Image Posting Change

[Matt]

We have just changed the way images can be posted on the forum. You can upload images from your own computer, using the "Attachments" section below the text entry area. Now, when you upload those images, they will display full-size at the bottom of the post instead of as thumbnails. If you have a slow internet connection, you may want to tinker with the value of "posts seen per page" (in your User CP) so that you aren't waiting too long for each page to open. Also, it's possible that we may have to change back to the thumbnail method if this slows down the server too much, but that is unlikely.

As it was, if your image is already online, or you want to embed it in the middle of the post instead of at the end, use the "Insert Image" icon located above the text entry area.

[nolemmings]

much appreciated.

[Leon]

Matt and I discussed this and we think the large majority (me too) will really like this change. Now you can upload larger images straight to the board WITHOUT having to use a host. In the coming weeks we will be reviewing more things to make the forum the best it can be...Many thanks to Matt for the help....

Remember also.....NOW you can change your posts per thread, that you see on one page, up to 80

We are still reviewing a trader points system for the BST but it's not an easy solution.....

and I am going to stick this thread at top for a few days so more folks will see it....it's a few important changes

[uffda51]

Ah hah! Insert Image works.

[calvindog]

test

[alanu]

IMHO, both the image attachments and the 80 post per page are great addtions

Thanks guys!

[CobbSpikedMe]

Test image within text:



Test Attachment:

[Rob D.]

Indians win, theeeeeeeeeee Indians win!

[jmk59]

OK. For those of you of faint disposition or weak hearts, get your smelling salts and nitro ready for this one.

I've been keeping an eye on the picture-posting threads and agreeing that we really lost something with no direct posting from hard drive capability. The thumbnails just didn't get it.

And I've been thinking (and now regret not posting before it was changed) that if there was any way possible to post pictures directly, Matt would figure it out. And he has. Thanks very much to Matt for that.

And on a similar note, anyone that hasn't been in the new chat room yet is really missing something. The night REA closed was just so damn cool. Between the REA "recent bids" screen and the awesome new chat room, it was a new page turned in watching auctions closed.

The chat room was also Matt's doing, and many thanks for that as well.

J

[Matt]

Joann - you're more then welcome. We appreciate all the constructive feedback since it lets us know what we should look to improve. We actually knew about this capability before we launched but wary of the performance nightmare we had last time, Leon made the call to err on the side of speed to start things off and use the thumbnails. We now rolled out the changes of allowing 80 posts per page and full size images as we have a good baseline for the forum's performance and should be able to tell if that bogs things down at all (so far so good).

Frank - I know you weren't complaining - it was that kind of specific constructive feedback that helped (I contrast this with helpful comments such as "The new forum is crap").

If anyone else has anything constructive to add, please post or PM myself or Leon and we'll see if (within reason) we can make it happen. I'd still like to know what the 20+ folks who liked the old forum better would like to see.

[Doug]

The new features keep making the board even better, great work guys!

[3-2-count]

Testing 1, 2, 3, 4..........

http://www.net54baseball.com/newatta...89681b4a25a4b5

[hennessey16]

vic willis.jp
boy it's sure is alot easier now, thanks

[DavidW]

Interesting. You need to be logged in to see most of the images. Guess I can no longer just lurk....

[martin neal]

testing... very nice, thanks Matt.

[D. Broughman]

I just posted my first image without help. Does that mean this old man is no longer COMPUTER ILLITERATE? Now I can share my collection with others and find answers to my questions. Thanks everyone for what you did for us and the hobby! D.

[tbob]

test

[whycough]

Let's see.