Summary: This plugin adds the ability for users to upload gif avatars which will animate on hover or selection in posts, user cards, and profile pages.
GitHub: GitHub - discourse/discourse-animated-avatars: A plugin to add gif avatars in Discourse
Install: Follow the plugin installation guide.
Features
Pauses animation when not focused. Within topics, animation will pause when post is not hovered or selected.
Respects prefers-reduced-motion in the browser’s accessibility options: Animations will be disabled entirely.
Configuration
This plugin has an optional dependency on gifsicle. This is used to resize uploaded gif images to fit a square avatar, which helps to wrangle aspect ratios as well as normalize any differences between the static and animated images’ sizes for a smoother swap. The plugin will still function without it, but any non-square avatars may appear stretched when shown.
To enable, you will add a call to the install script in your app.yml. A example of what the after_code hook will look like is the following:
hooks:
after_code:
- exec:
cd: $home/plugins
cmd:
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-animated-avatars.git
- exec:
cd: $home/plugins/discourse-animated-avatars
raise_on_fail: false
cmd:
- $home/plugins/discourse-animated-avatars/scripts/install.sh
CHANGELOG
TODO
- Add a site setting that limits who can upload animated avatars by trust level