I've been working on a mod to allow you to use html within user profiles. Whilst there are other mods out there that allow you to do this, they simply remove the 'sanitising' applied to ALL profile fields. There is an obvious security risk in doing this as it allows any user to post potentially destructive code.

The mod will allow users to choose who can edit the block - this allows the block to be visible only to admins if required - removing the issues associated with simply removing the sanitisation of ALL profile fields.

When the block is up and running I might also consider adding a filter so that HTML commands can be whiltelisted.

Ultimately the datatype allows each user to have a block displaying html within thier profile - this block is unique to each user. The upshot is that each user can have unique data displayed in their profile - each user could for example have information aggregated from another site - right there in thier profile - perhaps you want to show a users gaming stats in thier profile, or thier code stats from ohloh.

If you want users to have access to the block then they can post whatever they like.

What do people think of this mod?

Thoughts please.

DM

Is it me or has Boonex Unity taken a big nosedive in the past few days?

All I seem to see is fighting, arguing, badmouthing, thread hijacking and name calling. If the support wasn't bad enough, now I have to deal with being drawn into reading pages of people insulting each other. (yeah yeah - i know I didn't have to read it - but it's more entertaining than watching the TV).

The funniest thing is how a certain user seems to be railroading an idea through about beta testing - If boonex was my business I personally wouldn't suffer it, somehow it just doesn't seem appropriate, no matter how bad the current beta testing process may be. I am surprised that some of the Boonex team haven't taken offense.

It is also amusing that others, who have posted normal blog posts about thier experiences with Dolphin have thier posts deleted, and then the posts about having thier posts deleted, also deleted, whilst the previously mentioned, certain people just keep posting more and more worthless stuff that gets left up. Jeesh - even the spam gets left up. WTF is going on?