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Set a default profile background image

Ciaira Castorena

It would be really nice if global admins could set a default image for profile backgrounds, so that if a user hasn't uploaded a custom background image, there's something better than a plain grey box behind their avatar.

We'd use this feature to set a branded graphic as the default background, which would be cohesive with our overall theme & header design.

Please note that we'd want this to have the following restraints:

Users should still be able to upload their own background, if they choose.
Existing, user-specific backgrounds should not be replaced with the default
If we changed the default image, it should update profiles still using the old default, but again leave user-uploaded backgrounds alone.

August 28, 2020

Katja Weingärtner

Thanks for sharing your idea, Ciaira Castorena. We have often talked about the idea of setting a background image for profiles. This would certainly be a useful extension. Now I am curious if more Linchpin users will vote for this feature.