Updating User Profile Pictures

Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account information, including profile image.

Updating a Profile Picture

Users can update their own profile pictures, and administrators can update profile pictures for other users. Follow the appropriate steps below.

As a User

1. Click My Profile in the User menu.

2. Click Edit Information () to open the Account Settings.

3. Click Change Image ().

4. Select an image from your computer, crop it (if necessary), and click Done.

5. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

   

As an Administrator

1. Open the Global Menu (), go to the Control Panel tab, and click Users and Organizations.

2. Click on the user’s name or choose Actions () next to the user and select Edit.

   

3. Click Change Image ()

4. Select an image from your computer, crop it (if necessary), then click Done.

5. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

Using a Custom Default Profile Image

If no image is uploaded for a user’s profile, a generic silhouette is used by default.

To use a custom default profile image,

1. Create a 100x100 px image in .png or .jpg format.

2. Place the image on the application server’s classpath. For example, in Tomcat: tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/

3. Set the following property in your portal-ext.properties file:

   image.default.user.portrait=image-filename.png
   
   Tip

   If you use the binary gender field, set separate images:

   image.default.user.female.portrait=image-filename.png image.default.user.male.portrait=image-filename.png

4. Restart the application server.

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