lobsters/lobsters

Permit users to directly upload their own avatars

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#547 opened on Sep 12, 2018

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Hiya, as a new Lobste.rs user, I notice that I can only use Gravatar for Avatars...

Any chance of an extra field in users profiles that allows them to enter an external https link to a png/jpg image of their choice?

I'd look into a pull request for this, but I'm just not that good at coding, sorry.

Thanks!

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Explore the current user profile model and views to add an avatar upload field using Active Storage or a similar gem. Ensure proper security checks for file types and size limits.
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ruby
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backendfrontend
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