here's another for my little tutorial section, this time sans video. basically, there's some simple coding tips you can use to set a default photo. for the main uploaded avatar, use the default avatar macro for jcink, but anywhere else you can use one of these.
for background images, make a default by putting it literally right behind the one you want. you can see an example of this in the css section of the naked codepen i'm linking below. (btw this was kept naked so it would be easier to just get to coding, instead of sorting through me making it 'pretty' so to speak. i only put the length of this text there so there was something that populated.)
for img src, i use a pretty simple script. now, the caveat here is there are two versions, depending on if you're in an area where jcink auto puts "no information" or not. these are below. these scripts are in the js section of the codepen. there are two, so make sure you scroll down for the not no information version.
anyway! this is just a really easy way to do things. there are others, but it's a simple way to get your default image to show up where you want them replaced with a custom profile field.
as always, this is a tutorial, so be wild and free, do what you like with them. you don't have to credit me. i'm just trying to help us all learn a few neat tricks that make the editing and creation process of jcink skins a little easier, and replenish some of the resources we've lost lately.
i hope it helps! if you use it, i'd love a like just because i love seeing that people actually utilize these, but it's not a requirement by any means. have a great day, rpc!
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