Hack Request: Avatars on other servers

[CoolaShacka]

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Hello!

I'm searchin for a hack that allows my users themselves to take care about the own avatars.
A hack that makes possible to load an avatar from an other server, without uploading the avatar to my own server.

I think they are much people here who want this hack.

Please don't tell me about the freehoster hotlinking problem.
My users are not kiddies, and they can care about their own avatars.
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[Ksilebo]

I dont see why more people arent requesting this, as disk space on servers and such can get expensive and those who want users to have custom avatars without wasting bandwith on their sites and wasting space on their servers. What I need is this...

Instead of uploading it to the database or as a file in my directory, I would like to have it served elsewhere. Completely. I've seen a few boards do this in CGI and I really want to do this in vBulletin as it is faster and more secure than most of the CGI boards out there. An official hack from Jelsoft would be VERY cool, but I'm looking for anything at this juncture. If you have information, please email me or I'll turn on email notification for this thread. Thank you!

~Ksilebo

yes, yes....

I'll love that

[CoolaShacka]

Oh sorry...
I'm in the wrong forum.

This shold be for the request forum

[tubedogg]

As said many, many times, it is against the policy of 99% of free hosts (and a good many non-free hosts) to hotlink images like this. Your account with would likely be deleted within hours, leaving behind a broken image. It is not responsible to write a hack like this on anyone's part.

I want avatars, but don't want em on my server So please , you Xpert hackers, tell us the secret to our happyness

Hi, I would like to have a hack that enables users to load an avatar from ANOTHER SERVER. SO that they DON'T have to upload it to MY server, so that the avatars don't get on my server/don't affect the server. But that they just have to do something like

URL Where avatar is situated? : http://www.freeserver.com/myavatar.gif


In their description something like that would be or something, I know it can be done since I had the hack on my vb1.13 But that was a long long time ago. But if anyone would care to explain how to do it I would be so so so so happy!


THANKS !!!

[Ksilebo]

Usually the free hosts do that if youre only hosting images and files. Only Angelfire, geocities, and I think Tripod have actually taken measures, all the others haven't. Most of my users have their own websites and run those websites so their hosts dont delete their accounts on account of a 10k image.

I do see your point, however, but some people do need this hack as they need to dedicate all of thier space soley to posts.

Here is a poll about it


http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=18526

Yes... Yes...
I want that for my User too.

On ezBoard is this option standard.

Proffesional Hackers... please make this possible.