I’m doing an import and all of the usernames are integers. Most users have avatars, but those that don’t end up with something like [Bild] as their avatar. Is there some way to have them generated by their name rather than username? Perhaps the importer can call LetterAvatar::Identity.generate(nam…

You can write a plugin (maybe a pr?) that will allow you to use the first name char on the setting external system avatars url. Currently it accepts: “Allowed substitutions are {username} {first_letter} {color} {size}” Adding {name_first _letter} to that is the way to go.

[Bild] Falco: external system avatars url. Oh. So you’re saying that what I want is to be able to change external system avatars url to /letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/{name_first_letter}/{color}/{size}.png And that “all” I would have to do is make a PR that defined name_first_letter? That …

[Bild] pfaffman: That seems “easy” if I knew where to find the file that defines those substitutions. app/models/user.rb 038454bde def self.system_avatar_template(username) # TODO it may be worth caching this in a distributed cache, should be …

OMG. I might actually submit a PR that doesn’t involve shell scripts.

Well I would first start with a plugin, so you can get it immediately working.

But it seems like I could make a PR that involved about 2 lines of code, something like u=User.find_by_username(username) name = some stuff if that search fails or there's no name ... url.gsub! "{name_first_letter", name[0].downcase ... And it’d take me a Long Time to figure out how to make a plug…

I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but with your help, I did it! Thanks, @falco ! [Bild] Discourse Avatar name_first_letter plugin This plugin adds the ability to use name_first_letter in site setting external system avatars url. The default value for external system a…

Generate Letter Icon from Name instead of Username?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) 8. Juni 2017 um 17:54 9

I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but with your help, I did it!

Thanks, @falco!

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Generate Letter Icon from Name instead of Username?

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