Why can't I insert graphics into posts. User Interface does not work! Very frustratin

[jahall4]

Why can't I insert graphics into posts. User Interface does not work! Very frustrating.

 

[Rktman]

Why can't I insert graphics into posts. User Interface does not work! Very frustrating.

Click the "Go Advanced" button in the lower right below the window where you're typing.
> Scroll down to "Attachments" and click the "Manage Attachments" button.
> Doing so will open the "File Upload Manager" in a smaller window. I think you can figure it out from there.

 

[jahall4]

Click the "Go Advanced" button in the lower right below the window where you're typing.
> Scroll down to "Attachments" and click the "Manage Attachments" button.
> Doing so will open the "File Upload Manager" in a smaller window. I think you can figure it out from there.

Don't want to attach. I want to insert into the body of the post. There is interface for doing this. but it don't work.

 

[Peartree]

Don't het hung up on the terminology. "Attachments are generally "inserted" into the body of the post and you can control where they appear in the text. If your "graphics" are jpg, jpeg, png, or gif files, then you can insert them directly using the "Insert image" button. Movies or video use the "Insert video" button. What isn't working for you?

 

[mpitfield]

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?143467-Picture-problems-again&p=1742853#post1742853

 

[jahall4]

If your "graphics" are jpg, jpeg, png, or gif files, then you can insert them directly using the "Insert image" button.

Nope I can't, clicking "upload..." in the dialog does squat. Very frustrating. Maybe its worked a few time, but most of the time nada.

 

[o1d_dude]

I feel your pain.

 

[georgegassaway]

IMGUR.COM

Stopped using the forum graphic attachments years ago.

 

[James Duffy]

Nope I can't, clicking "upload..." in the dialog does squat. Very frustrating. Maybe its worked a few time, but most of the time nada.

Any chance that you have Flash disabled for this forum? Enabling Flash for this and other vBulletin websites has solved similar problems for me in the past.

Why any website is still requiring the use of Flash in 2018 to use a web tool is beyond me.

James

 

[jahall4]

Any chance that you have Flash disabled for this forum? Enabling Flash for this and other vBulletin websites has solved similar problems for me in the past.

Why any website is still requiring the use of Flash in 2018 to use a web tool is beyond me.

James

If it uses flash simply to upload a graphic then I really don't know what to say...

 

[Peartree]

If you can see my dog, the uploader is working for me. It did, however, require me to allow Adobe Flash to run. My browser (Firefox) asked me first, but after allowing it, it ran fine.

 

[James Duffy]

If it uses flash simply to upload a graphic then I really don't know what to say...

I know. It's very 2006.

James

 

[LithosphereRocketry]

On Firefox I have had no issues. On Chrome I can't use the "insert image" dialog but the Attachments dialog works and appears to do more or less the same thing.

 

[jahall4]

View attachment 336120

If you can see my dog, the uploader is working for me. It did, however, require me to allow Adobe Flash to run. My browser (Firefox) asked me first, but after allowing it, it ran fine.

IMO that's just sad. When are we going to get a new interface that doesn't have limitations like this?

 

[jahall4]

On Firefox I have had no issues. On Chrome I can't use the "insert image" dialog but the Attachments dialog works and appears to do more or less the same thing.

Same as you Chrome, tried FF, still no joy. :-(

 

[o1d_dude]

Ipad / Safari doesn’t work at all for a number of reasons.

Works fine on Facebook and Twitter, tho. Another one of those things that make you say hmmmm.

 

[markkoelsch]

IMO that's just sad. When are we going to get a new interface that doesn't have limitations like this?

When the owners want to upgrade to a system that supports this. Time and money.


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[Marc_G]

Angie has mentioned a site software update is due soon. Let's hope it brings us into the new decade (2010s) [emoji3]

 

[jahall4]

When the owners want to upgrade to a system that supports this. Time and money.


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Doesn't the site generate income for the owners?

 

[jahall4]

Angie has mentioned a site software update is due soon. Let's hope it brings us into the new decade (2010s) [emoji3]

Is Angie one of the owners?

 

[Marc_G]

Is Angie one of the owners?

Yes. She's an Admin.

 

[jahall4]

Yes. She's an Admin.

Well hopefully she is monitoring this thread, but I suspect after this many years this is nothing new.

 

[jd2cylman]

I've always used the "manage attachments" tab, and have never had an issue. I use Firefox.

 

[Marc_G]

Well hopefully she is monitoring this thread, but I suspect after this many years this is nothing new.

Here's a place in the miscellaneous section where she mentions the upgrade:

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...-search-warning-message&p=1752993#post1752993

Also I can upload fine from Windows 7 or 10 with FireFox or Chrome as long as flash is enabled, just by using the insert image button in the quick reply toolbar.
Sometimes it prompts me to allow flash, when I click the Select Files button, with a message at top of screen such as the following:

 

[jahall4]

Also I can upload fine from Windows 7 or 10 with FireFox or Chrome as long as flash is enabled View attachment 336145

Yep, there is no question now its Flash, but if that's the case it no worky on mobile devices too.

 

[markkoelsch]

From my iPhone.


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[neil_w]

Yep, there is no question now its Flash, but if that's the case it no worky on mobile devices too.

The mobile app works fine and doesn’t require flash. Once in a while image uploads break but as far as I can tell it’s only an intermittent problem.

Upgraded forum software would of course be welcome but what’s there now generally works fine.

 

[Cnorm]

Fella like you'd probably be happier on Ye Old Rocket Forum. Way easier to load pics.

 

[jahall4]

The mobile app works fine and doesn’t require flash. Once in a while image uploads break but as far as I can tell it’s only an intermittent problem.

Upgraded forum software would of course be welcome but what’s there now generally works fine.

So there is a "mobile" site? It doesn't look mobile or responsive?

 

[georgegassaway]

Well, something's gotta happen in the next 2 years (or less):

"Adobe Flash Will Finally Die Off in 2020" - WIRED

Article: https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-finally-kills-flash-dead/