[Rage Avatars] Does not work; Gravatar problem?

Hi SGallay,
Thanks for trying out my plugin and for writing such a useful support request. The URL really helps.

I think I see what the issue is. I am using TimThumb to speed up the thumbnail generation of the avatars and it looks like it lacks file writing permissions on your blog.

https://alias.codiferes.net/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rage-avatars/lib/timthumb.php?src=https://alias.codiferes.net/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rage-avatars/avatars/002-y-u-no.png&w=40&h=40&r=X

That’s the decoded URL that the Gravatar is trying to load, and it’s producing a TimThumb error message. If you make the cache folder write-able it should fix the issue. There’s a similar issue and fix here: https://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=251

Note:
I’ll push an update soon that checks for the cache folder being write-able and if it isn’t then perhaps we can display a helpful error message or just skip TimThumb altogether. (The re sizing looks kind of crappy without it though)

Let me know if this helps, and if you get the issue sorted out. I’d love to see my plugin in the wild! ??

Here’s some additional info that I stumbled upon while researching this: https://themeforest.net/forums/thread/tim-thumb-problem/32860?page=1#311268

Yes, it works, thanks!

Writing permissions set to the cache folder, bingo! avatars.

Awesome! ?? You’re welcome.