Disappearing Photos

[ErnieM]

I've been trying to post a new thread with pictures. Having done this literally hundreds of times before, I'm stumped as to why the process doesn't seem to be working. I can place a picture into my post, but when I preview the post by hitting the preview post button the picture disappears. This happens everytime. I've tried the new 'pick pictures from your gallery' button and the old method of opening two instances of North Carolina Woodworker and pasting the codes into the post using the 'insert image' button. Same results. Has something changed? Have I missed some new method? Am I finally getting senile? Where am I? Who am I? Why am I?:wsmile:

Ernie

 

[Sully]

Am I finally getting senile? Where am I? Who am I? Why am I?

Time to close up shop and sell off all your tools ....... cheap! :rotflm:

Seriously, don't know what might have changed I always used the cut and paste of the picture codes. Here's a test:




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[ErnieM]

Time to close up shop and sell off all your tools ....... cheap! :rotflm:

Seriously, don't know what might have changed I always used the cut and paste of the picture codes. Here's a test:




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That's easy - my tools were cheap to begin with.:gar-La;
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[Bas]

Hi Ernie,

I can't reproduce this problem, so we'll need to do some experimenting. Can you reply to this post (by using the "Quote" button, not the Quick Reply) and include a picture? Then hit "Submit Reply". Don't worry if the picture disappears - maybe it's really there and only you can't see it.

Another thing to try - can you include someone else's picture in your post? For that you'll have to do the 2-browser-window trick, since you can only pick your own photos via the new gallery button.


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[ErnieM]

Hi Ernie,

I can't reproduce this problem, so we'll need to do some experimenting. Can you reply to this post (by using the "Quote" button, not the Quick Reply) and include a picture? Then hit "Submit Reply". Don't worry if the picture disappears - maybe it's really there and only you can't see it.

Another thing to try - can you include someone else's picture in your post? For that you'll have to do the 2-browser-window trick, since you can only pick your own photos via the new gallery button.


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Thanks Bas - here are the two photos you wanted.

First, from my gallery.

View image in gallery​

Second - from another members gallery.

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[ErnieM]

Hi Ernie,

I can't reproduce this problem, so we'll need to do some experimenting. Can you reply to this post (by using the "Quote" button, not the Quick Reply) and include a picture? Then hit "Submit Reply". Don't worry if the picture disappears - maybe it's really there and only you can't see it.

Another thing to try - can you include someone else's picture in your post? For that you'll have to do the 2-browser-window trick, since you can only pick your own photos via the new gallery button.


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Bas - Here are the same two photos. This time I previewed the post before posting it.

First, my photo.

View image in gallery​

Second - a members photo.

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[Bas]

Thanks Ernie, that helps a lot. I can reproduce it now, if I "edit" your post I see both pictures, but if I preview the post then the one from your gallery disappears. Now I just have to figure out why
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[Bas]

OK, I know why it's happening. Not sure how easy or hard it is to fix. The site automatically expands certain words, e.g. N.C.W.W. (without the periods) becomes North Carolina Woodworker. And we've been having fun talking about vBulleting's Content Management System becoming a CMS.

In this case, your picture has the name n.c.w.w.-4.jpg (again, without the periods). When you hit preview, the site software automatically expands the acronym n.c.w.w. to the full name NCWW. And of course, no image exists with that name! But if you don't do a preview but save right away, the site software doesn't butt in and change it. I'll see if I can turn off the name expansion for images, but that may not be possible...so you'd have to rename your photos to prevent this from happening.
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[ErnieM]

Thanks Bas - that makes sense. I'll just rename the photos and be happy that the cause of the problem wasn't senility related.:gar-Bi

Ernie
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[ErnieM]

Bas - Back to the drawing board - it didn't work. I renamed the photos and re-posted. All of the photos remained when I previewed the post but when I actually posted it, only the third picture appeared. I've since deleted the post. Any other thoughts?

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[ErnieM]

Bas

Never mind - I think I've figured it out. Renaming the photo in the gallery doesn't fix the problem because the embed codes don't change. Even though a photo is renamed "harp4", the embed codes still display the original name "NCWW - 4". I think the photos have to be deleted and uploaded again with the new names. This should result in the correct embed codes. Yes?

Ernie
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[toolferone]

WOW, nice job Bas getting to the bottom of this!
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[Bas]

Bas

Never mind - I think I've figured it out. Renaming the photo in the gallery doesn't fix the problem because the embed codes don't change. Even though a photo is renamed "harp4", the embed codes still display the original name "North Carolina Woodworker - 4". I think the photos have to be deleted and uploaded again with the new names. This should result in the correct embed codes. Yes?

Ernie
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Correct,the actual file name has to be changed. If there are a lot of photos affected, I can do something programmatically, but if we're talking fewer than 10 photos, then deleting/ uploading again would be faster...if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks.
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[ErnieM]

Correct,the actual file name has to be changed. If there are a lot of photos affected, I can do something programmatically, but if we're talking fewer than 10 photos, then deleting/ uploading again would be faster...if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks.
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Bas

Thanks for all your help - I really appreciate it. IMO I don't think the issue is worth your time to fix by re-programming. It's simple enough for our members to refrain from using initials for 'NCWW' as part of a picture's name. Lesson learned!

Ernie
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