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[Crumb]

Right now clicking on somone's avatar takes one to their profile, which is boring because you get the same place through there name. I was wondering if it would be possible to add a feature where a user can specify where their avatar should link to.

I think this would be cool so that I could click on it and possibly get a larger version of their picture, or click on it and go to their personal website, or something else interesting.

So is this easy, or not worth the effort?

:toothpick:

[viscousmemories]

Interesting idea, Crumb. I'll look at the code tomorrow and see if it's possible. Meanwhile anyone else who cares can chime in about whether they'd like to see it implemented.

[JoeP]

Chime: sounds good. Just make the hover text clear that it's going to link somewhere else. No one likes a deceiving link.

[Crumb]

Damn JP, there goes my nefarious plan to send everyone to child porn sites. :sadcheer:

[JoeP]

Or indeed, anywhere else, thus leaving you with 19.7 posts per day here and nobody else left to challenge you.

[livius drusus]

Nobody?

[Crumb]

:drevil:

I have a feeling you will always have more posts than me Liv, worry not. If a threatened your illustrious post count sometime in the far future I am sure you could find a way to abuse your admin powers and arrange it so that I could never pass you. :wink:

[livius drusus]

Naw, I'm actually looking forward to being surpassed. If anything I'd abuse my admin powers to artificially inflate your postcount.

[Crumb]

Ok.

[livius drusus]

Are you saying I should start now?

[JoeP]

Naw, I'm actually looking forward to being surpassed. If anything I'd abuse my admin powers to artificially inflate your postcount.
Who are you trying to fool? This is just a message laid down so you claim you meant for it to happen when Crumb does overtake you.

[Crumb]

Your ppd is 19 mine is 16.5. I'll never reach you at this rate... :sadcheer:

[Ensign Steve]

Interesting idea, Crumb. I'll look at the code tomorrow and see if it's possible. Meanwhile anyone else who cares can chime in about whether they'd like to see it implemented.

Yes please. I quit pimpin' my site in my .sig because it was ugly, but it'd still be cool to pimp it in a prettier and more subtle fashion.

[Crumb]

:think:

[viscousmemories]

The bad news (which shouldn't come as too much of a shocker) is that I completely forgot about this request before I ever looked to see whether or not it's feasible.

The good news is that it's not only feasible, I've implemented it. :)

Go to Member Options --> Edit Profile (or just click here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/profile.php?do=editprofile)).

You will see a new block at the bottom of the Profile edit page called "Custom Avatar Link".

Enter a URL there and from now on your avatar will link to that location. :)

Leave that field blank if you want your avatar to continue linking to your profile.

:slide:

[Crumb]

Thanks vm! :cheer: :fflove:

[viscousmemories]

You're welcome. :)

[Crumb]

Um, this doesn't seem to be working. I click on my av and it takes me to my profile...

[livius drusus]

It takes me to the Hall of Champions. :scratch:

[Crumb]

It takes me to the Hall of Champions.

:hairpull: Why are these things not working for me today?!

It keeps sending me to my profile. What is going on?

[testuser]

I know! Let's get testuser.

He won't eat it. He hates everything!

[viscousmemories]

Hey Mikey! He fixed it!

:slide:

[Crumb]

You da man.

[viscousmemories]

You da man.
And look at those timestamps, baby. It only took me a little over an hour. :D

[Skep]

:fflove:

[SharonDee]

But what about Joe's most excellent suggestion? Was that implemented, too? Just make the hover text clear that it's going to link somewhere else. No one likes a deceiving link.

[viscousmemories]

Oops, I forgot about that.

Okay, now when you hover over an avatar that has a custom link it looks like:

Custom Link: www.whatever.com

[JoeP]

So, does anyone have this set up? All the avs in this thread say 'xxx's avatar' and go to the profile.

[livius drusus]

All the avs in this thread say 'xxx's avatar' and go to the profile.

Not all of them.

[JoeP]

All the avs in this thread say 'xxx's avatar' and go to the profile.

Not all of them.
Don't be cute (I suppose you can't help it) ... name names. Yours goes to your profile.

[Skep]

Testing. :popcorn:

[livius drusus]

Don't be cute (I suppose you can't help it) ... name names. Yours goes to your profile.
He he... I'm sorry. I thought it might be kinda clear just from last night's dialogue that Crumb's got his link on. :)

[Skep]

Hmmm... none of it works. :( Hovertext says Skep's avatar and clicking my avatar takes me to my profile. Unless I did sumpin wrong. :shrug:

[livius drusus]

Could it be the http thing? The format is supposed to be "www.yourlink.com"; no http in front.

[JoeP]

Don't be cute (I suppose you can't help it) ... name names. Yours goes to your profile.
He he... I'm sorry. I thought it might be kinda clear just from last night's dialogue that Crumb's got his link on. :)
Saw that. Tried that. No good.

