-in-5-minutes/
and so i tried to filter in a new $avatar to thematic_commenter_link which didn't work. i was only successful when i totally replaced that function w/ a child version in my custom comments callback. that just seems excessive if i only wanted to change the default.
@helgatheviking thanks for the info. I would also like to add a custom default avatar, but have been unsuccessful in my attempts. Any further help would be greatly appreciated!
i actually implemented this on my last project. however i ended up copying and modding the entire comments.php. would be nice for default avatar to be a simple filter.
//define constant
define('THEME_URI', get_stylesheet_directory_uri());
/* ********************************************** */
/* Comments */
/* ********************************************** */
//Avatar size
function childtheme_avatarsize() {
return '68';
}
add_action( 'avatar_size', 'childtheme_avatarsize' );
// Custom callback to list comments in my style
function child_comments($comment, $args, $depth) {
$GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
$GLOBALS['comment_depth'] = $depth;
?>
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" class="<?php thematic_comment_class() ?>">
<div class="comment-wrap clearfix">
<div class="comment-author vcard"><?php child_commenter_link() ?></div>
<?php child_commentmeta(); ?>
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') _e("\t\t\t\t\t<span class='unapproved'>Your comment is awaiting moderation.</span>\n", 'thematic') ?>
<div class="comment-content">
<span class="speech-bubble"></span>
<?php comment_text() ?>
<?php // echo the comment reply link with help from Justin Tadlock http://justintadlock.com/ and Will Norris http://willnorris.com/
if($args['type'] == 'all' || get_comment_type() == 'comment') :
comment_reply_link(array_merge($args, array(
'reply_text' => __('Reply','thematic'),
'login_text' => __('Log in to reply.','thematic'),
'depth' => $depth,
'before' => '<div class="comment-reply-link">',
'after' => '</div>'
)));
endif;
?>
</div><!-- .comment-content -->
</div><!-- .comment-wrap clearfix-->
<?php }
// Produces an avatar image with the hCard-compliant photo class, and using my custom default
function child_commenter_link() {
$commenter = get_comment_author_link();
if ( ereg( '<a[^>]* class=[^>]+>', $commenter ) ) {
$commenter = ereg_replace( '(<a[^>]* class=[\'"]?)', '\\1url ' , $commenter );
} else {
$commenter = ereg_replace( '(<a )/', '\\1class="url "' , $commenter );
}
$avatar_email = get_comment_author_email();
$avatar_size = apply_filters( 'avatar_size', '80' ); // Available filter: avatar_size
$avatar = get_avatar( $avatar_email, $avatar_size, THEME_URI . '/images/default_avatar.png' );
$avatar = str_replace( "class='avatar", "class='photo avatar", $avatar );
echo ' <span class="fn n">' . $commenter . '</span>' . $avatar ;
} // end thematic_commenter_link
function child_commentmeta() {
$content = '<div class="comment-meta">' .
sprintf( __('%1$s <br /> %2$s <br /> <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to this comment">Permalink</a>', 'thematic' ),
get_comment_date('M d, Y'),
get_comment_time(),
'#comment-' . get_comment_ID() ) .
'</div>' . "\n";
echo $content;
}
// end thematic_commentmeta
function my_callback() {
$content = 'type=comment&callback=child_comments';
return $content;
}
add_filter('list_comments_arg', 'my_callback');Thanks so much, it worked great! Yes I would definitely love a simple filter for this.
I submitted a request for a filter for default avatar and Chris provided me w/ the following simpler, more elegant code for default avatars
if (!function_exists('t4u_avatar')) { function t4u_avatar($avatar_defaults) {
$new_default_icon = get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') .'/images/default_avatar.png';
$avatar_defaults[$new_default_icon] = 't4u';
return $avatar_defaults;
}
add_filter( 'avatar_defaults' , 't4u_avatar' ); }now the default_avatar.png image will be called 't4u' and appear as an option for default avatars in the Discussion Settings of WP.
you can also select the avatar at theme activation (as well as set any other options you'd like)
// Change some options and redirect on activate
if ( is_admin() && isset($_GET['activated'] ) && $pagenow == 'themes.php' ) {
//update default avatar
update_option( 'avatar_default', get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') .'/images/default_avatar.png');
}This topic has been closed to new replies.