Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2020 23:06:29 GMT
Firstly, and arguably most importantly, thank you for sticking with us while we tried to figure an image hosting solution out. The native forum 'attachments' solution is poor at best and unless you were already using another hosting site elsewhere, the options were limited as to what you could do.
Anyway the good news is that the more observant of you will have seen that the new image uploader is now live and working amongst us. Hopefully this means that those in the know who were holding back can crack on, (you know who you are), and everyone gets to reap the rewards of threads with better images - let's face it everything is better with something to look at
How to use
All should be fairly self-explanatory but just in case some brief instructions below:
Desktop view users
To add an image when in quick reply, simply hit the 'Add image' button to start the process.
You will then see a popup from the forum to tell you whether your upload was successful or not
Simply click 'OK' and the image code will be inserted into your post.
To add an image in reply mode, you will need to use the furthest icon on the right of the toolbar
Again you will see the pop up and the code will be inserted once you hit 'OK'
Mobile users
Unfortunately due to restrictions on what Proboards will allow you to display in mobile view (to aid loading times etc.), this feature is not yet available in pure mobile view, you will need to switch to desktop view and follow the above instructions.
Attachments
We will soon be turning off the attachments function of the site, primarily as it is another cost for increased storage and it's nice to have everything in one place. I'm confident this will not affect any existing threads but we will test and confirm once it's ready to be removed.
Enjoy, Admin.
Anyway the good news is that the more observant of you will have seen that the new image uploader is now live and working amongst us. Hopefully this means that those in the know who were holding back can crack on, (you know who you are), and everyone gets to reap the rewards of threads with better images - let's face it everything is better with something to look at
How to use
All should be fairly self-explanatory but just in case some brief instructions below:
Desktop view users
To add an image when in quick reply, simply hit the 'Add image' button to start the process.
You will then see a popup from the forum to tell you whether your upload was successful or not
Simply click 'OK' and the image code will be inserted into your post.
To add an image in reply mode, you will need to use the furthest icon on the right of the toolbar
Again you will see the pop up and the code will be inserted once you hit 'OK'
Mobile users
Unfortunately due to restrictions on what Proboards will allow you to display in mobile view (to aid loading times etc.), this feature is not yet available in pure mobile view, you will need to switch to desktop view and follow the above instructions.
Attachments
We will soon be turning off the attachments function of the site, primarily as it is another cost for increased storage and it's nice to have everything in one place. I'm confident this will not affect any existing threads but we will test and confirm once it's ready to be removed.
Enjoy, Admin.