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BlueSpiceAvatars
?BlueSpiceAvatars handles profile images of wiki users. Every user has If a user does not upload a profile image, an automatically generated avatar created or can upload their personal image.
Where to find Avatars?is used instead.
Changing the profile image[edit | edit source]
User's The profile image will appar appears throughout the wiki on the pages that user has contributed to, or have otherwise been involved with. Mainly, user profile image will be shown in the top right corner, if the user is logged in. Clicking this image will open user's personal menu, while clicking the user profile image anywhere else, through the wiki, will lead to been edited by the user. Clicking on the image leads to the user's profile page.
Changing profile image[edit | edit source]
There are two ways for users to change their profile image.
- By going to "Preferences" in user's personal menu and typing a valid name of an image that is upload to the wiki in "User image" field. After saving the settings, user image will be changed.
- By going to user's profile page (recommended). User's profile page can be reached from user's personal menu, by clicking on "My profile", or directly navigating to "User:{username}" page.
Once there click on the "menu" symbol right of the profile image and navigate to "User image" in the menu.
This will open a dialog where user can:
- Upload new picture
- Choose existing picture from the wiki or an URL
- Generate new automatic Avatar
Upload your own profile picture:
You can select an image from your computer, upload it and set it to your profile. To do this, first click on "Browse" to select the image and then on "Upload" to upload it.
Choose an image already existing on the wiki or from the internet:
Enter the name of the image already uploaded to the wiki or the URL of any publicly accessible image and click "Save".
Generate an avatar:
Click "Generate new avatar" to generate and assign an automatic avatar to your profile. The type of avatar generated depends on the generator selected in the global wiki settings by the administrator.
See also[edit | edit source]
Our reference page.
The profile image is also used for the user menu in the main toolbar.
To change the profile image to an avatar:
- Click Preferences in the user menu.
- Click Change profile picture on the user profile tab.
- Upload an image or create a random avatar image.
- Save your preferences at the bottom of the page.
Alternatively, you can change the profile picture directly on the profile page. The profile page can be accessed from the user menu under My profile. There, you click on the "dotted" menu icon. Click Userimage to load the profile picture dialog window.
Configuration[edit | edit source]
An administrator can configure which generator is used for creating avatar images.
Go to Global Actions > Config manager and select the Extension BlueSpiceAvatars. Here, you can change the default generator for the automatic creation of avatars.
An avatar image is automatically generated if the user does not upload a profile picture or if the user decides to create an avatar image in the preferences.
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Generator
- InstantAvatar: Generates an avatar image based on using the initials of the Real name or the Username
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Identicon: Generates an avatar image based on parts of the user's IP address.
