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. The module also allows for style definitions to be defined for images used in Comments and Nodes.

The standard Image styles in Drupal 7 core are; thumbnail, medium and large. If a different Image style is desired, it can be created.

Part 1. Create a new Image style to use with ImageCache Profiles.

Here is an example of how to create a new Image style, your settings can vary.

  1. Go to Configuration › Image styles. Click "Add style"

    2. open style

    add style

  2. Input a Style name, for this example, make it "tiny":
  3. After Style "tiny" is created, in the edit screen:
    • select an EFFECT

      • edit style

    • select "Resize" from the Select a new effect fieldgroup, and Select "add"
    • set width and height to 20
    • select "Add effect"
    • select "Update style"

Part 2. Installation Instructions

  1. Download, install and enable the ImageCache_Profiles module

    2. profile select

  2. Enable user pictures.
  • Go to Configuration › Account settings › Under PERSONALIZATION: Click "Enable user pictures."
  • If setting a default picture it should use a relative url path (ex. sites/default/files/default-picture.png)
  • Select the Custom Image style(s) that were added in Part 1, or use the Drupal 7 core default sizes:
    • Default Picture display style: Select the Image style to set the default user picture size throughout the site
    • Profile picture display style: Select the Image style to set the user picture size on a user's profile page

      • Set new profile image style

    • Comment picture display style: Select the Image style to set the user picture size within comments
    • Node picture display style: Select the Image style to set the user picture size within nodes
  • 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
  • Set up Picture settings at bottom of Account 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.
  • 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.