The ideas just keep coming... ;)
WWWThreads allows a user graphic. This image is served by the user, and linked to by the scripts.
I'm against this, for a wide range of reasons, since poor performance and broken images reflects on the webmaster _not_ the user.
Anyway... I was thinking about a user_graphic in Links. I need to work out the subtleties, but I think I can add this in to both the upload scripts.
What it would do is allow a registered user to upload a graphic. That graphic could be shown next to their links, in leiu of a logo.
When adding a link, the user is presented with the option (if enabled) to add a logo, or use their default graphic. This default graphic is uploaded to a central directory and can be modified with the user profile. Of course, I need to add in the code for approving the user graphic, and re-approving it if they modify it, since I don't trust anyone :)
This way, a company could upload a single graphic that could be used on all their links as a default. This is different from a logo, which assumes each link is different. On a site where links are articles, helps, or things where one user may submit many,many links, it's a way of visually keying the links.
Suggestions, comments?
BTW: With a central registry system, it would seem uploading one graphic would be good, and using the WWWThreads graphic would be good, but that has real-world problems, and specifically attaching an image to the Links/User record is a better idea.
Also... I need to look at how users are "deleted". The user record probably needs to have several other flags -- 'banned', 'deleted', and 'expired' at minimum. (of course, this then moves to a full user management system, and paid registration.... <sigh> it just doesn't stop! :O)
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://pugdog.com/FAQ
WWWThreads allows a user graphic. This image is served by the user, and linked to by the scripts.
I'm against this, for a wide range of reasons, since poor performance and broken images reflects on the webmaster _not_ the user.
Anyway... I was thinking about a user_graphic in Links. I need to work out the subtleties, but I think I can add this in to both the upload scripts.
What it would do is allow a registered user to upload a graphic. That graphic could be shown next to their links, in leiu of a logo.
When adding a link, the user is presented with the option (if enabled) to add a logo, or use their default graphic. This default graphic is uploaded to a central directory and can be modified with the user profile. Of course, I need to add in the code for approving the user graphic, and re-approving it if they modify it, since I don't trust anyone :)
This way, a company could upload a single graphic that could be used on all their links as a default. This is different from a logo, which assumes each link is different. On a site where links are articles, helps, or things where one user may submit many,many links, it's a way of visually keying the links.
Suggestions, comments?
BTW: With a central registry system, it would seem uploading one graphic would be good, and using the WWWThreads graphic would be good, but that has real-world problems, and specifically attaching an image to the Links/User record is a better idea.
Also... I need to look at how users are "deleted". The user record probably needs to have several other flags -- 'banned', 'deleted', and 'expired' at minimum. (of course, this then moves to a full user management system, and paid registration.... <sigh> it just doesn't stop! :O)
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://pugdog.com/FAQ
User Graphic..