[Skep]

Okay, I removed the http:// part but I have no www as part of the url. :chin:

[testuser]

It works for me, Skep. I see the hover and your site opens. Try me.

[Skep]

It says testuser's avatar and takes me to your profile.

[livius drusus]

Oh sheisse. Freakin' postbit legacy strikes again. Hold on, y'all; vm will be right with you.

[viscousmemories]

Okay, if the problem was that you have userinfo on the left it should be fixed.

If there's another problem I don't know what it is yet. :)

[Skep]

Works now. :)

:fflove:

[Crumb]

Damn lefties! :shakefist:

[Skep]

Smug toppers. :poke:

[JoeP]

They don't call us sinister for nothing. Watch what you say or we'll get ya.

Anyway, it is indeed :fflove: working now. :bliss:

All I need now is a web page to link to. :sadcheer:

[Skep]

All I need now is a web page to link to. :sadcheer:
How come you don't have one?

[JoeP]

What a rude question to ask in public.

Not sure, actually...

[Ensign Steve]

You can link to mine.

Now I need to customize my avatar with something lame like "CLICK ME!" heh

[viscousmemories]

I'm a little conflicted about the hovertext. Typically, hovertext on an image is used to identify the image. That's why the default text is "Username's Avatar". But now if someone has entered a custom URL the hovertext no longer identifies the image, it identifies where the image links to.

This bugs me. I would rather the hovertext either identify the picture in both cases, or indicate where it links to in both cases. For example, I think it might make more sense to change it to "Click to visit Username's Profile" for the default, and "Click to visit Username's Custom Link" when there's one specified. If anyone wants to know what the custom link goes to, they can look at the status bar.

What do y'all think about that?

[Crumb]

Maybe you should just let us customize the hovertext too. :wink:

[Ensign Steve]

In the olden days of web design, the "alt" text was usually a description of the picture, because some super low-bandwidth types would browse text-only and you wanted the same message to come across regardless. The location of the link would still show up on people's status bars. But I am torn, because I don't think the status bar is that much of a red flag that it's an external link, if one wasn't expecting that. Long story short, I dunno. :shrug:

[viscousmemories]

Maybe you should just let us customize the hovertext too. :wink:
That would kinda defeat the purpose, since someone linking to tubgirl would probably call it "Cute Puppy!"

Long story short, I dunno.
I hear ya.

[Crumb]

That would kinda defeat the purpose, since someone linking to tubgirl would probably call it "Cute Puppy!"
You don't trust me? :innocent:

[Ensign Steve]

You could create a user group that has permission to customize the hovertext, and then only allow people you trust into the group.

What's a tub girl? :innocent:

[livius drusus]

Y'all, really... Give us a small break, please.

[Crumb]

No! :whip: Dance for me little monkies!! :muahaha:

But seriously, what is a tubgirl?

[Ymir's blood]

What's a tub girl? :innocent:
A Hasselhoff appreciation site.

[viscousmemories]

But seriously, what is a tubgirl?
Try Google image search. :wink:

[livius drusus]

You guys are mean. It's a bad thing, Crumb. A bad thing.

[SharonDee]

No, don't do it! :egad:

[Crumb]

I am not gonna do it.

[SharonDee]

:phew:

[Ymir's blood]

If you really don't know, Wikipedia will tell you all about Tub Girl without having to see it. Personally, I laughed myself sick after seeing it, but I'm just that way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shock_sites

[livius drusus]

So where exactly was the skull in the shower of feces?

[Ymir's blood]

So where exactly was the skull in the shower of feces?
Engaging in a bit of skull buggery.

[Crumb]

Ok. I will be passing on tub girl. Thanks Ymir's blood.

[Ensign Steve]

You don't have to google anything. She's got her own domain name.

I laughed my ass off, too. So very fake looking, how can it bother anybody? Seriously.

[JoeP]

vm, I feel your conflict re the differing interpretations of the hovertext. I also agree with ES's historical review. I just don't think the current W3C approach adequately deals with images that are also links. Sure, describe the image ... but I feel that an unexpected link is more important to advise.

Now I think about it, "Random User's avatar" is not much use as a title. Unless we have some blind members to give us opinions, I'll claim it says nothing and you should go with "View Random User's profile" or "Visit <custom site>" ....

[JoeP]

You can link to mine.

No can do. You're prettier than me. :glare:

[Ensign Steve]

I also agree with ES's historical review.

:qthanks:
:spend:

[viscousmemories]

Okay, I changed it to:

Click to visit {username}'s Custom Link

vs.

Click to view {username}'s Profile

:slide:

[JoeP]

:1thumbup:

[Crumb]

vm, you are downright brilliant.

[viscousmemories]

:chuckle: