External Avatar support
halkeye - October 28, 2007 - 23:20
| Project: | Drupal |
| Version: | 7.x-dev |
| Component: | user system |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | patch (code needs work) |
Description
With the current implementation of user avatars, no module can support external avatars without adding custom theme code.
This patch will allow external urls to be set for user->picture but it will be up to modules to set that properly.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| user.module.external.patch | 493 bytes |
#1
This is a patch, and a feature request.
#2
An additional space is needed between the comma and "TRUE".
#3
updated
#4
Shouldn't the administrator be given an option to allow external URL for the avatar? I can see this being an issue for some.
#5
Should definitely be an admin option since this opens up user privacy issues yeah.
#6
I don't see why an admin needs the option for this patch, nor any privacy issues.
All it does is allow modules to set $user->picture to a url instead of only allowing local files, there shouldn't be a way, with drupal core, to set this to a url.
Can someone show me where I'm wrong about this?
#7
I don't know what you're trying to say. User.module is a Drupal core module. Allowing external links for the avatar should be a choice that I (as administrator) need to make. External links could cause issues with the page display. Even if I allow them I may want to temporarily not allow them for network issue reasons. I for one wouldn't allow a user to use external links for the avatar to begin with.
Drupal version 6.x is closed to new features so I've moved the issue to version 7.x.