ørret Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 It would be very nice if we could get the option to use a custom url as photo instead of being forced to upload one. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 It would be very nice if we could get the option to use a custom url as photo instead of being forced to upload one. =) Profile pictures? or posts? #1 will be available in 3.2.3(mind you, it still stores a copy on-server for Security). #2 is already quite handily doable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ørret Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Profile pictures. I see option for custom url is lacking in 3.2.2. Great if it's coming in next version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 right below html email support :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ørret Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 I actually read that one some days ago. I must have forgotten it all ^^. Stupid me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I'm not sure that's the feature you're after? That still uploads it to the forum. I'm hopeful that they return to the previous way they used to have as I had never allowed uploads for pictures until I was basically forced to with 3.2 which I didn't like (you dont upload signatures, or images in posts.. so I can't understand why this seems so hard to place back in there as a basic feature.) There is a hook you can get in the marketplace called 'improved avatars' which may help you somewhat until hopefully it gets placed back into the forum software again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I'm not sure that's the feature you're after? That still uploads it to the forum. I'm hopeful that they return to the previous way they used to have as I had never allowed uploads for pictures until I was basically forced to with 3.2 which I didn't like (you dont upload signatures, or[u] images in posts[/u].. so I can't understand why this seems so hard to place back in there as a basic feature.) There is a hook you can get in the marketplace called 'improved avatars' which may help you somewhat until hopefully it gets placed back into the forum software again. yes... you can, and most often do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 yes... you can, and most often do. Ok.. well in my 10 or so years of using forums I've never uploaded the image to the forum, just used the IMG tags and since being an admin I disabled any features that could do that for members by turning uploads off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Ok.. well in my 10 or so years of using forums I've never uploaded the image forum, just used the IMG tags and since being an admin I disabled any features that could do that for members by turning uploads off. so... say a user has an image 10mb large on photobucket... then posts/uses it... HOW is that any different than having it on-server.... the only difference besides that space being used on your server is that it takes EVEN longer to load.... Why anyone would prefer and enforce off-site images, with all the additional http requests, DNS lookups and security risks they present(are you Certain its an image and not an xss image script?) to "conserve bandwidth/space" is beyond me. In addition... so if a user, say, has made a nice little drawing they want to share... they are directed to upload it to a third-party site instead of simply attaching it to the post? and What happens when the user nukes said photo? big nice broken thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 so... say a user has an image 10mb large on photobucket... then posts/uses it... HOW is that any different than having it on-server.... the only difference besides that space being used on your server is that it takes EVEN longer to load.... Why anyone would prefer and enforce off-site images, with all the additional http requests, DNS lookups and security risks they present(are you Certain its an image and not an xss image script?) to "conserve bandwidth/space" is beyond me. In addition... so if a user, say, has made a nice little drawing they want to share... they are directed to upload it to a third-party site instead of simply attaching it to the post? and What happens when the user nukes said photo? big nice broken thumb. If the image is too large for the forum, then I'll just remove it or they may guess to remove it themselves if it is taking too long to load or if others tell them. Also if people have made a drawing they want to share they will use the IMG tags. I've never used a forum as a user which even allowed me to upload/attach things. If they remove the picture then that just means people can't see their post anymore. If they want people to see it they can place it up again on the site they had it at or place it on another site, and edit their post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 If the image is too large for the forum, then I'll just remove it or they may guess to remove it themselves if it is taking too long to load or if others tell them. Also if people have made a drawing they want to share they will use the IMG tags. I've never used a forum as a user which even allowed me to upload/attach things. If they remove the picture then that just means people can't see their post anymore. If they want people to see it they can place it up again on the site they had it at or place it on another site, and edit their post. As a user... having a local file and being told to go upload it on photobucket/whatever when theres a built-in feature to upload it is Beyond annoying.... if i have to go hit photobucket, upload it there, just to come back and post the exact same thing... im not gonna post the pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 ^ok.. well many of the users on my forum have never been aware of being able to upload images to the forum so if they do want a post an image they will as it is all they know. If they are new and want to post something but can't figure it out, then another member will usually help them if I'm not there to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 ^ok.. well many of the users on my forum have never been aware of being able to upload images to the forum so if they do want a post an image they will as it is all they know. If they are new and want to post something but can't figure it out, then another member will usually help them if I'm not there to do so. So... you prefer sending users away from your site to add content to your site? :logik: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 ^ Sure.. I only maintain a forum at the moment, anyway. So there's not a lot to do apart from discuss things or look at pictures/youtubes if embedded in posts. If they spend time away from the forum doing other things I don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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