Allow user to change their site picture by linking to a URL

[StewartNoyce]

As an enhancement, allow users to enter a web URL when they "change picture" in the edit screen. Assume that the URL points to the persistent store for the picture.

For background, I am running on Heroku and the ephemeral file system blows away any uploaded images (see issues #1714 and #1846). Gravatar is an excellent workaround but I need the option to allow users to have site-specific identity.

[julianlam]

Hey there, we definitely want something like this for NodeBB. The gravatar system is tightly integrated into the core right now, so it needs to be rewritten, but we will definitely keep this in mind when that happens.

[StewartNoyce]

Great. I'll tell people to use the gravatar for now. They have the
option to set it up or not.
Stewart

On 9/27/14 3:23 PM, Julian Lam wrote:

Hey there, we definitely want something like this for NodeBB. The
gravatar system is tightly integrated into the core right now, so it
needs to be rewritten, but we will definitely keep this in mind when
that happens.

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[barisusakli]

If you are using the imgur plugin this is possible on 0.5.1 now, you can paste in an url in the edit screen and it will upload that image to imgur.

[StewartNoyce]

The imgur plugin sounds good. Does it upload the images anonymously? That's a requirement for my audience. Imgur "may feature" an image in a public gallery according to terms of service.

[barisusakli]

Yes the imgur plugin uploads all images anonymously.