Default Avatar Upload Path |
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| Date: | 04/29/2008 | Severity: | Minor |
| Status: | Not a Bug | Reporter: | rmhayler |
| Version: | EE 1.6.3 | Assigned To: | Not Assigned |
| Keywords: | Membership, Avatars | ||
Details
In the EE Control Panel - Admin - Members and Groups - Membership Preferences - Avatar Preferences
Changing the Server Path to reflect the desired avatar upload path is not reflected when attempting to save the setting:
For example if I set the server path to: /html/uploads/avatars/
When I try to save the path I get an error message stating that the path is not valid, however EE is trying to use a different path to the one specified, i.e. EE tries to use: /html/uploads/avatars/uploads/
So it is applying the directory path “uploads” even though this is not specified.
Comment on Bug Report
| Posted by: Derek Jones on 30 April 2008 7:57am | |
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Avatars are a special case, because EE allows for both sets of avatars as well as uploading, so avatar path you supply should be the “base” avatar folder, and you will need a folder with proper write permissions beneath it named ‘uploads’. Make sense? |
| Posted by: rmhayler on 30 April 2008 8:09am | |
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That does make sense but the control panel should make this clear as currently I am able to change the directory to point outside of the default avatar folder path. Personally I think that EE should allow you to reference any path you like for custom avatars. On my setup I have an uploads folder in the website root which then has child directories for images, avatars, files etc. When it comes to upgrading EE and replacing the EE default folders I then eliminate the risk of overwriting any of my uploaded files. |
| Posted by: Derek Jones on 30 April 2008 8:15am | |
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Well, replacing the /images/ folder isn’t recommended (or documented) when upgrading ExpressionEngine, so that situation shouldn’t arise. But I can see the source of confusion; thanks for the feedback! |