Goonfella Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I have read in various threads how people cannot post thumbnail images and get a warning saying - `You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community.' Well I get the same problem but have found a way around it so I thought I would just let everyone know so they could go ahead and (hopefully) do the same. The problem seems to happen when you use the reply box at the bottom of the page. After writing whatever text I want to I then copy and paste in the thumbnail code into the box. Make sure your curser is almost on top of the flashing vertical line( don`t know what it`s called) where you want to paste the code. Don`t just right click anywhere in the box as this will not work. Once you have done this , click on `More Reply Options' at the bottom right hand side, You will still see the warning but just ignore it , preview your post then finally post. And it should work. I have included a thumb of my own to show that it does ( for me anyway, hopefully for you too). You might have to preview a couple of times, as I did with this one but it gets there in the end. Good Luck. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Are you using the "IMG thumb code" from Photobucket? Because as far as I know that's not even valid BBCode on any forum I've ever used. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Ok so I will test Goonies method. Sorry din't work for me. Pyro, what code should we be using then? Please? Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [thumb]http://url.to.image/here.jpg [/thumb] 1 Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I got that warning too, the last time I posted in My Gallery a day or so ago. I just ignored it and the thumbnail worked OK in the end Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss265/barbieq25/HellComesSoftly_zpseb935ebf.png">http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss265/barbieq25/HellComesSoftly_zpseb935ebf.png okies, thankies ever so much Pyro it now works. I am putting the thumb brackets in & the direct link in between. Frustration levels back to normal... Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 No please, that THUMB code will force us to download the large "original" file size, but view it as a thumbnail. After A while, your gallery page will be so heavy to download and will take forever to open. I just posted some PB clickable thumds and worked fine. Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 No please, that THUMB code will force us to download the large "original" file size, but view it as a thumbnail. This is no longer the case. Images from Photobucket or imgur will only download the thumbnail sized image for display, and link to the full size. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks for the code Pyro. Any chance of an overhaul of this forum so that we can go back to posting images normally again? Having a forum to an image editing program which makes it so tricky to post images seems a bit silly to me. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 What do you mean "normally?" Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I am really not good at coding, So both, the generated thumbnail code from an image hosting site and the forum THUMB code are the same? Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I am really not good at coding, So both, the generated thumbnail code from an image hosting site and the forum THUMB code are the same? No, the code is not the same. But it is displaying the thumbnail generated by Photobucket or Imgur and only downloading the full size when the thumbnail is clicked. For other hosts, it downloads the full size and scales it down in the browser. I can add proper thumbnail support for other hosts on request. PS I'm sorry I messed up your post. Sleep deprivation... Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 That would be great pyro, my cell phone data plan is just 200 MB, thats what bother me. please have some sleep Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 What do you mean "normally?" I mean without getting warnings for trying to post perfectly acceptable jpg`s, png`s or gif`s and having to jump through hoops to do so. If I was trying to post some weird filetype not allowed in the Forum Rules I would expect it, but not for everyday ones used by everyone on websites across the internet.That`s what I mean "normally". Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Dross my donkey! By the same token, I feel the same about some of my works not all but many. I keep it there so the growth is evident for myself & as an encouragement for new ones. Normally, for me was to just insert the PB copied links. PB likes to fix what wasn't busted & makes a right mess with it. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I mean without getting warnings for trying to post perfectly acceptable jpg`s, png`s or gif`s and having to jump through hoops to do so. If I was trying to post some weird filetype not allowed in the Forum Rules I would expect it, but not for everyday ones used by everyone on websites across the internet.That`s what I mean "normally".When are you getting this warning? When using Photobucket's "IMG thumb" code? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I got the warning again when I posted a reply to Renne's question here , 1/2 an hour ago, as I was adding the Photobucket link to this PDN site ..... but I ignored the warning and the photo is acting as normal. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) It`s not just Photobucket, I also get warnings posting with ImageShack with either the IMG thumb code or the normal forum code. Edited December 19, 2012 by Goonfella Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 OK, once again, don't use the "IMG thumb" code from Photobucket. It's not valid BBCode here or anywhere that I know of. Photobucket is stupid. Also, the forum is going to choke when using [ url ] or [ img ] tags with URLs that have spaces in them. While spaces aren't strictly kosher, and ImageShack and Phobucket are stupid to not convert spaces into "%20"s, this forum is also stupid and doesn't know how to deal with it anymore. You can replace spaces with %20 and it should work, or avoid having spaces in your album names or file names, or use a host that isn't stupid like imgur.com. 1 Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks pyro. Agree with the stupid part wholeheartedly. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Never even realised they were using an invalid code. Has someone told them? Wallies. 1 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 What 'nincompoops' they are I will now try imgur.com and thank you Pyro for your advice . Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Only if you're still having problems with it Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 If it ain't broke - don't fix it. If it is broke - do fix it. 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt241/WelshsPlace/Landscape%201/zenith.png This is very cool! So your thumbs are working. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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