MG 2.2 Disable "Set as Avatar"

Venthas · Dec 13, 2020

Hello all!

While still doing our imports from Invision, I've noticed something in XFMG. Is there a way to disable the "Set as Avatar" feature? We'd like to disable the ability for users to use other's artwork as their avatars.

Thanks!
Ven

Mike · Dec 14, 2020

There isn't an explicit option over it. You can search the templates for xfmg_set_as_avatar which will point you to the 2 main templates that link into it (and the one the represents the form to actually do it). You could just remove the links from those templates.

Orit · Nov 16, 2021

Venthas said:
Hello all!

While still doing our imports from Invision, I've noticed something in XFMG. Is there a way to disable the "Set as Avatar" feature? We'd like to disable the ability for users to use other's artwork as their avatars.

Thanks!
Ven

I was just searching for a similar solution.

This works for me:
In the xfmg_media_view template, just change the condition from: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar()">
to this: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar() AND $xf.visitor.user_id == $mediaItem.user_id">

This way only the owner can set it's media item as an avatar.

Levina · Feb 26, 2025

Orit said:
I was just searching for a similar solution.

This works for me:
In the xfmg_media_view template, just change the condition from: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar()">
to this: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar() AND $xf.visitor.user_id == $mediaItem.user_id">

This way only the owner can set it's media item as an avatar.

Was looking for a way to do this. Still works. Thanks!

Shuya · Aug 16, 2025

Orit said:
This works for me:
In the xfmg_media_view template, just change the condition from: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar()">
to this: <xf:if is="$mediaItem.canSetAsAvatar() AND $xf.visitor.user_id == $mediaItem.user_id">

This way only the owner can set it's media item as an avatar.

Does anyone know of an alternative way to accomplish this? Unfortunately, this approach isn’t working for us.

MG 2.2 Disable "Set as Avatar"

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