UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications V6 Mod Ideas Making it so sig-pics have to be linked by administrator

Hi...

Is there any way I can make it so the administrator has to link a sig-pic for it to be able to be used? Basically what I want to do is host everybody's sig-pic so I can control the content... Is there any way I can do this?

hmm.. I haven't heard of that. Right now it's either on or off... I am trying to imagine how you could do it.

I suck at coding ( ) but I wonder if it's possible to add another text field, similar to the user's Profile Field, insert it into the signature field or next to it. (In fact in ubb_lib_posting.cgi you can add other fields to the signature.) Do it so that in the user's profile and registration pages the option of adding images are hidden, but the admin(s) can insert it via CP. Disable image posting in signatures and viola?

Hmm...Can that work?

Sig images are disabled when the topic HTML is created. There wouldn't be an easy way to override this...

**NOT THE SOLUTION**. Just for kicks I did this in ubb_lib_posting.cgi:

I Replaced:

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I then opened up Custom Profile Field 18...Stripped it out of the Profile and Registration files however. I left the image for signatures to "yes". Result? The regular signature field didn't display the images, rather the raw HTML code. The Custom Profile Field 18, I inserted an image there (with "IMG" tags) via CP. The image then displayed.

I could have disallowed images in signatures and just added the $user_profile[18] after the signature ($user_profile[12]) but I wanted the toggle "on/off" intact.

I'd really like to do this as well.

If its possible to lock avatars why isn't this possible?

For your avatars you can just take out the fields in the Registration and Profile files (where the users add their avatar URLs) and just insert them via CP. This prevents users from inserting their own avatars. To have an avatar the users make an avatar request. We've imposed restrictions on what users can submit as an acceptable avatar and only after we allow it we'll upload it for them.

One of the benefits of being a member on our board is that he/she can request a custom avatar or signature and our team will create it for them. It is safe and I can happily tell you that the members love it.