Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinker wrote: It IS simple. [ img ] then the URL of the picture then [ /img ] (no spaces)Or [ url ] thent he url of the web page you want people to go to then [ /url ]I recommend anyone havign problems using the icons to create images and links try typing just the codes and doing it that way. Might get around some wierdness that appears in IE7 and Safari. Why any browser should be attempting to 'interpret' things which are clearly not HTML and are not using proper HTML tags is beyond me. It should be ignored and passed on as-is. Also skip the preview. If you type the tags correctly and have not misspelled the URL, it will work, no need to preview first - that also keeps it from trying to render what you typed, and clicking submit at that point likely submits just junk too.Standard bbcode used on many other message boards. --Randy
Randy, I am using IE6, and cannot post like I used to from railimages. In the old forum, when I pasted the enlarged photo's "properties" URL, it remained black type in the text box. I added the [] brackets and the image would work. But here, as soon as I paste the URL, it turns blue. I add the brackets and img stuff, but the actual post shows a failed image icon at the left and a bunch of text with the "..borders = zero" added. AFAIK, I have changed nothing about my operation. The only thing that has changed since I last posted a photo that actually worked is that railimages has joined trainboard...maybe that is the problem?
-Crandell
selector wrote: In the old forum, when I pasted the enlarged photo's "properties" URL, it remained black type in the text box. I added the [] brackets and the image would work.
In the old forum, when I pasted the enlarged photo's "properties" URL, it remained black type in the text box. I added the [] brackets and the image would work.
Did you try typing the [img*] and [/img*] (without the asterisks) first, _then_ pasting in the url of the photo between them? That keeps the forum software from turning it into a link instead of an image. At least, it works for me and for many others.
Jon
selector wrote: Randy, I am using IE6, and cannot post like I used to from railimages. In the old forum, when I pasted the enlarged photo's "properties" URL, it remained black type in the text box. I added the [] brackets and the image would work. But here, as soon as I paste the URL, it turns blue. I add the brackets and img stuff, but the actual post shows a failed image icon at the left and a bunch of text with the "..borders = zero" added. AFAIK, I have changed nothing about my operation. The only thing that has changed since I last posted a photo that actually worked is that railimages has joined trainboard...maybe that is the problem? -Crandell
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Thanks, gentlemen. I will have to break down and get firefox onto the computer...I guess....this should be interesting. I have never downloaded such a thing and figured out how to go between them, but there's a first time for everything. I'll try the first trick, though, and hopefully that will solve it for me.
Well I'll be....
Jon, you are numero uno! I can't thank you enough.
selector wrote: Thanks, gentlemen. I will have to break down and get firefox onto the computer...I guess....this should be interesting. I have never downloaded such a thing and figured out how to go between them, but there's a first time for everything. I'll try the first trick, though, and hopefully that will solve it for me. -Crandell
You could also download Crazy Browser. that's what I use.
dekruif
rrinker wrote: It IS simple. [ img ] then the URL of the picture then [ /img ] (no spaces)Or [ url ] thent he url of the web page you want people to go to then [ /url]
Bill H. wrote: HUGO wrote: BILL H., The solution is simple. Go to the atlasrr.com forum. Very easy to post anything. Hugo This is indicative of why I visit this board only occaisionally. Thank you so much for your wise and helpful input.
HUGO wrote: BILL H., The solution is simple. Go to the atlasrr.com forum. Very easy to post anything. Hugo
BILL H.,
The solution is simple. Go to the atlasrr.com forum. Very easy to post anything.
Hugo
Yeah. I'm glad I didn't listen to that kind of "help".
I did like the old forum much better but at some point we must progress and MR has to make a dime, and the new site drives that goal. I do wish they would have had a focus group of less experienced computot operators use the site before they flip over, but no, just like corporate America some college grad who thinks he or she can make everything soo much better from a desk in a room all alone. Statistics don't answer every question and thats what it looks like they let this drive the new site.
Well I should stop now. Boss man says I get on rant and am difficult to stop.
