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Re: Forum problems

by nick c » Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:47 pm

This has come up before. I will eventually merge this thread with that.
I have been informed by the people who run the technical side of this forum that images cannot be posted.
The setting is that only Administrators can post images, it is built into the forum and cannot be changed. As an Adminsitrator or Moderator I cannot change it, and apparently nobody can.
I can post images but only other Administrators can see them, so that is pretty much useless.

Forum problems

by Phorce » Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:07 am

Hi,

Could not find a dedicated forum section for this. I just had problems posting a GIF and the forum kept on saying it could not find the image dimensions. So I tried to upload but the upload size is very low, around 600K. Also the forum is a bit antiquated although I appreciate thunderbolts has limited time and resources. These days it’s expected that you can post social media links and an automatic preview would come up and all this kind of thing. There’s some much more advanced forum options these days, many of them free, the names escape me but I’ll try and come back with them ! :)

Re: test post

by nick c » Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:38 am

It probably would be best if the red "thunderbolts.info" logo should, when clicked, sends you to the Thunderbolts Homepage. There already is a link to v2.0 below the logo, so using the logo as another v2.0 link is redundant.

Bug report

by Zyxzevn » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:34 am

If I click on top-left link "thunderbolts.info"
I go to the old forum.
I think it would look best to have links to "thunderbolts.info" and to the new forum.
Maybe looking like buttons:
[Thunderbolts.info] [ Forum]

Re: test post

by JP Michael » Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:42 pm

Image attachment test:

Fig. 1. Doppler Radar 'Zone of Cancellation'
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[Edit] yes, img attachments are not working right now.
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Im getting an error message attached to this post:

"You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post."

I tested posting outside of the announcement forum and it is the same. Mods will need to tweak attachment permissions in the ACP.

Re: Question on, Posting of Images/pictures

by Robertus Maximus » Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:42 pm

allynh wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:39 pm - Are we no longer able to upload images the way we did on the old Forum.

I've looked at the FAQ page and it says:
Can I post images?

Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode [img] tag.
As JP Michael showed above, you can post an img if you have a link to some web site, so that does work.
As of 2020-02-03 17:30 GMT, I am still unable to upload images via the 'Attachments' tab as I was able to do in the v2.0 Forum. I have tried various file formats and attempted to upload an image previously uploaded on a v2.0 Forum thread with no luck.
Not everyone may wish to use a publicly accessible web server.
Just a thought...

Deleting Notifications - resolved

by kmcook » Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:06 am

Answering my own question on deleting Notifications.
I was using Notifications in a way the phpBB folks didn't intend.

Trawling phpBB forums I found...

1. A standard user cannot delete notifications received.

2. To keep track of selected topics, and new activity on them, don't set a notification. Use the email if you want an alert.

3. If alerts of new posts etc. aren't wanted, use the bookmark feature in 'Topic tools' at head of topic page. Then from your personal control panel you can use the bookmarks to jump to selected topics - tout suite!

Deleteing older notifications

by kmcook » Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:17 am

When I have set Notifications ON for a topic, and then wish to keep the topic Notifications active but delete the older notifications, how do I do it?

I mark them as READ but they remain in the Notification box at next login - I can't find the way to delete the READ notifications so that I only see unread notifications at next visit.

Clues anyone?

Re: Question on, Posting of Images/pictures

by davesmith_au » Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:44 pm

allynh wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:39 pm - Are we no longer able to upload images the way we did on the old Forum.

I've looked at the FAQ page and it says:
Can I post images?

Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode [img] tag.
As JP Michael showed above, you can post an img if you have a link to some web site, so that does work.
OK allynh, I THINK I have fixed the image issue, you should now see an attachments tab when posting. Please note, there are some restrictions.

Images should be no larger than 512 Kbi each. Max width is 800px, max height is 600px.

Best, Dave.

Re: test post

by JP Michael » Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:10 pm

As i said above, attachments are a moderator-only function at the moment. If admin want us to be able to upload attachments, i think that permission needs to be enabled for registered users as well; it is not a default setting.

I actually prefer to use the BB code because i can store all my jpgs nicely organised in my dropbox. Enforcing off-site img storage will also reduce this forum size, one of the reasons we ended up here in v3.

Question on, Posting of Images/pictures

by allynh » Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:39 pm

- Are we no longer able to upload images the way we did on the old Forum.

I've looked at the FAQ page and it says:
Can I post images?

Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode [img] tag.
As JP Michael showed above, you can post an img if you have a link to some web site, so that does work.

Re: test post

by davesmith_au » Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:55 pm

No problem Jack, others may have noticed it too, and if they read this post, they'll know why :D

Re: test post

by jacmac » Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:13 pm

Sorry,
I did not see the private message in time; that all guests are on UTC time.
Thanks Dave.
Thanks Nick
Jack

Re: test post

by jacmac » Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:47 am

I thought this might be a good place for this post:
The date/time, on top of the forum page, when logged in is correct.
When not logged in, the date time is seven hours ahead.
Just pointing this out.
Jack

Re: test post

by nick c » Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:55 am

Hi JP,
I can see it.
Do not set images as an attachment (I believe that is a moderator/admin only function anyway);
I am not sure of that. I am a member (registered user) of another phpBB forum which looks the same as this. I am not sure if it is the same version, but I have posted images as attachments there with no problems.

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