load icons from local server only

  • Resolved muxipups

    (@muxipups)


    8 years ago

    hi,
    I noticed that, although the fa-fonts are saved within the plugin directory, there are outgoing connections made to to load the fa-fonts. According to the new general data protection law in European Union (GDPR) it’s possibly not legal anymore to make those connections.
    Is there a way to prevent those outgoing connections without deactivationg the plugin?
    thanks!

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  • Plugin Contributor Code Parrots

    (@codeparrots)

    8 years ago

    Hi @muxipups,

    You certainly can. The related code would be here: https://github.com/EvanHerman/timeline-express/blob/d955e8ad2b3a8cd0b3c841e51d03234bfde84134/lib/helpers.php#L175-L192

    All you would have to do is define a constant inside of your wp-config.php file, or inside of the functions.php of your theme.

    You could do something along the lines of:
    define( 'TIMELINE_EXPRESS_FONT_AWESOME_LOCAL', true );

    Which would then load font awesome locally, from within the plugin itself.

    Let us know if that works for you and the new GDPR laws.

    Thread Starter muxipups

    (@muxipups)

    8 years ago

    Yes, I put the constant into wp-config, works! Thank You!
    Maybe, due to this new law, you should integrate an option to switch off this outgoin connection, as it is not really necessary.

    regards

    Plugin Contributor Code Parrots

    (@codeparrots)

    8 years ago

    Hi @muxipups

    That’s a good idea! We will add that our list of features in the upcoming releases and get this built in and released in time for GDPR, since it will most likely be a more frequently requested feature when GDPR drops.

    Thanks for the suggestion – and have a great day!

    Thread Starter muxipups

    (@muxipups)

    8 years ago

    great. But the new GDPR will start at 25th of May…

    thanks

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