John
selector wrote: rrinker wrote: It IS simple. [ img ] then the URL of the picture then [ /img ] (no spaces)Or [ url ] thent he url of the web page you want people to go to then [ /url ]I recommend anyone havign problems using the icons to create images and links try typing just the codes and doing it that way. Might get around some wierdness that appears in IE7 and Safari. Why any browser should be attempting to 'interpret' things which are clearly not HTML and are not using proper HTML tags is beyond me. It should be ignored and passed on as-is. Also skip the preview. If you type the tags correctly and have not misspelled the URL, it will work, no need to preview first - that also keeps it from trying to render what you typed, and clicking submit at that point likely submits just junk too.Standard bbcode used on many other message boards. --Randy Randy, I am using IE6, and cannot post like I used to from railimages. In the old forum, when I pasted the enlarged photo's "properties" URL, it remained black type in the text box. I added the [] brackets and the image would work. But here, as soon as I paste the URL, it turns blue. I add the brackets and img stuff, but the actual post shows a failed image icon at the left and a bunch of text with the "..borders = zero" added. AFAIK, I have changed nothing about my operation. The only thing that has changed since I last posted a photo that actually worked is that railimages has joined trainboard...maybe that is the problem? -Crandell
Crandell, you may have hit the nail on the head with your last comment. Railimages HAS changed and that may be why you are having problems. I haven't used it since they changed, so I may be incorrect.
Another point, you stated that when you paste the URL on this forum, it turns blue. That usually means it is an active link. You chouldn't have to go back and add the brackets.
I avoid this problem altogether by using Photobucket. Under each photo in Photobucket are 3 lines of URL's. The bottom URL is in the format for posting on this forum. I simply right click it, copy it and paste it into my reply to put a picture in my post. I never could remember the syntax for posting a picture from Railimages. Photobucket made it unnecessary to remember it! (Nope, I have no association with Photobucket other than as a user of the service.)
Be prepared, though. "Vista" will soon be the accepted standard. It will take some time to get all the bugs worked out of it, and there are LOTS of bugs in it!!! All the people I know who have tried it have gotten rid of it because of all the problems it creates.
Darrell, quiet...for now
Colin ---------- There's just no end to cabooseless trains.
My PhotoBucket album: http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c390/CN4008/
My RailImages album: http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4049
My web site: http://www.cmgraphics.ca
Fellows, you can be sure that if I had the cure for it all, I would post it in a heartbeat. Thanks to Jon, I am now in business...after having given up six weeks ago. So, perhaps we need to get more posters using this type of thread to generate fixes for us, one disgruntled user at a time. It is hardly a satisfactory sulution, but I hear that petitions to our hosts have gone unanswered.
Couldn't Eric post a, "Folks, I understand that many of you are having problems with the new software that Kalmbach is now using. I have taken your observations to our IT section and they are working on fixes with the architects. Please be patient while we figure out what needs to be done."
There, was that so hard?
selector wrote: Fellows, you can be sure that if I had the cure for it all, I would post it in a heartbeat. Thanks to Jon, I am now in business...after having given up six weeks ago. So, perhaps we need to get more posters using this type of thread to generate fixes for us, one disgruntled user at a time. It is hardly a satisfactory sulution, but I hear that petitions to our hosts have gone unanswered. Couldn't Eric post a, "Folks, I understand that many of you are having problems with the new software that Kalmbach is now using. I have taken your observations to our IT section and they are working on fixes with the architects. Please be patient while we figure out what needs to be done." There, was that so hard?
I know at least a few people have emailed Erik on this. My guess (and it's only a guess) is that they are trying to find a more general work-around. But it wouldn't hurt for people to email Erik and suggest to him that a sticky on how to post photos would be helpful in the meantime. He doesn't read every thread, so emailing him is the best way to communicate.
I think I've received a reply from him every time I emailed. But posting a "petition" in a thread is no guarantee it's been seen.
I haven't had any problems at all, but now you've got me curious.
I use Photobucket for almost all my pics, but I have a Railimages account too. Would you all humor me while I try this out?
Photobucket......(using the IMG tag supplied by Photobucket)
Railimages.....(typing the IMG tags by hand and inserting the properties between them)
cmurray wrote:Using Photobucket doesn't solve the problem for me. My web browser is Safari on a Mac and ever since the forum format changed, my photos from Photobucket don't post properly.
I have posted images from Photobucket to this forum from both Macs and PCs and I find that the one thing that assures success, again, is to manually type the [img*][/img*] (without the asterisks) first, then paste just the URL of the photo in between the [img*] and the[/img*] . It's unfortunate the software works this way, hopefully it will be modified, but for now this seems to work, just as it did for Selector.
pcarrell wrote:Well, there you go,......Photobucket works great and Railimages doesn't. Guess it's time to transfer all my Railimages pics to Photobucket.
Are you sure you are pasting just the url and not any other tags betwene the image brackets? I've posted phots from both, but you have to be careful which set of properties you copy.
thusly, with your photo, pcarrell. I notice that the link in your earlier posting somehow was truncated and did not include the ".jpg" at the end of the URL. Either some glitch in browser interactions caused that or (as sometimes happens to me), you missed highlighting the wrapped-around text in the "properties" box from RailImages when you copied