PHPBB 3.0.10 and avatar from different server

Question

I'm dealing with the avatar problem. Because my forum is joined with another one. I want to specify the common avatar path.

I thought, that when I specify the full path: http://www.example.com/images/avatars/gallery,

and http://www.example.com/images/avatars/upload the problem will be solved. But there is a dialog box saying, that the path is not correct, and couldn't find on THIS server (no the one from my URL). Can any one give me any clue?

Best regards!

Answer 1

The way you are attempting to use it is incorrect. Avatar Storage Path requires the path be local to this instance of PHPBB3. That means it must be a local path.

An alternative, that will require the user to set the avatar on both boards, is to set Enable Remote Avatars to Yes. Users can then set the URL to their avatar on both boards. It's slightly more cumbersome, but will still allow you to share 1 avatar across both boards.

Take a look at Section 3.2.1.4 in this document: https://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/adminguide/acp_general.php