The image blocks module seems extremely useful and I'd like to use it to display an image in my header that serves as a masthead for the site. For example, when someone is on a page that has the 'wildlife' taxonomy, they'll see an image at the top that matches this category.

However, what I'd like to do is have a default image that is used if there isn't a term associated with the page. So if the user is on any page that doesn't have a term, they'll see a generic image in its place. I'd be okay with simply going through and assigning a term to every page in the site, but some (particularly ones that are generated by drupal) don't allow you to edit or set a taxonomic term. Is there any way to do to set a default image?

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Status: Active » Fixed

There is a setting on the settings page for a default image. #309000: Possible to have a default image?

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glend commented

Thanks for the quick reply, but that doesn't solve my issue; as I understand it, this default image kicks in if the page has a term, but the term has no image. What I want is a block that will appear even if the page has no term associated with it. So that every page will always have a block that has an image in it, and this image will change if there's a taxonomic image associated with it.

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glend commented

Okay, I figured out a workaround for this:
Rather than using the default block, I created a block view that has the Taxonomy Image as a Field, Taxonomy Term from Current Node as a Filter, and then the default image as an HTML tag in the Empty Text Field.

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If there is no term associated with the content, the block does not get triggered. This is core behavior, so I cannot help. I'm glad you got Views to work for you.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.