Details
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New Feature
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Status: Closed
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Minor
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Resolution: Fixed
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1.9.7, 2.1, 2.2
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None
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None
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MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
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MOODLE_22_STABLE
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wip-
MDL-21676-master-revised -
Easy
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Description
I don't know if you guys have heard of Gravatar, but I think it's a very cool idea. If you haven't heard of it, check out http://www.gravatar.com/.
I've attached a very small patch that will add a "Enable Gravatar for profile pictures" setting to the "Site Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental" page. When the check box is checked, if a user has not uploaded a profile picture yet, Moodle will try to display a Gravatar image for that user. If no Gravatar image is found, the default profile picture is displayed.
I decided NOT to add this to the "Modules and plugins" on moodle.org, because if it's added as a setting that's disabled by default, there's no reason not to simply add it to Moodle.
Some of the credit for this should go to Piotr Majewski. He originally suggested it in http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=135968