Use presets on user pictures in views

subscribing as this is something that would make using views+user pictures alot easier.

Just found a use case for this, and this issue was the closest thing I found. I'm not much up on the Views 2 API yet though.

Taxonomy image does a similar thing.

There's also http://drupal.org/project/imagecache_profiles - which handles flushing presets as well - this might be the best place for this to live, although leaving it against imagecache for now.

As far as I got is that imagecache_profiles should use hook_views_data_alter() to add it's own handler. This adds the options for the imagecache presets, then in render it'd need to override theme_user_picture() with a custom theme function to add the right preset in (similar to that old lullabot article). That might be enough even.

The only thing that's needed from imagecache profiles is the hook_user() to flush presets, which is pretty small, so could easily live wherever this ends up. I've not used imagecache_profiles before so no real opinion either way.

we shouldn't have to rely on another imagecache based module just to integrate the user profile picture field with views. The only way now to set imagecache presets to user picture fields in views is by theming at the moment it should just be integrated like when adding image fields.

User Display API (http://drupal.org/project/user_display) is able to solve this issue in a more generic approach. Does not require any changes in ImageCache. However, requires some love, especially a port to D6, and ultimately, adding the low-level classification of theme('user*') calls to D7 core - so the module could/would remain as UI in contrib.

I would also like to see this functionality added. It would seem like views 2 should be able to do this.

subscribing, thanks

for those that haven't already figured out how to manipulate user pictures in views with theming and imagecache here it is.

if(!empty($row->users_picture)) {
  $profilename = check_plain($row->users_name);
  $resized_pic = theme('imagecache','Thumbnail',$row->users_picture, $profilename, $profilename);
} else {
  $profilename = check_plain($row->users_name);
  $resized_pic = theme('imagecache','Thumbnail','/files/no_avatar.jpg',profilename, $profilename);
};

$user_link = 'user/' . $row->uid;

print l($resized_pic, $user_link, $options = array(html => TRUE));

Wonderful. Works like a charm. Small typo, though, missing "$" on line #6. Perhaps you can throw me the light to use realname.module, instead? Thanks.

Awfully sorry for misbehaving. I was carried away. Gotta get back on track. Thanks for reminding.

yea I didn't mean to take the focus off the suggested feature request, I just wanted to show the way it's done using views theming, It would be logical to have imagecache presets set instead of doing the theming and I look forward to seeing it implemented and hope a maintainer doesn't go ahead and set status to 'WON'T FIX' because this would be a 'I DON'T WANT TO FIX' to me.

Hope this will be added too, since it's pretty much the last thing I need to have for a totally great view for users.

i'm really thinking that http://drupal.org/project/imagecache_profiles is probably the best place for this. imagecache doesn't provide support for themeing user pictures so i don't think it makes sense to just add views user support. i'd be open to trying to merge in imagecache_profiles but i don't think we should do it half way.

Instead of working on yet-another approach, I happily invite you to join forces for User Display API.

i'm not opposed to the idea i just don't want to have part B added without part A in first.

I'm one of the "many people" Michelle cited who would very much like to see this functionality added. This would be particularly useful for community-based sites, which, by necessity, already incorporate many other contributed modules. Adding to the overhead with yet another module (for something so basic) is something I'd rather avoid.

I have Imagecache applied to user pictures in my views now, thanks to this thread: http://drupal.org/node/349331 (comment #24 especially helped me).

It uses Imagecache_Profiles, and a patch to the aforementioned module which gives it Views compatibility. If you know how to patch okay, you might want to give it a try. The maintainer seems rather busy elsewhere, so I don't know when he'll commit the patch...

Of course, this is no good if you are really trying to avoid having to add another module, but I felt the patched Imagecache_Profiles was worth the additional resources for me.

Why should we not be able to manipulate user pictures with views and imagecache but be able to manipulate normal images. Thats just very odd to me.

lol