Avatar Uploads - Your opinion

Client Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 17

I'm seeking some opinions on custom avatar uploads to your forums. Do you allow it? If you do what KB/dimensions do you keep it under? Most of all, do you know of any security risks in allowing these uploads...?

Thanks in advance for your help in this. Shocked

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:39 pm

For me, it really depends on the type of site. On most sites I allow uploads as long as they are under 6kb and 80x80 or under. On a few I limit users to what I provide. General rule of thumb (for me anyway) is "on" for personal sites and "off" for business sites.

If its a setup for somebody else, I always turn off uploads and off-site avatar linking off and let the person who will be webmastering the site decide what's best for him/her.

I feel more comfortable, security-wise, with uploads than off-site linking.

Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

I allow them on my site, I limit the size to 90 x 90 and file size around 25k I think because my members use animations and fancy ones.

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:05 pm

I allow them on my site and judge the size by what I want to use myself. lol

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:14 pm

rofl I didnt wanna say that in my post

Hangin' Around Joined: Jan 28, 2004 Posts: 27

I maxd mine at 150 for 3 different sites, seems to work pretty well. People still have a bit of room to play without it going over board.

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:49 pm

So from everything you guys (or gals) have put, you haven't had any security problems with this and don't see that there would be any either?