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CHAPTER 9 TOURING PHPBB S FEATURES 277 not always take into consideration the pixel-size limitations specified in the Administration panel, so users may select avatars that do not necessarily agree with your layout. You can edit avatars via the Management link under User Admin in the Administration panel. You can also gather a gallery of your own hand-selected avatars and make them available for your users. This is especially useful if your site has a particular theme and you wish to have your avatars fit that theme. You add images to the gallery by putting them in the directory specified in the Avatar Settings in the Administration panel (the default is images/avatars/ gallery). Creating directories underneath the main gallery root creates categories in which you file your images. Figure 9-10 illustrates a Random gallery with a couple of images. To select an image from the gallery, the user clicks the radio button underneath the image, and then clicks Select avatar. phpBB assigns this as the user s avatar. Figure 9-10. An avatar gallery phpBB gives users a bit of a runaround when they wish to change their avatar. You must delete any existing avatar before you change it to a new one. To delete your avatar, check the Delete Image check box in the Avatar control panel section of the Edit Profile form (see Figure 9-9, shown earlier) and click Submit, as if you were editing your profile. Then, you must reenter the Edit Profile form and select your new avatar. Just make sure your users are aware of this procedure, and all will be well. Administering User Profiles As a forum administrator, you have the ability to edit every facet of every user profile, including the username and password. Additionally, you have the ability to activate and deactivate accounts at will, disable a user s ability to display an avatar and send private messages, and much more. You can set a rank for the user as well, and delete accounts from there. Creating a Ranking System As mentioned in the previous section, you can assign special ranks to users. Alternatively, you can create a ranking system that automatically updates a user s rank when he reaches a certain post count. You accomplish this by using the Rank Administration utility in the Administration panel, illustrated in Figure 9-11.
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