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An avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character.

In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character. It may take either a three-dimensional form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a two-dimensional form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(computing)

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Find Google+ avatar for given email address without OAuth

In my app I want to show the Google+ profile picture for a user. The only function, I found, in the API to get the profile picture needs a userId. However, I only have their email adress and not their Google+ userID. Moreover the person, whose image…
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Is there an alternative to avatars.io?

As http://avatars.io seems to return 404 instead of already uploaded photos, and does not allow to upload new photos, I found myself in an inconvenient situation, where I have to move to a different service provider or implement my own avatars…
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PHP unlink function

This is the code $query = mysql_query("SELECT avatar FROM users WHERE UserID = ".$userID.""); $row = mysql_fetch_array($query); $user_avatar = trim($row['avatar']); unlink($user_avatar); but for some reason i get this error…
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Which itch does a gravatar scratch?

This is a very serious question: I've seen lots of threads here about gravatars but I couldn't find and answer to this question: what computer identification/authentication (?) problem, if any, are gravatars supposed to solve? Neither the Wikipedia…
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Character slowly move up the ground using a humanoid animation type in Unity

I have a marine model used in my start project, which will uncontrollably lift off the ground when running. I import the fbx resources, set the animation type as humanoid and configured the avatar by automatically mapping, set up a animator…
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What are all the Identicon frameworks available to developers?

Identicons are those icons based on a user IP or name or so which provide an automated avatar... just like the avatar icon on StackOverflow. Here are some available systems (hat tip to Roger…
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How to detect default avatar on facebook?

How to detect default avatar on the link like this: https://graph.facebook.com/'.$id.'/picture?type=large? Is it the only way to get avatars (male/female) from special prepared profiles and then compare by e.g. md5() ? It's hard to believe this is…
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Dynamic Avatar Creation & Animation

A rather large project (rich web application) has fallen into my lap and I am unfamiliar with how to accomplish a major functionality. I'm hoping you all can help point me in the right direction. I need users to be able to customize a 3D avatar and…
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How Can I display User Uploaded Avatar in Login Form?

I'm going to try my best to explain what I'm trying to do here. I created a login form for my wordpress that lets users login directly from the homepage it includes the Avatar for the profile that's logged in. Here is the code I came up with.
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Uploading images for user avatar

Right now I use Gravatar for user avatars on my website. I want to let users upload images to use as avatars from my website to gravatar so they don't have to visit gravatar if they choose not to, and I don't have to support multiple avatar methods.…
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Jquery/Java Script: Customise an Image/Avatar by chainging options (e.g. Shape, Colour)

Lots of websites let you customize an image by changing options. For example, this Barbie website lets you create your own Barbie doll. You can click on various hairstyles and clothes and the main image updates while you click. Other clothes…
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change anonymous avatar in blogger comments

I am having issues with changing the default avatar used in native Blogger/Blogspot comments for Anon + Name/Url users. I have tried this: .avatar-image-container svg { width: 35px; height: 35px; background-image:…
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Replace Buddypress Avatars with Simple Local Avatars

I have been at this forever trying to find a solution and Im thinking either there isnt one or my lack of knowledge is really holding me back here.. In short I have buddypress installed on my Wordpress site and I have been using Simple Local Avatars…
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Reducing size of user avatars? - creating thumbnails

User of my site upload images which are used as avatars. I have set a upload limit size of 2 MB. At most places I only require thumbnails. But users upload images with far bigger resolutions. I store these files on my file-system. How can i create…
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What is the best practice to store twitter profile images

The Twitter API documentation for GET users/profile_image/:screen_name states that: This method should only be used by application developers to lookup or check the profile image URL for a user. This method must not be used as the image source URL…
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