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Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
by sarge
A test photo before starting this thread:
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:35 pm
by ScaleCraft
sarge wrote:A test photo before starting this thread:
that didn't work. hit the "img" insert between:
[img]https://ibb.co/XxbWn3Qw][img]https://i.ibb.co/HTVKcxSJ/IMG-5520.jpg[/img]
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:37 pm
by ScaleCraft
0n30 trolley.
Christmas and season's greetings. Stripped the BS off, cleared, now in re-assembly. Then paint the roof.
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:47 pm
by sarge
I see the photo in the first post, Dave. You don't?
Do other folks?
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:08 pm
by sleepmac
Sarge, I see your photo, and also as posted by Dave.
Dan Weinhold
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:46 pm
by riogrande491
I too see both.
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:01 pm
by ScaleCraft
Sarge....wasn't there. I quoted you so you could see what went wrong. One bracketed url at front of link, one bracketed and slashed url at the back.
You had this, each end okay, extra bracketed url in the middle, and two .jpg's
I removed the "m" in each bracketed section so it won't try to post again.
I suppose the forum software just took it's time trying to figure it out.
[ig]https://ibb.co/XxbWn3Qw][ig]https://i.ibb.co/HTVKcxSJ/IMG-5520.jpg[/ig]
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:18 pm
by sarge
Interesting, Dave, since I haven't changed the code on the initial post and others see it. It's done in straight bbcode; no upload features or forum tools.
Here is what I used, with the "m"s removed as you did.
[ig]https://i.ibb.co/HTVKcxSJ/IMG-5520.jpg[/ig]
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:27 pm
by ScaleCraft
wasn't there. I copied your url and posted with forum tools, it worked, THEN yours worked.
No idea.
Re: Wots on Yer Workbench?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:35 pm
by sarge
Mysterious. Perhaps it gets upset if you don't use the forum tools and just gin up the code elsewhere.
Still, I saw it straight away after I posted it, and it showed on two different devices without issue, though my stuff is all Apple.
I'm going to change the title of this thread to reflect all this.
Re: Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:24 pm
by ScaleCraft
I should czech it on my XP machine.
Re: Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:04 am
by up148
I can see both photos as well.
Re: Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:09 pm
by sarge
Another test that I can already see, an old photo fully hosted on a site in an active account, straight bbcode.
Re: Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:31 pm
by ScaleCraft
First time, worked fine
Re: Posting photos hosted elsewhere, was Wots on yer Workbench
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:53 pm
by sarge
Looks like everything is good to go, then.
For the info of those who want to use a third-party host, I'm using Imgbb.com. The first image was by simple upload without an account (they apparently let you upload images into a vast public community with no account at all) and the second uploaded to my own account (over which I maintain control of my content).
MTJ currently support bbcode just typed or copied into the box one types one's post in. If I can wrap my old head around it, there should be no issues for anyone, really. Feel free to PM me if you need more info or "advice".