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diff --git a/doc/todo/avatar.mdwn b/doc/todo/avatar.mdwn index 3a4e64b95..f0599e4ed 100644 --- a/doc/todo/avatar.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/avatar.mdwn @@ -1,42 +1,60 @@ [[!tag wishlist]] It would be nice if ikiwiki, particularly [[plugins/comments]] -supported user avatar icons. +(but also, ideally, recentchanges) supported user avatar icons. Idea is to add a directive that displays a small avatar image for a user. -Pass it the email address, openid, or wiki username of the user. +Pass it a user's the email address, openid, username, or the md5 hash +of their email address: \[[!avatar user@example.com]] \[[!avatar http://joey.kitenet.net/]] \[[!avatar user]] + \[[!avatar hash]] These directives can then be hand-inserted onto pages, or more likely, -included in eg, a comment post via a template. Possibly included in a -recentchanges page item via that template too? +included in eg, a comment post via a template. + +An optional second parameter can be included, containing additional +options to pass in the +[gravatar url](http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/url). +For example, this asks for a smaller gravatar, and if a user does +not have a gravatar, uses a cute auto-generated "wavatar" avatar. + + \[[!gravatar user@example.com "size=40&default=wavatar"]] + +The `gravitar_options` setting in the setup file can be used to +specify additional options to pass. So for example if you want +to use wavatars everywhere, set it to "default=wavatar". The avatars are provided by various sites. For email addresses, it uses a [gravatar](http://gravatar.com/). For a wiki username, the user's email address is looked up and the gravatar for that user is displayed. (Of course, the user has to have filled in their email address -on their Preferences page for that to work.) +on their Preferences page for that to work. Also, when the user changes +their email address in Preferences, the gravatar won't change until the +wiki is rebuilt.) For openid, openavatar sucked and is now dead. So we need to use an email address instead, I guess. Problem is that the email address of a given openid is only known when that user is logged in and making a change. And we don't want to leak an openid user's email into a page either. Hmm. Suppose the gravatar hash could be calculated from the email address -and embedded instead of the openid? +and embedded instead of the openid? That would work for comments, +but not if the directive were used elsewhere. -Or, for openid, could use <http://paulisageek.com/openidavatar>. +Or, for openid, could use <http://paulisageek.com/openidavatar>. Which +works fine, but users are not likely to figure out what they need to do to +get an avatar associated with their openid. -An optional second parameter can be included, containing additional -options to pass in the -[gravatar url](http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/url). -For example, this asks for a smaller gravatar, and if a user does -not have a gravatar, uses a cute auto-generated "wavatar" avatar. +--- - \[[!gravatar user@example.com "size=40&default=wavatar"]] +Alternative, not overdesigned approach: -The `gravitar_options` setting in the setup file can be used to -specify additional options to pass. So for example if you want -to use wavatars everywhere, set it to "default=wavatar". +Modify comments plugin to have an option to display avatars. + +When posting a comment, fill in the avatarhash field in the template. +The hash is calculated from the user's email address. If the user's email +is not known, skip it. + +End. :P |