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Aznknight
Senior Member
USA
1373 Posts |
 Posted - 03 April 2001 : 17:17:52
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Title: Avatar Admin Add-on (for avatar mod version 2)
Description:
This mod uses the file system object to make it easier for admins to add avatars to their site.
Instead of manually entering the url of avatar image, the admin can just select the avatar from a select box.
The avatar will then just need to name the avatar image.
Once an avatar is added it will be moved to a different folder.
Download: http://www.calvsa.net/snitz/
Just click on the "Avatar Admin Add-on" link in the Downloads category.
Disclaimer:
Don't use thid add-on if your host does not support the file system object or changing directory permissions.
Demo: none as this is an admin only feature.
Here's what it will look like:
Instructions:
Make sure you have already installed Richard's Avatar Mod (Version 2)
1) Unzip the avatar_addon.zip to your forum directory.
2) Rename admin_add_avatar.asp to admin_add_avatar_backup.asp and then unzip the avatar_admin_addon.zip to your forum directory.
3) Add Two new directories/folders, "new_avatars" and "avatars" to your forum directory.
4) place your avatar images into the "new_avatars" folder.
5) log on as admin and goto admin_avatar_home section and you should be able to see the avatars that you have placed in "new_avatars" folder.
When you add the avatar, it will be moved from "new_avatars" to "avatars" folder so you don't see it again next time in the select list.
- Alan
www.iamviet.com
www.calvsa.net
Snitz Resource
Edited by - aznknight on 06 April 2001 19:52:21 |
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Martha2Mary
Junior Member
New Zealand
250 Posts |
Posted - 03 April 2001 : 23:32:17
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Hi Aznknight,
I'm getting a 'Permission Denied' Error after uploading the new admin_add_avatar.asp, with the error occuring on line 109, which is:
fso.movefile objFile, server.MapPath("avatars/" & objFile.name)
Would this be because my Forum directory does not have Read & Write permissions set on it? I keep my Database in another directory that has read and write permissions, and would rather just keep it at one, so if this is the problem where would I need to edit the Avatar files so that it looks for and stores them in an alternative Directory that is not a sub-directory of the forum folder?
Thanks.
*If Knowledge is Power, and Power Corrupts, what hope is there for Mankind  * |
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Aznknight
Senior Member
USA
1373 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2001 : 03:00:33
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Hi Aznknight,
I'm getting a 'Permission Denied' Error after uploading the new admin_add_avatar.asp, with the error occuring on line 109, which is:
fso.movefile objFile, server.MapPath("avatars/" & objFile.name)
Would this be because my Forum directory does not have Read & Write permissions set on it? I keep my Database in another directory that has read and write permissions, and would rather just keep it at one, so if this is the problem where would I need to edit the Avatar files so that it looks for and stores them in an alternative Directory that is not a sub-directory of the forum folder?
Thanks.
*If Knowledge is Power, and Power Corrupts, what hope is there for Mankind *
HI martha2mary,
yeah, line 109 requires that you set write permissions to the "avatars" folder and delete permissions to "new_avatars". What it does is move the file from "new_avatars" to "avatars" so that it would not appear in the select box again.
As for changing it to another directory, it is hard coded as avatars and new_avatars. hmm..i dunno, you can play with changing the paths and stuff if you're up to the task. You can email me ( alan@iamviet.com ) how your directory structure is and I'll see what I can do.
But the best thing to do would be to add the permissions I talked about above. I'll add this part to the instructions to. Otherwise manually moving the images defeats half the purpose of this add-on.
- Alan
www.iamviet.com
www.calvsa.net
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2001 : 03:17:33
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MisterVB
Junior Member
274 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2001 : 04:48:07
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I don't know why but after i added 182 avatars it's not showing the other 50 i have to enter in. It's odd i had no problems with all the others.
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MisterVB
Junior Member
274 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2001 : 05:10:17
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Think i figured it out.... Okay I had programmed myself a mass file renamer for instances such as this because I have 223 avatars and don't want to name them all seperate names so I named them avatar and my program increments the numbers, anyhow when i chose the gif extension i think this mod doesn't recognize the gif extension when capitolized. Can't think of anything else cause I reuploaded the older files with the GIF extension and they wouldn't appear only in lowercase form.
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Aznknight
Senior Member
USA
1373 Posts |
Posted - 06 April 2001 : 19:51:19
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Think i figured it out.... Okay I had programmed myself a mass file renamer for instances such as this because I have 223 avatars and don't want to name them all seperate names so I named them avatar and my program increments the numbers, anyhow when i chose the gif extension i think this mod doesn't recognize the gif extension when capitolized. Can't think of anything else cause I reuploaded the older files with the GIF extension and they wouldn't appear only in lowercase form.
