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# Libravatar Addon
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
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by [Klaus Weidenbach](http://friendica.dszdw.net/profile/klaus)
added a note of libravatar shutting down to the README of the addon
2018-04-05 14:07:17 +00:00
**Please note that [the Libravatar service will shut down on 2018-09-01:](https://blog.libravatar.org/posts/Libravatar.org_is_shutting_down_on_2018-09-01/).**
You maybe want to switch to the catavatar or gravatar addon.
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
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This addon allows you to look up an avatar image for new users and contacts at [Libravatar](http://www.libravatar.com). It will be used if there have not been found any other avatar images yet for example through OpenID.
Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar. It is a service where people can store an avatar image for their email-addresses. These avatar images can get looked up for example in comment functions, profile pages, etc. on other sites. There exists a central installation at [www.libravatar.com](http://www.libravatar.com), but you can also host it on your own server. If no avatar was found Libravatar will look up at Gravatar as a fallback.
There is no rating available, as it is on Gravatar, so all avatar lookups are g-rated. (Suitable for all audiences.)
You can not use the Libravatar and Gravatar addon at the same time. You need to choose one. If you need other ratings than g you better stay with Gravatar, otherwise it is safe to use Libravatar, because it will fall back to Gravatar if nothing was found at Libravatar.
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# Configuration
## Default Avatar Image
If no avatar was found for an email Libravatar can create some pseudo-random generated avatars based on an email hash. You can choose between these presets:
* __MM__: (mystery-man) a static image
* __Identicon__: a generated geometric pattern based on email hash
* __Monsterid__: a generated 'monster' with different colors, faces, etc. based on email hash
* __Wavatar__: faces with different features and backgrounds based on email hash
* __Retro__: 8-bit arcade-styled pixelated faces based on email hash
See examples at [Libravatar][1].
## Alternative Configuration
[libravatar] Add addon config - Update mentions of .htconfig.php
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Open the config/local.ini.php file and add "libravatar" to the list of activated addons:
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
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[libravatar] Add addon config - Update mentions of .htconfig.php
2018-06-28 03:14:39 +00:00
[system]
addon = ...,libravatar
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
2012-04-15 00:29:24 +00:00
Move addon-specific config to config/addon.ini.php
2018-07-12 02:56:52 +00:00
You can add one configuration variables for the addon to the config/addon.ini.php file:
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
2012-04-15 00:29:24 +00:00
[libravatar] Add addon config - Update mentions of .htconfig.php
2018-06-28 03:14:39 +00:00
[libravatar]
default_avatar = identicon
Libravatar Addon Avatar addon to look up avatars at Libravatar. Libravatar is a free and open replacement for Gravatar and you can also host it on you own server. This addon only provides the lookup of avatars at Libravatar. It requires PHP >= 5.3 and you need to disable the gravatar addon.
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[1]: http://wiki.libravatar.org/api/ "See API documentation at Libravatar for more information"