Imagecache Profiles

Last updated November 29, 2009. Created by heather on January 26, 2009.
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Imagecache_Profiles module allows you to set user profile pictures that are consistent throughout your site and allows avatars on the user profile pages to be a different size.

Part 1. Imagecache Preset Example

These options here as an example, your settings can vary.

1. Download, install and enable the ImageCache module
2. Go to Administer › Site building › Imagecache. Click "Add New Preset"
3. Create two new ImageCache preset with the following settings:
   • preset namespace: user_image_default
   • select "Add Scale and Crop" from the New Actions fieldgroup
   • set weight to 0
   • set width and height to 100
   • Update Actions
   • preset namespace: user_image_large
   • select "Add Scale and Crop" from the New Actions fieldgroup
   • set weight to 0
   • set width and height to 200
   • Update Actions

Part 2. Installation Instructions

• Download, install and enable the ImageCache_Profiles module
• Enable user pictures at admin/user/settings
• If setting a default picture it should use a relative url path (ex. sites/default/files/default-picture.png)
• Set up Picture settings at bottm of User Settings page:
• Set picture maximum dimensions to 1600x1400
• Set picture maximum file size to 1024
• Set your picture guidelines text to: "Photo must be larger than 200x200 pixels." To prevent upscaling, these dimensions should be the dimensions of your largest preset.
• Select the ImageCache presets (added in Part 1 above):
  • Profile picture preset: Select the ImageCache preset to set the user picture size on a user's profile page
  • Comment picture preset: Select the ImageCache preset to set the user picture size within comments
  • Default picture preset: Select the ImageCache preset to set the default user picture size throughout the site
• To prevent upscaling, these dimensions should be the dimensions of your largest preset (in this example it is 200):
  • Set picture minimum width in pixels: 200
  • Set picture minimum height in pixels: 200
• Save configuration

Adding a profile picture to panels

If you and want to add an Imagecache profile picture to a profile panel page (including the one that comes default from Advanced Profile Kit module) , then you can add it very easily by editing a panel page (e.g. profile), go to content tab, then add a pane to one of the regions, then choose the User picure. and SAVE! There should now be a picture of the user, resized to your profile imagecache profile preset.