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Image Base URL??? [message #35240]

Tue, 19 December 2006 00:31

Bubba

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Does FUD Forum support the retrieval of images from a separate domain? We'd like all images to be servered via:

http://images.mydomain.com

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Re: Image Base URL??? [message #35247 is a reply to message #35240]

Tue, 19 December 2006 15:09

Ilia

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Yeah it is possible.

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Re: Image Base URL??? [message #35368 is a reply to message #35247]

Wed, 03 January 2007 07:11

WITCH

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I actualy tried that the other day, I registered at Photo bucket, uploaded some images to my account and from there it was a simple matter of copying the link into my post or signature line of course I havent gotten very far with it. I dont know if it is allowed here or not, so I'll get some better info and post it here!

Ok I see Images are on so I will try it here shortly.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o137/pandemoniumranch/Witch/eyez2.gif

OK is this what you wanted to do??

I am new to this so explain things very, very carefully!

[Updated on: Wed, 03 January 2007 07:22]

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Re: Image Base URL??? [message #35370 is a reply to message #35368]

Wed, 03 January 2007 19:21

Bubba

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Thanks Witch, but not exactly. My question pertains to FudForum configuration whereby the application images (buttons, icons, etc) are retrieved from a domain other than WWW.

Ila - Would be good to know another way of doing this without modifying source. And if not, is this an acceptable change? I realize if I upgrade, these changes would be lost.

For example:
http://fudforum.org/forum/theme/default/images/existing_content.png

Would become:
http://images.fudforum.org/forum/theme/default/images/existing_content.png

Without affecting compiler token THEME_ROOT. Cracking open compiler.inc I found compiler token THEME_IMAGE_ROOT.

$cmpl['THEME_IMAGE_ROOT'] = $cmpl['THEME_ROOT'].'/images';

So, the only configurable switch is modify THEME_ROOT in GLOBALS.php -- which I'm uncomfortable doing without knowing all ramifications of the change.

I took the liberity to add $STATIC_URL to GLOBALS.php

$STATIC_URL = 'http://images.mydomain.com'

and modified THEME_IMAGE_ROOT in compiler.inc as:

$cmpl['STATIC_URL'] = $GLOBALS['STATIC_URL]{strlen(...;
$cmpl['THEME_IMAGE_ROOT'] = $cmpl['STATIC_URL'].$cmpl['THEME_ROOT'].'/images';

Recompiled templates. Now all references to THEME_IMAGE_ROOT is translated to http://images.mydomain.com/forum/theme/default/images

For example:
http://images.mydomain.org/forum/theme/default/images/existing_content.png

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Re: Image Base URL??? [message #35373 is a reply to message #35370]

Wed, 03 January 2007 23:27

Ilia

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One simple solution would be to put a .htaccess file that would use mod_rewrite or mod_alias to perform the redirect.

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Re: Image Base URL??? [message #35375 is a reply to message #35373]

Thu, 04 January 2007 00:18

Bubba

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While that's a simple solution it still requires a request to WWW for redirects. The goal is to have the browser request images from a separate domain. This would facilitate services such as Akamai. Smile

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