Yeah this mod only recognizes the lower case forms.
The update for this is real easy.
in line 164 of this mod's admin_add_avatar.asp, change this line:
if instr(objFileItem.Name, ".gif") or instr(objFileItem.Name, ".jpg") then
to
if instr(objFileItem.Name), ".gif") or instr(objFileItem.Name, ".jpg") or instr(objFileItem.Name), ".GIF") or instr(objFileItem.Name, ".JPG") then
I could use the lcase function but I don't know how that will affect the .movefile function, so easiest thing to do was add in the two cases for capitol letters  .
The other way to do it would have been:
if instr(lcase(objFileItem.Name), ".gif") or instr(lcase(objFileItem.Name), ".jpg") then
- Alan
www.iamviet.com
www.calvsa.net
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Aznknight
Senior Member
USA
1373 Posts |
Posted - 06 April 2001 : 19:52:59
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some hosts don't fully enable the use of the FileSystem.Object. They let you use some features but not others. And then others don't allow it at all.
Good point, Richard.
I'll add in a disclaimer.
- Alan
www.iamviet.com
www.calvsa.net
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mark
Starting Member
46 Posts |
Posted - 28 April 2001 : 09:54:31
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is there's a script that every member could ccess the avatar setting?
Pls help
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mneedham
New Member
United Kingdom
84 Posts |
Posted - 24 June 2001 : 18:29:26
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Make sure you have already installed Richard's Avatar Mod (Version 2)
Where can I get this from I can't seem to find it anywhere?
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davea
New Member
61 Posts |
Posted - 26 June 2001 : 06:22:37
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Download loaction here is dead, and I also cant find the original mod needed for this.
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Aznknight
Senior Member
USA
1373 Posts |
Posted - 26 June 2001 : 14:35:34
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hmm the snitz resource page is still up.
go here: http://www.calvsa.net/snitz/mods.asp
and click "Avatar Admin Mod".
Rate it or leave a comment about it if you want .
about the original avatar v2 mod by richard, just type up "avatar v2" in the search on here and you should find it. I've seen questions asking where it is several times and they have been answered as well.
- Alan
www.iamviet.com
www.calvsa.net
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Oudie
New Member
Taiwan
70 Posts |
Posted - 27 June 2001 : 04:13:20
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Sorry, I have a question. If I want to make the memember can add their avatar not by admin.
What should I do?
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maggiau
New Member
96 Posts |
Posted - 27 June 2001 : 05:40:12
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Great mod ... but I added a lots of gif files in the newavatar directory. I would like to process them automatically, that means an option that will :
- read the newavatar directory
- get the names of all the gif files
- use the gif names without the extension as the description
- add all the names in the database
- move all the files to the avatars folder
and that's it ...
It will avoid a lot of admin tasks
I hope this will have some interests to others and that there is an easy way to do it.
THANK you in any case to the author of this mod
www.gitaum.com
Alex
Edited by - maggiau on 27 June 2001 05:41:55 |
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Rob Poretti
Junior Member
Canada
435 Posts |
Posted - 18 August 2001 : 14:21:29
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Hey Alan,
Server priviledges that are required in order to move files between directories can be a security risk -- escpecially with web sniffers that are looking for places to put potentially dangerous exe files.
Why not make your mod look at the contents of a directory and change the database parameters to "add" or "remove" avatars. (I'm not sure why "moving" files is neccessary.) In this way, security is not a compromised. Until then, I would suggest that users at least change the directory names to something other than "Avatars" and "New_Avatars". EVERYONE that reads about this mod can have access to these directories for any server that has implemented this mod! If you at least change the names, then someone has to go out of there way to hack in.
FOr sites hosted by NT Server, the other thing that you can do is to use code like this:
<%
If Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER")="" Then
Response.Status = "401 Access Denied"
end if
%>
This uses NT authentication before files are moved. This way permissions are kept and whatever you use for a password on your server allows you the access that you need. (You need Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.) I put the above code at the top of the admin_add_avatar.asp, and it seems to work fine.
Great mod by the way... I think I said this before though!
Cheers!
Rob Poretti
Sascom Marketing Group ~ Toronto
vox.905.825.5373 fax.905.825.5960
Edited by - Rob Poretti on 18 August 2001 14:23:41 |
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samsudin
Starting Member
Singapore
31 Posts |
Posted - 19 August 2001 : 04:03:12
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I love this MOD, makes the admin life easier. I 've apply this Mod without any problems.
Thanks a billion
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