Yes, when image files are added to a post via the Attachment Manager, they do not appear when you preview the post. They only appear when the post is actually posted. That's the nature of the beast.
BTW, your blue caption also appears at the bottom in white next to the file name when it is viewed. I would suggest using a different color that has better contrast with the photo so it will stand out and be read more easily.
This now works for the iPad too. I split the screen between photos and Stovebolt, and was able to drag and drop. So much easier that searching thru my 3,000 + photos!
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
Would a cell phone be the same as an iPad? Had a new guy email me from his Samsung. Directed him here (as well as the original thread for pictures in the forums) in case he ended up with some problems.
Thanks all.
Peg
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
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Thanks for the response and input Dean.
The white text displayed at the bottom when you open the attachment is actually the file name I created when editing/saving the screenshot. My oops for not noticing it was already displayed with the picture.
Was trying the blue text using picture editing program based on others comments about need for a caption, but looks like no need for the extra effort.
Thanks as well to Peggy for helping sort this stuff out and make life easier for us all.
Dan
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Bolter sent an image to me in an email. I "saved as" and it went to my download folder. I didn't really want to open the file but it would not drag from the "preview pane" portion in the file manager (files in on side of screen/actual image on right side of screen). NUTS.
On a whim, I just dragged the file itself. As it rolled across my screen, once it got even NEAR the Attachment Manager box, it was the image of the image file ... and shazam! It worked.
The other day, I only got an image CLOSE to the box (ran out of mouse runway). I had to let go of mouse but the image made it to the box!
Anyone else try this?
Peg
Last edited by Peggy M; Thu Nov 03 2022 07:22 PM.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peg,
After reading your last reply, I had to .
When I first posted my "click/drag" test results, I clearly forgot to say that I was actually able to click and drag the file from my computers download directory to the Attachment Manager box successfully (was so proud of myself for being able to figure out how that I didn't actually say what I did-duh).
I did have to shrink down the web page window on my computer screen so I could actually see the file directory window and place mouse cursor over the file name to do the click/drag over to the Attachment Manager box.
Hope this clears any muddy waters I may have caused.
Dan
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Would a cell phone be the same as an iPad? Had a new guy email me from his Samsung. Directed him here (as well as the original thread for pictures in the forums) in case he ended up with some problems.
Thanks all.
Peg
It would be for an iPhone but I can’t say for any other brand.
I would think if the phone is able to run split screens, it should work.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Every now and then when I add an image using drag and drop, it doesn't appear on the bottom of the box. What I do is click the "X" on the box to close it and then reopen the attachment manager and the image I added shows up a few seconds later. Just a small glitch. Closing and opening the attachment manager seems to work every time when it doesn't show up normally.
In Windows, if I have everything at full screen, I can click open the attachment manager, then click on the open folder where my photos are on the task bar at the bottom, select the photo I want to attach, then hover the mouse pointer over the browser icon on the task bar, which opens it up, then drop the photo in the attachment manager box. Having things at full screen helps find the photo among the bunches that I have.
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There seem to be a number of steps for adding images. I'm still working on it myself.
Part of *my* problem is, well, when I drag an image over, it disappears from the box. Dean says the image is there (I do see it below the box) and it's out of the way to enable you to add more images.
I think I hit done and then preview and I got nothing.
Last edited by Peggy M; Fri Aug 19 2022 07:32 PM.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
Ok. I tried it and it was a bit strange. Glad I read these posts.
Did do the text first. When I hit, "select a file to attach," it just kinda bullies its way into that square. It automatically wraps it up ... fortunately, the images are lined up at the bottom.
It will be interesting to see how to change or move the images.
Now this one would be great for a video.
Last edited by Peggy M; Thu Nov 03 2022 07:27 PM.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
I did a test of the click/drag attachment method you and others suggested (instead of using the select from file location box option I have been using) through the Attachment Manager.
Process does work for me, although I had to shrink down the forum screen size so I could see and click/drag the file I wanted from the stored directory window. You have to be able to see the file/source window to be able to use click/drag.
Dan
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
I give! As most know, I’m not the brightest bulb in the lot. Unless, I’m in the sun a the glare off of my head is very bright! I use the full editor, go to the attachments, chose and add a picture. The picture appears on the bottom of the attachment thingy. Then I hit done. The only thing I get is the picture link address. “Oh” I’m using a iPad! Jim
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Jim, iPad is what I use 99% of the time. Full editor, attachment manager, choose file. Click on photo, let it load, click done, click on post reply. Works every time.
Last edited by Justhorsenround; Sun Aug 21 2022 03:50 PM. Reason: Fixed
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Jim, iPad is what I use 99% of the time. Full editor, attachment manager, choose file. Click on photo, let it load, click done, click on post. Works every time.
Don’t forget to click on “Post Reply”!
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Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily” ‘39 Dodge Businessmans Coupe “Clarence”
"I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
It did work. Thanks for the spot. I need to adjust the image later for a "click for larger image" but I have to get in the server for that. A Monday do.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
Is this an acceptable way to do it? [url=https://photos.app.goo.gl/96CvFt7wiAsmX4em7]Maybe????????[/url. It is for my old age, oops it is already here. And to hide the fact I cut out a bush.
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I would say when I get gray hair but it is too late for that. But some accuse me of tinting my hair, particularly my brother. He took after mom a skinny hillbilly who turned grey by 30 and I took after dad, a little on the chubby side and dark hair almost onto death.
