The variable in node.tpl.php that stores the user picture is (aptly named) $picture. In the template file, just put a conditional statement that uses $picture only if it contains something:

<?php if ($picture): ?>
    <div id='user_picture'>
      <?php print $picture; ?>
        </div> 
<?php endif; ?>

That way. the user_picture div only exists if there is actually a picture. This is the way that regions are commonly laid out in a page so that they don't show up if they don't contain any content.

Steve

Christopher M. Jones wrote:

Thanks, yes. I assumed that step. To clarify: I have pictures enabled 
and they show in my templates.  But where no picture exists, because the 
user has not uploaded one, I have a link that reads "username's 
picture". I not only want to remove that link but I want to adjust the 
layout to compensate for the lack of a picture.

Dale McGladdery wrote:

You didn't mention turning on Picture Support in user settings. To do
so go to Adminster | User management | User settings
(/admin/user/settings) and scroll down to the "Picture support"
section. This is where you select you default picture, as well.





On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Christopher M. Jones
<cjones@partialflow.com> wrote:

I'm using Drupal five, building a theme off of Zen. I want to optionally
display a user's picture in posts, so that if the user has uploaded a
picture then it is displayed, and if not then the teaser view shifts
left to occupy that space.

So I turned on pictures in the theme configuration. But now, where there
is no picture available, I have a "soandso's picture" link.

Specifically: I want if( $picture ){...} in the .tpl.php file to
evaluate to FALSE if there is no picture, TRUE if there is one. How can
I get this behavior? Is there a theme override that I'm missing?

--
[ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]