Feature Request: Avatars

Add some personality to the posts.

Could slow things down a bit I guess would be the only downside.

I like this idea, I've not really noticed any issues on any of the boards I'm on, I think because there is a size limitation on Avatars

Indeed, avatars would be a very good feature. I can't help thinking it would be abused though, so maybe they have to be authorixed by a mod before they can be used.

Yes, Avatars makes it a bit more fun. You can add a couple of avatars that people can choose from and if they have their own that they would like to use they have to mail it to some email addy and if approved it will be added for the user.

Originally posted by Wicked101:


*seconds motion*

Originally posted by Waffler:

Should senior members perhaps be allowed to have a custom avatar?

So the issues would be.......

Preset or any graphic file
Types allowed (jpeg/gifs/animated gifs)
Secure (nothing like a 10mb bitmap going up and down :() and for that matter hyperlinks etc. and other scripting I guess should be removed/dealt with/trapped (phpnuke had a prob with injecting of code...)
Bandwidth
Maybe a limit on the dimensions to keep things tidy
Mods should be able to remove them if seen as inappropriate/or a approval queue (like the email addy idea but based in the site for mods to allow or reject)
Maybe a minium post count before a custom one is allowed


Alec, on your cascading issue, i guess that would be including a bit of code that inserts the avatar much like the current sig stuff... but dynamically. Therefore, a call to the database to get the path/filename then a bit to render it in the php. I guess that then a database issue *could* arise .... hmmm and also a bit of restructuring... and some page rewrites...I am sure this issue could be more techincal than any of us realise! -Apart from Philipp of course

Perhaps in one of the future releases. There is already an option to put up a picture in the profile.