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In Topic: Features removed from 3.1.4
21 August 2011 - 05:58 PM
cr1t1cal, on 21 August 2011 - 04:03 PM, said:
Any of you guys know how to get user notes back? I had some important info in em and now theyre gone 
http://community.inv...b-manage-notes/
Kind Regards,
Haku
In Topic: Third Party removal of Avatars & Avatar Gallery just woeful
15 August 2011 - 11:02 PM
Pereira, on 15 August 2011 - 10:47 PM, said:
Does anyone know if a hook for URL avatars is currently being made or if there will ever be one made? Preferably a free hook.
http://community.inv...proved-avatars/
It's not free, but it's cheap and actively developed.
Kind Regards,
Haku
In Topic: Third Party removal of Avatars & Avatar Gallery just woeful
14 August 2011 - 08:00 PM
Jυra, on 14 August 2011 - 03:10 PM, said:
I fully support the removal of remote avatars. They break and often load badly. Then you get image hosts who become hacked and it fills your forum with some dumb message they left till it's fixed. Signature upload would be nice.
Gravatar, Twitter, etc are a far easier and modern ways of handling remote avatars anyway.
Gravatar, Twitter, etc are a far easier and modern ways of handling remote avatars anyway.
Just because you don't make use of a feature doesn't mean it should it be removed. If you don't want members to use remote avatars on your board, then simply disabling the feature should suffice. Not every board owner is going to like every feature and that's why there are on/off toggles.
In regards to what you said about remote avatars breaking and loading badly, I've never seen that happen on any of the boards I've ever visited in my life. And as far as I know, ImageShack and PhotoBucket have never been hacked. If any of them have ever been hacked, it must have been a rare occurrence. However, people can use avatars with dumb messages regardless whether they are hosted remotely or not. In either case, you can easily remove their avatar as a super moderator or administrator. Have you personally even ever encountered these problems?
One thing that everyone needs to keep in mind is that avatars use up disk space and bandwidth. If you run a board with thousands of members and billions of hits a day, the disk space and bandwidth of the avatars hosted on your own server(s) adds up very quickly. There are boards that disable avatar uploads for this very reason.
Lastly, I would never recommend my members to use Gravatar, Facebook, or Twitter as a place to host their avatar. Aside from being an annoyance and distraction, most people don't use a real-life picture of themselves as their avatar. If avatars were still separated from profile pictures, then maybe you could argue the importance of these websites.
Kind Regards,
Haku
In Topic: User Enabled badword filter
13 August 2011 - 03:40 PM
Arcanity, on 13 August 2011 - 11:53 AM, said:
I'm sorry, I didn't know which other forum to post this in, this isn't for my forum or anything.
Is there such a modification for 2.3 or 3?
Is there such a modification for 2.3 or 3?
I don't think so, although you could check the IPS Marketplace yourself to make sure. :/
Kind Regards,
Haku
