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ranochigo

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Quote from: money420weed on July 24, 2014, 06:03:12 PM

Quote from: Testing123 on July 22, 2014, 11:59:29 PM

Quote from: mcculum0010 on July 22, 2014, 10:54:21 PM

Quote from: BitcoinCharlie on July 22, 2014, 10:10:54 PM

I saw a post from back in March about this being a future possibility.
Still see we can't add one, any word on when we will be able to have an Avatar?

I think the avatar would be available once the new forum software is completed.

This.

And in case you are wondering how much the new software costs and when it will be ready, you may check the post https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5069851

That is a lot of money to spend just for software. Then again this forum does get >30 BTC per week in ad revenue and has over 100k registered members.

I don't think it is the amount that matters, Theymos isn't a professional who can code a forum within short period of times. Even with huge amount of money, he would still need some time.

You can PM Theymos to remove avatars but not adding avatars.

money420weed

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Quote from: Testing123 on July 22, 2014, 11:59:29 PM

Quote from: mcculum0010 on July 22, 2014, 10:54:21 PM

Quote from: BitcoinCharlie on July 22, 2014, 10:10:54 PM

I saw a post from back in March about this being a future possibility.
Still see we can't add one, any word on when we will be able to have an Avatar?

I think the avatar would be available once the new forum software is completed.

This.

And in case you are wondering how much the new software costs and when it will be ready, you may check the post https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5069851

That is a lot of money to spend just for software. Then again this forum does get >30 BTC per week in ad revenue and has over 100k registered members.

BitcoinCharlie

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No problem, thanks for the update!

Dare

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To quote myself from the last time this question came up:

Quote from: Dare on March 30, 2014, 02:28:24 AM

Quote from: Sirrah on March 29, 2014, 09:42:47 PM

Quote from: OhShei8e on March 29, 2014, 09:33:28 PM

Any progress?

Please turn off this forum! The avatars are the only advantage over a mailing list. This is bitter but true. Give something better a chance. Give up!

I'm pretty sure that avatars will be disabled until at least the new forum is out and being used - as theymos has stated it was removed due to an exploit made possible by avatars and though I believe the exploit has been patched he is not keen on restoring the functionality.

From what I've heard, pretty much. The exploit involved uploading a php script instead of an image into an executable directory, then using it to put some (slightly) malicious Javascript into the forum's MOTD so that it ran on every page. I followed the troubleshooting and analysis through IRC while it was being fixed immediately after the hack, but it seems that avatars may be disabled for a while anyway.

Though the exploit used has been patched, it's been long enough that I suspect new avatars may remain disabled until the new forum software is put into place, but those who had them before the hack like me were able to keep them (though we can't change our avatars either).

Testing123

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Quote from: mcculum0010 on July 22, 2014, 10:54:21 PM

Quote from: BitcoinCharlie on July 22, 2014, 10:10:54 PM

I saw a post from back in March about this being a future possibility.
Still see we can't add one, any word on when we will be able to have an Avatar?

I think the avatar would be available once the new forum software is completed.

This.

And in case you are wondering how much the new software costs and when it will be ready, you may check the post https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5069851

mcculum0010

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Quote from: BitcoinCharlie on July 22, 2014, 10:10:54 PM

I saw a post from back in March about this being a future possibility.
Still see we can't add one, any word on when we will be able to have an Avatar?

I think the avatar would be available once the new forum software is completed.

BitcoinCharlie

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I saw a post from back in March about this being a future possibility.
Still see we can't add one, any word on when we will be able to have an Avatar?

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