Custom User Profile Picture On My Sites Possible?

Question

Besides the default user profile picture we want to create a new property for a second profile picture which is directed to business contacts etc.

Is it possible to create a second custom profile picture?

Peter

Answer 1

1. Add a custom profile property "ProfilePic2" (not sure if you can have it be of type image, or if it would have to be a link to an image library)

   Central Admin -> Application Management -> Manage Service Applications -> Your Profile Service Application -> Manage User Properties -> New Property

2. Create a custom web part that displays the image

   SPServiceContext serviceContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(SPContext.Current.Site); SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web; UserProfile user = profileManager.GetUserProfile(false); var secondProfilePic = user["ProfilePic2"]

3. Add the webpart to your profile page and use audience targeting to display it for your business contacts.

Answer 2

You could do this by creating a custom or modified OOB web part that you inserted on the page.

You would need to relate a person to this person, for example by adding a Person property to the user profile called BusinessContact and retrieve it using a fixed keyword query in a content query web part.