vBulletin LTS

Unique Avatars
Mod Version: 1.1, by mfyvie

*** Staff note: The author of this modification has passed away in a http://www.englishforum.ch/announcements/20529-mourning-loss-friend-leader-innovator-genuinely-nice-guy.html. We wish his family all strength in dealing with this traggic issue. ***

Have you ever been frustrated by the fact that many of your users choose the same avatars from your pre-defined avatars?

Now you can prevent users from selecting avatars that others are already using.



Features

• No template or file edits, just a single .xml file to install
• Phrase-based - update language strings as you like
• Can either omit the used avatars from the display, or show them as unavailable
• Can optionally display a count of how many times each avatar is used
• All options configurable via the admin control panel
• Install routine adds an additional index to ensure database performance not impacted on larger boards

The inspiration from this mod came from a similar one for vBulletin 3.0 by VBDev. Even though there is almost no code in common between these mods I've sought and obtained his permission to release this.



Installation (30 seconds)

• Download the attached .xml file
• Go into your admin control panel -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product.
• Press the browse button to locate the .xml file you just downloaded click OK.
• Ensure that "Allow Overwrite" is set to "Yes" and press "Import"
• Note: requires MySQL version 4.1 or higher.

Configuration
VBulletin Options -> Unique Avatar

Version History
1.0 - Initial release (02.06.2007)
1.1 - 1 minor bugfix (20.01.2008)

See screenshots for further details.