Ability for a user to post (images, updates) on their profile?

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I like the idea generally.

I can think of numerous scenarios where additional information about members would be useful.

Consider the following three communities which I intend launching over the coming months:

  1. Film & Television - I’d like users to showcase their list of credits - which update frequently and on a more prosaic level, their favourite films, actors and a small description of each.

  2. Cars - Here I’d expect members to store their garage (a list of their cars or cars they’d like to have). A common requirement in online car communities. If folks don’t have the facility btw, they often put their garage in their post footer (which I don’t like…)

  3. Political Economy. (Smith, Paine, Marx, Mao etc). When folks discuss this very heavy subject, they like to see the credentials of the person they are conversing with. Reading lists, qualifications and so on. Almost like a bibliography. Yes it could be free texted in the existing profile, but be able to store a template complete with structured content types (similar to SharePoint) and have the member fill this out, would be very helpful.

Agreed, all of the above could be stored in a topic/post somewhere, but to my mind at that point it becomes archived and a pain to have to seek out when all you want to do is click on a conveniently situated profile button.

Plugin? If we must. But I have no intention of writing one personally. I grew up with assembler, c, c++, c#, js etc and have neither the inclination or time to learn another environment. Edit: Ha ha, probably not the ability these days either [old man].

Not saying that I wouldn’t want to become involved in the production of one or more plugins. Therefore, happy to consider part funding a plugin with others if there is any interest. Note, the only issue I have with plugins is that they have a habit of becoming un or partially supported. Unless they are taken into core. And if they are taken into core, perhaps there are discussions to be had about Discourse users funding specific areas of core development.

Chris, London

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