Originally posted by NTLDR There may be a custom avatars as files hack avalible that will allow you to store them as files as oposed to in the DB, but I'm not 100% sure.
How are you getting the userid for the user's avatar you want to display?
One of the reasons I'd say for having them in the DB is so that if you move host, or when you back up your DB you have everything. Plus its easier to prevent hotlinking but adding a bit of PHP to the avatar.php and attachment.php which is harder and not allways avalible if they are stored as files.
I've been in the process all morning trying to decide whether to use Kier's avatar to files hack. The thread is ver convoluted and confusing....
But looking at the hack and comparing what is there with my ver of vB (2.2.8) I think it should work...I just need to look at the tables yet to verify that all should be ok.
Can I ask you one more question?
I am documenting my changes and have it pretty much done. I think there would be a lot of people interested in the integration of Post Nuke and vBulletin.
Is there someone to go to where I can be sure I'm not violating the licensing with the way I worded the docs? Are there people here that would be available to test my docs to be sure they're accurate before I release it?
11-03-2002, 05:05 PM
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