New software... - Page 5

eepiccolo · 2003-10-08, 13:29

You mean like this http://www.mersenneforum.org/images/newthread.gif?

EDIT: Hey wait a sec! I'm sure I done it before! ARRRRG!

eepiccolo · 2003-10-08, 13:33

I the last post of page two of this thread, I have two picture links, which I'm sure at the time I posted showed up as pictures rather than links, as they are now. Oy.

Xyzzy · 2003-10-08, 16:58

You have to upload the picture as an attachment...

eepiccolo · 2003-10-08, 17:08

Then what's the point of having a separate image button on the posting screen?

Xyzzy · 2003-10-09, 03:28

That is an option I have disabled...

Here is why:

Say you link to a picture... Six months later the webserver gets moved, or whatever... Now we have a forum full of 404 images...

Or say you post a picture, and down the road you decide to put porn there instead... With remote linking we have no way to stop that...

By using *only* uploaded pictures we know what we have and we have "control" over it...

Trust me, this decision was not made lightly...

I don't know of a way to remove the IMG button... Sorry...

eepiccolo · 2003-10-09, 13:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Xyzzy
That is an option I have disabled...

.
.
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I don't know of a way to remove the IMG button... Sorry...

If you go the the HTML code for that page, you'll see the following three lines:

Code:

		<input type="button" class="bginput" value="http://" title="Insert Hyperlink" onclick="namedlink(this.form,'URL')" onmouseover="stat('url')"
		><input type="button" class="bginput" value=" @ " title="Insert Email Address" onclick="namedlink(this.form,'EMAIL')" onmouseover="stat('email')"
		><input type="button" class="bginput" value="IMG" title="Insert Image" onclick="vbcode(this.form,'IMG','http://')" onmouseover="stat('img')">

Delete the last line and the button will be gone. Then it should look like this:

Code:

		<input type="button" class="bginput" value="http://" title="Insert Hyperlink" onclick="namedlink(this.form,'URL')" onmouseover="stat('url')"
		><input type="button" class="bginput" value=" @ " title="Insert Email Address" onclick="namedlink(this.form,'EMAIL')" onmouseover="stat('email')">

I've tried it and it works. Make sure you watch the '<' and '>' characters.

eepiccolo · 2003-10-09, 13:31

BTW, I'm just a hacker when it comes to HTML code

, so don't ask me anything too complicated

.

nomadicus · 2003-10-09, 16:33

eepiccolo,
I like the hack you suggest. But altering the html that way is specific to this forum.

The next bb software upgrade could replace/wipe out that page?
The question is "Is there a way to keep customizations like that across upgrades?"
I think that is why Xyzzy was saying there was no "supported" way to delete the IMG button.

eepiccolo · 2003-10-09, 18:44

Quote:

Originally posted by nomadicus
eepiccolo,
I like the hack you suggest. But altering the html that way is specific to this forum. The next bb software upgrade could replace/wipe out that page?
The question is "Is there a way to keep customizations like that across upgrades?"
I think that is why Xyzzy was saying there was no "supported" way to delete the IMG button.

I guess I have a different mindset when It comes to making web pages. I don't view the action of removing that line of code a hack in and of itself, I just call myself a hacker of HTML code because I have no formal training in HTML, whether from a class or from a book.

The way I figured out how to remove the button was I opened the webpage in a text editor and did a search for "IMG". Really easy. I don't think it would be hard to do that kind of thing again for another forum upgrade.

Besides, there will be plenty of other problems if the forum is upgraded again.

markr · 2003-10-16, 02:20

What happened here? I was in the lounge, and the thread/poll "when will the 10M Digit prime be found?" was marked as having a new post by ewmayer less than an hour ago. But in the thread the most recent post is several weeks ago, although still by ewmayer.

garo · 2003-10-16, 06:41

I think this is a bug with vBulletin. If someone casts a vote it is treated as a new post.

Xyzzy · 2003-10-16, 07:00

This is yet another option we can control... If you all want it set to work so that it doesn't mark the thread as unread, let me know...

only_human · 2003-10-16, 13:23

I kind of prefer polling to be anonymous. If it names the person who just voted, and some category has just dramatically changed, it stands out.

2003-10-08, 13:29	#101
eepiccolo Dec 2002 Frederick County, MD 562₈ Posts	You mean like this http://www.mersenneforum.org/images/newthread.gif? EDIT: Hey wait a sec! I'm sure I done it before! ARRRRG! Last fiddled with by eepiccolo on 2003-10-08 at 13:30

2003-10-08, 16:58	#103
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5·17·97 Posts	You have to upload the picture as an attachment... Attached Thumbnails

2003-10-08, 17:08	#104
eepiccolo Dec 2002 Frederick County, MD 2×5×37 Posts	Then what's the point of having a separate image button on the posting screen? Attached Thumbnails

2003-10-16, 02:20	#110
markr "Mark" Feb 2003 Sydney 573₁₀ Posts	new post flagged but not there? What happened here? I was in the lounge, and the thread/poll "when will the 10M Digit prime be found?" was marked as having a new post by ewmayer less than an hour ago. But in the thread the most recent post is several weeks ago, although still by ewmayer.

2003-10-16, 06:41	#111
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE 5314₈ Posts	I think this is a bug with vBulletin. If someone casts a vote it is treated as a new post. Last fiddled with by garo on 2003-10-16 at 06:46

2003-10-08, 13:33	#102
eepiccolo Dec 2002 Frederick County, MD 562₈ Posts	I the last post of page two of this thread, I have two picture links, which I'm sure at the time I posted showed up as pictures rather than links, as they are now. Oy.

2003-10-09, 03:28	#105
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5×17×97 Posts	That is an option I have disabled... Here is why: Say you link to a picture... Six months later the webserver gets moved, or whatever... Now we have a forum full of 404 images... Or say you post a picture, and down the road you decide to put porn there instead... With remote linking we have no way to stop that... By using only uploaded pictures we know what we have and we have "control" over it... Trust me, this decision was not made lightly... I don't know of a way to remove the IMG button... Sorry...

2003-10-09, 13:31	#107
eepiccolo Dec 2002 Frederick County, MD 2×5×37 Posts	BTW, I'm just a hacker when it comes to HTML code , so don't ask me anything too complicated .

2003-10-09, 16:33	#108
nomadicus Jan 2003 North Carolina 246₁₀ Posts	eepiccolo, I like the hack you suggest. But altering the html that way is specific to this forum. The next bb software upgrade could replace/wipe out that page? The question is "Is there a way to keep customizations like that across upgrades?" I think that is why Xyzzy was saying there was no "supported" way to delete the IMG button.

2003-10-16, 07:00	#112
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5×17×97 Posts	This is yet another option we can control... If you all want it set to work so that it doesn't mark the thread as unread, let me know...

2003-10-16, 13:23	#113
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2·1,877 Posts	I kind of prefer polling to be anonymous. If it names the person who just voted, and some category has just dramatically changed, it stands out.

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