Implemented gravarar plugin.

app/Models/Access/User/User.php

@@ -80,4 +80,11 @@ public function getConfirmedLabelAttribute() {
 			return "<label class='label label-success'>Yes</label>";
 		return "<label class='label label-danger'>No</label>";
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return mixed
+     */
+	public function getPictureAttribute() {
+		return gravatar()->get($this->email, ['size' => 50]);
+	}
 }

app/helpers.php

@@ -35,4 +35,15 @@ function javascript()
 	{
 		return app('JavaScript');
 	}
+}
+
+if ( ! function_exists('gravatar'))
+{
+	/**
+	 * Access the gravatar helper
+	 */
+	function gravatar()
+	{
+		return app('gravatar');
+	}
 }

composer.json

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "fortawesome/font-awesome": "4.*",
         "hieu-le/active": "~2.0",
 	    "laracasts/utilities": "~2.0",
-		"arcanedev/log-viewer": "~3.4.0"
+		"arcanedev/log-viewer": "~3.4.0",
+		"creativeorange/gravatar": "~1.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",

config/app.php

@@ -157,11 +157,16 @@
 		'App\Providers\EventServiceProvider',
 		'App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider',
 		'App\Providers\MacroServiceProvider',
-		'Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider',
+
+		/*
+		 * Third party service providers
+		 */
+		'Arcanedev\LogViewer\LogViewerServiceProvider',
+		'Creativeorange\Gravatar\GravatarServiceProvider',
 		'HieuLe\Active\ActiveServiceProvider',
 		'Laracasts\Utilities\JavaScript\JavascriptServiceProvider',
+		'Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider',
 		'Potsky\LaravelLocalizationHelpers\LaravelLocalizationHelpersServiceProviderLaravel5',
-		'Arcanedev\LogViewer\LogViewerServiceProvider',
 	],
 
 	/*
@@ -211,9 +216,11 @@
 		'View'      => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\View',
 
 		/* Third Party */
+		'Active'    => 'HieuLe\Active\Facades\Active',
 		'Form'		=> 'Illuminate\Html\FormFacade',
+		'Gravatar'  => 'Creativeorange\Gravatar\Facades\Gravatar',
 		'HTML'		=> 'Illuminate\Html\HtmlFacade',
 		'Socialize' => 'Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite',
-		'Active'    => 'HieuLe\Active\Facades\Active',
+
 	],
 ];

resources/views/backend/includes/header.blade.php

@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@
                     <!-- Menu Toggle Button -->
                     <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
                       <!-- The user image in the navbar-->
-                      <img src="{!!asset('img/backend/user2-160x160.jpg')!!}" class="user-image" alt="User Image"/>
+                      <img src="{!! access()->user()->picture !!}" class="user-image" alt="User Image"/>
                       <!-- hidden-xs hides the username on small devices so only the image appears. -->
                       <span class="hidden-xs">{{ access()->user()->name }}</span>
                     </a>
                     <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                       <!-- The user image in the menu -->
                       <li class="user-header">
-                        <img src="{!!asset('img/backend/user2-160x160.jpg')!!}" class="img-circle" alt="User Image" />
+                        <img src="{!! access()->user()->picture !!}" class="img-circle" alt="User Image" />
                         <p>
                           {{ access()->user()->name }} - {{ trans('roles.web_developer') }}
                           <small>{{ trans('strings.member_since') }} XX/XX/XXXX</small>

resources/views/backend/includes/sidebar.blade.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
               <!-- Sidebar user panel (optional) -->
               <div class="user-panel">
                 <div class="pull-left image">
-                  <img src="{!!asset('img/backend/user2-160x160.jpg')!!}" class="img-circle" alt="User Image" />
+                  <img src="{!! access()->user()->picture !!}" class="img-circle" alt="User Image" />
                 </div>
                 <div class="pull-left info">
                   <p>{{ access()->user()->name }}</p>