Allow images in biographies

endorphin

danwillen that’s the most left field scenario so far! 🙂

i_am_sy

endorphin that’s the most left field scenario so far! 🙂

Yeah I think any risk is so small, and can be reported easily enough.

I can’t think of anything more left field lol

endorphin

danwillen i_am_sy I think it’s safe to say that any abuse can be reported.

ijustcantdoit

endorphin sounds a good option to me 😁

munglespoon

What is the need for this? There are many people who are happy to put big ugly graphics wherever they can, but this does not mean that the big ugly graphic adds anything to the experience. A person can set an avatar to follow them around the community and express themself. The text box on the profile is available but will turn into a clumsy scrolling box with anything more than minimal text. Maybe a little bit of text formatting and no scrolling box would be a better first step than freeform graphics.

endorphin

jaymailsays bill48er I suspect the bios are loaded when you view a thread as they're instantly available and I'd hope they're only loaded once per user no matter how many times the users has posted in that thread. So yes keeping the images small would be a priority if this idea were to be implemented.

munglespoon What is the need for this?

Individualisation/personlisation/fun. The avatars are OK but restricted in size and shape. No-one will be forced to upload images, it's purely their choice.

jaymailsays

endorphin What do others think?

As long as it doesn’t slow loading of any parts of the site, I can see having images in bios being an attraction.

bill48er

endorphin I’d be OK with this, but….
it would have to fit within the current sized box AND have a maximum file size/resolution so as not to slow down loading.

harrrrrry

endorphin

Most browsers will cache images, probably for about a month. That happens by default, unless the web page specifically prohibits the image from being cached or the browser is able to detect that the image has been changed.

endorphin

harrrrrry yes but I was talking about the initial loading of a page when the images in biographies haven’t been loaded yet. I suspect it won’t impact page loads noticeably.

harrrrrry

endorphin

Potentially, photos in bios should have less impact than images in posts, because browsers generally load photos after all body text.

Photos in the first posts are visible while loading, so they can give the impression of delaying the page load. Photos in bios would be unseen until requested, so you wouldn’t notice any delay unless the very first thing you did was to click on the bio. By that time it the bio photos would almost certainly be downloaded (and cached for future visits).

endorphin

harrrrrry also the way flarum works is that when a new thread is opened that only loads portions of the thread as and when required and not the whole thread in one go. This behaviour also mitigates against any bio images potentially increasing load times.

thunderdragon

I’d support this! I like to use my avatar to express personal preference and personality (And we all well know I’m TGV Everything! 😛 ) but being able to add a photo of myself to my bio would be a nice addition! 👍️

Reference Signatures: Provided these were kept reasonable (Perhaps a text field with a 64 char limit?) I think text ones like mine could be included without causing too much hassle. I can see that Flarum already has a text substitution feature (I usually type “giffgaff” capitalised, but the forum always lower-cases it no matter what workarounds I try) so perhaps supporting the Wikipedia four tilde convention (~~~~) might be worth thinking about? 🙂

i_am_sy I think the only risk is for a member to put an inappropriate image there.

This is an inherent risk with any support for user-provided content, as this (Entirely work-safe) take on the traditional content of Page 3 shows… 😉

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