Downtime II

[Silverthorn]

I have looked at the code that deals with avatar-uploading. Basically, it goes like this:

1. Upload to LFE
   • Let a user specify an image-file to upload it
   • Transfer and store the file on the server (if necessary, replace the old one with the new)
   • Perform a few calculations (especially image size so that it'll be displayed correctly all over the place and auto-resize / throw an error in case the dimensions are larger than acceptable)
   • Update the respective entry in the database
2. Use an external host
   • Follow the link specified
   • Because of security-reasons, PHP cannot get image-data from a non-local place. Hence, download it and run the same calculations as in local mode
   • Update database-entry and delete the downloaded copy from the local server

You probably see the problem: either way requires write-permissions. The verification-process is, according to my understanding, impossible to do remotely. And even if there was a way, that'd require me to edit the PHP-files. Which I can't. WHICH NOBODY CAN! TEH APOCALYPSE!!