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Section 6: Message Board Subject: User Images Msg# 758701
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Great minds think alike. I had made the change you suggest just before coming here and seeing your post. I'm still considering options on how to handle uploads, and you make a good point about maintenance. Perhaps a vetting option is the way to go, and I think I'm heading down that path. Thanks for the input. Now, the date joined is useful, and takes up no unnecessary page real estate. As for number of posts, those are shown with the silver and gold stars. The first star, silver, is added at 100 posts. I could change that to 10. Currently the stars are set like so: When you see one or more silver Many people have more than one gold star in busy forums. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I like the "From" image, but I don't think the "To" image is necessary or even desirable. Makes the page look too busy. (For that matter, why show the "joined on" date? Is that useful or necessary information? Number of messages posted would be a good indication of activity.) I don't like the idea of emailing images to the forum manager. That's a step that takes you out of the forum, and seems like (gasp!) work. And if you have an absentee manager, like Alex, he's not going to appreciate an inundation of emails. If you let the user upload an image that can be vetted by anyone with a Sysop flag before showing it, that would be more desirable, I think. John |
s next to a member name in a message header it indicates these are regular contributors to the forum discussions. 1 star for over 100 (10???) posts; 2 stars for over 200 (100 ???) posts; 3 stars for over 500 posts. Gold Stars - 
; 1 for over 1000 posts; 2 for over 2000 posts; 3 for over 5000 posts, 4 for 10,000 posts, and 5 for 15,000 posts.