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Forum Help => System problems? => Topic started by: GMC on August 23, 2007, 09:33:40 pm

Title: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on August 23, 2007, 09:33:40 pm
I have noticed a lot of posts that seem to be referring to a picture, but nothing is showing.
I can see some pictures so they aren't always unavailable
What am I missing???
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Heikki360 on August 24, 2007, 11:30:51 am
Me too, same problem - thought it was just my lack of computer skills... :-\
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 25, 2007, 07:06:16 am
Okayyy.

Pics are  hosted on a seperate  computer and hot linked  to this website. If the other pc is offline or there is a problem with the path to that pc  the pics wont show. The problems may be  your security  settings or a pc down in the network to the hosting pc.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: husky005 on August 25, 2007, 07:17:30 am
What do we need to do in our security settings to have the pictures show?

Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 25, 2007, 07:57:22 am
is a slider  Husky. Just lower it a lil bit   and click the apply button. see how that goes. If it fixes its all good if not  no biggy  as its the  file path  with the issue and not  anything easy you can do to fix that  cept  try a few proxies and thats  getting a bit techy
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on August 25, 2007, 01:01:51 pm
Hmmmm I don't have any security stuff to speak of, & all seemed to work fine on the old forum???
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Graeme M on August 25, 2007, 04:46:28 pm
It *might* be something to do with this forum, altho I tend to think it's likely to be your settings. Give me an example of a post where this is happening and I'll check it out.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 25, 2007, 05:44:13 pm
3 things it could possibly be

1: Depends on what site the pic is hosted on  and if you have a clear path on the network to that picture guys.
 With security it all depends on the website again  if it is in the correct security zone that your settings(yes you do have security settings)  are set for .

 2: If using internet explorer go up the top tp tools/internet options/Privacy and set it  to medium for starters . then click secirity then the internet  icon then  custom level and again set it to medium. also check within that box that show pictures has a dot in it . if they show fine if not lower themm a bit more.. Or you have a third party software  security setting

 3: There really isnt a pic at all and we are just stuffing with your heads  ;D
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on August 25, 2007, 09:20:29 pm
Iv'e noticed it a few times but can't remember where to look for them all now, but Quicksilvers My new bike CR 125m in biketalk is a classic example, no picture shows in his first post, everyone else seems to be able to see it.
I just had another look and still nothing shows even after waiting a few minutes which I often have to do with this bloody 28.8 dialup

Pokeys option 3 could explain a lot, I'm always on the outside looking in.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: evo550 on August 25, 2007, 10:47:09 pm
What's really weird is I posted a pic and it worked fine and about two days later it had dissapeared?
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Doc on August 26, 2007, 12:28:48 am
I had considered Pokey's 3rd option on the odd occassion myself.. :-\
the post boldly states..here is a pic but there is just an empty void  ???
but this is kinda good news as I was beginning to think the void was all in my head  :)
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 26, 2007, 12:58:47 am
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=357.0;attach=207;image

 is the address of said pic  so its hosted on this  site so maybe graeme can sort it for you but I do feel in this instance its your security settings
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Graeme M on August 26, 2007, 06:22:09 pm
You know there is something a bit strange there. I know the post you mean and at the time I wondered why there was just a space there. Now, this pic of Doc's goes in OK but doesn't show up. For some reason the forum software converts the first '=' to a '-' (ie after ?action)

(http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a205/Doctor_Suzuki/?action-view&current=swscan0000600002.jpg)

If you look at the image properties, that first = is shown as a - and yet it was inserted as an =

Hmmm...
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 26, 2007, 06:28:00 pm
Is odd Graeme.  dont suppose its as simple as a word filter within the control panel?
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: paul on August 26, 2007, 06:37:40 pm
when my broadband is at is monthly limit i have trouble see  pics too they dont want to load
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 26, 2007, 07:45:24 pm
(http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=357.0;attach=207;image)

(http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=357.0;attach=207;image)

<img src="http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=357.0;attach=207;image">

 just having a little play guys dont mind me .
 the top image if you can see it . theBB code was entered manually
 the bottom is html and the middle the button

 have been reading a little and the  script command in Display.template.php
could be the prob. just a thought  .

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=21902.20

 about halfway down the page Graeme. have a look and see if it makes any sense ..may give you an idea where to look.
 I hate code

Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on August 27, 2007, 09:26:23 am
I'm just so glad to hear it's not just me :D
I can see your top 2 pictures Pokey, they started out as a little box with an x inside until they finished downloading to my computer, the 3rd remains as an address.
If the little box appears I know somethings their but with some of the other posts their is nothing.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: eno on August 27, 2007, 10:17:40 am
The only time I login is when I'm gonna post something, it's when I'm logged in that all pics are visible. When I'm logged out all pics that are hosted externally ie; photobucket are visible but not the ones I assume have been uploaded direct.
Hope this makes sense, cheers - Eno
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on August 27, 2007, 05:32:18 pm
stuffed i know for sure why its changing the address but it is and only sometimes . hmmm
 HTML code must be switched off in   eiether the forum or in both of our  profiles  or the bottom pic would have displayed aswell.

 for eno to be able to view pics only whilst  logged in  means thats a preset forum   thingy.


  am pretty sure its a glitch with the code  and when it sees a particulr set of charachters  it  posts as to its command  but exactly which command  i really dunno as i havnt looked at the source code  and  code   gives me a headache.
 Hows about we just draw a picture for geoff  ;D

(http://www.mxbonz.com/anim_rider.gif)
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Broadsta on September 05, 2007, 06:11:01 pm
Well nothings changed guys, iwas just sussn sum pics i put up in biketalk gt80 topic & realized they'd disapeared  (was'nt logged in at the time) logged in & wolar there they r. thought it was just my incompetent comfuser skills.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on September 06, 2007, 10:33:47 pm
Thanks Eno
Just had a chance to check out your theory & it seems to be correct.

My next whinge is about the size of pictures.
This new format seems to put a post with a picture in a window within the post. If theirs a lot of text to go with the picture then some of it gets obscured to one side, this used to be okay on the old site but with this new site I find I have to scroll to below the picture to find the scroll bar so as to scroll to the right so I can finish reading the sentence, then scroll back to the bottom of the picture to scroll to the left so I can read the start of the next line, & so on & so on.
It makes reading text with pictures a real pain, so is their some easy way around this that I don't know?
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on September 12, 2007, 09:49:20 pm
Hmmm must be just me then.
Maybe I should just get a wider screen
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: pokey on September 13, 2007, 12:34:48 am
is a few things that may assist  you Geoff.
 adjust your screen settings

 Right click a vacant bit on your desktop and choose properties. then the settings tab  and slide the screen resolution slider up a bit, then apply


Orrr. at the top of your browser click the  View tab then the Text size and choose a smaller size .


 failing those yerp. get a larger screen monitor
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Graeme M on September 13, 2007, 07:51:00 pm
Give me an example of that Geoff. I can't say I've noticed that, to me it works much better than the old one, but then maybe I haven't seen one like that. Not sure I can fix it tho. Still can't work out why some pics aren't shown, whether I am logged on or not...
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: GMC on September 13, 2007, 10:42:00 pm
Well buggered if I know Graeme, I just searched everywhere for an example & it's not doing it anymore.
Bloody computer is messing with my head.
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: Graeme M on September 14, 2007, 06:51:49 am
Beats me... That's computers for you eh? Weird one day, completely screwy the next. Let's hope it keeps on working fine then :)
Title: Re: Where are the pictures?
Post by: cyclegod on April 15, 2008, 10:31:48 pm
Seems that the sites picture uploader is full again (we have been busy  ;D ;D)