Why doesn't this code work? $news[avatarpath]

[Morrus]

I can't figure out what's wrong with this bit of code in adv_portal_newsbits:

<if condition="$news['attachment']">
<span style="float: left; margin: $stylevar[cellpadding]px $stylevar[cellpadding]px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
$news[attachment]
</span>

<else />
<span style="float: left; margin: $stylevar[cellpadding]px $stylevar[cellpadding]px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$news[threadid]"><img align="$stylevar[left]" class="thumbnail" border="0" title="$news[title]" src="$news[avatarpath]"></a>&nbsp;
</span>

</if>

Basically, it should show the attachment if there is one; if not it should show the poster's avatar instead.

I only get a broken link for the avatar, though. Am I using $news[avatarpath] wrong?

[Brian]

That should give you the path to the avatar. What is the URL that appears if you view the properties of the broken image?

[Morrus]

That's the weird thing. I get SRC="" when I inspect the element. No URL.

[Brian]

Are you sure the user who posted that news thread has an avatar?

[Morrus]

The user was me.

I figured it out, though; it was something simple. It was the "show avatars" setting for the module - it needs to be switched on if you want to use avatars at all, not just if you want it to automatically display avatars as normal. I switched it on and cut out the original avatar display code, and all is fine now.

[Brian]

Ahh, that would do it. If that setting is turned off then avatars are not queried from the database to save server resources.