Thanks, Peggy for misplaced confidence. I have tried it is like listening to a foreign language and not the anglo Saxon type. I just reread the instruction and I have been to that all along, I think.
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I see some people have a video in with their Attachments and the video plays in the line up. This one by itself, presents itself as a download. It's a wmv file. Wonder if that is part of it??
Gonna try something else.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
I have a 38 second video on my phone that is about 37 mb from crusin the coast. It seems to be to big to let me upload as an attachment and I can’t put it on my Flickr to link it because it’s video and not a photo? Any suggestions? 🤔🤔
I know this post has a different title. I wanted to keep the discussion in this testing spot until we can figure it all out.
Turns out, I can't delete this post. Sorry
Also the issue about video has been resolved (see further down). John says videos better off loaded to a hosting platform and then OP can link from there. ~~ Peggy
Last edited by Peggy M; Wed Oct 05 2022 07:03 PM.
Please don't tell my wife how much this thing cost!
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peggy,
I think the "tag line" for the pictures you are seeing is actually the file name it was assigned by whoever created it. The actual file name and size is automatically displayed in the bottom for the picture, no matter if you gave it a "Title" when you added it through the attachment manager or not. Did you actually give them a "Title" in attachment manager before you dragged them there???
No ideas of help on the video side of this conversation, sorry.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Those images are actually ones I dragged from the C drive here. The tag line that shows up, after hitting Post Reply, is from the KC Event.
I do see the file name and size at the bottom. Just absoluitely no idea how it came up with a tag line.
Wonder if it is something hanging in a clipboard somewhere in the Attachment Manager folder. IF that was the case, I would think there are tag lines much more recent than KC. OR, it's carry over from my computer. The only ones I did tag lines for was ODSS Winchester.
So ... makes no sense. Yet.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Going to try a test here:
I have added an attached pic, titled using that box through "Attachment Manager", but left the file name same as was auto-assigned by my PC when I downloaded it from an email.
Lets see how it displays???
EDIT: I can see the title I gave it "Test Title" along bottom, and original file name and size displayed above that line.
Helpful???
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Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peggy,
Not sure what pic you are referring to with a tag-line??? The 2 pics in most recent attachment don't show a "Title" line for me. I only see the files name and size.
???
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
John beat me to it. Video on YouTube then link in Stovebolt. Lots (not me) of our members do it that way.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily” ‘39 Dodge Businessmans Coupe “Clarence”
"I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peggy,
I see 2 pictures displayed as attached, the "sculling" and "359pete" + the wmv file link below in that reply block. No "Group" shot picture from Mongo's title that I can see, even when clicking on the photos for full view.
???
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Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peggy,
When I click on the pics to fully display, that line does not show in my view. All I see is the file name with .jpg and file size info - file size data shows inside parenthesis ( ). Nothing below that in my view.
Last edited by Gdads51; Wed Oct 05 2022 08:41 PM.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Maybe this is the right place for this.
I just edited a post in Paint & Body Shop that looked like an imbedded video. The poster had just pasted the url into his post. I copied that and used the url link tool and captioned it "Link" but it still appeared directly in the post.
Just wondering what's up with that.
The post is here in case anyone wants to check it out.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
You have to remove the http// at the front of his link for it to truly be a link.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily” ‘39 Dodge Businessmans Coupe “Clarence”
"I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
That did it. Thanks guys. Martin, I actually saw the thread before you reported it. But thanks for that.
Last edited by klhansen; Sat Oct 08 2022 04:02 AM.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Peggy, Ron’s video is a link as of this morning. Thanks
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily” ‘39 Dodge Businessmans Coupe “Clarence”
"I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
Looking at a post from Phil, I'm going to see if I can rotate an image that's in the Attachment Manager.
Well, I find that a reader can rotate the image in the view mode to correct the image but it doesn't save it. At least, I didn't find anything to save it.
On the two images -- the second one I tried to turn it upside down, which it showed that but it did not stay.
I went to the old standby that John Lucas said he did to fix images. I moved the image to the desk top and then rotated it (right mouse) there. Then moved it into the Attachment Manager.
Last edited by Peggy M; Sun Oct 16 2022 08:07 PM.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
Peggy,
If the original poster can't correct, anyone viewing the pictures (when view mode is active) can use the small "arrow" circle in top right margin of picture that appears by holding the cursor over that section of the screen and clicking the circle. It will rotate the picture for the viewer so they can see in correct viewing position. However, it does not make a permanent change to the attached pictures. Just temporarily reorients them.
Hope this is helpful info.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck) 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
So at least that helps the viewer. As folks get more use to posting images, maybe they'll put them up upright. Or, it may not matter to most folks.
I guess I'm thinking ahead ... I think UBB has a "custom" feed that brings up random images. Have seen that on other sites. Thought it was cool but hadn't gotten any of the details on how it *actually* works.
Good enough.
Peggy M “After all, tomorrow is another day!”—Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Share knowledge and communicate it effectively. ~ Elihu
If the original poster brings the photo (on his/her computer) into the Paint program. rotates it, and then saves it, I think the photo will retain its orientation.
Then, he or she can edit the post on Stovebolt, use the Attachment Manager to delete the photo, upload it again, and click Done. Then click Change Post and I think all will be okay.
I don't know if a Moderator save a copy of the photo and then use the above process to get the orientation correct. It might be worth a try.
It's always best to get the orientation correct before uploading it.
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Originally Posted by Rustoholic
If the original poster brings the photo (on his/her computer) into the Paint program. rotates it, and then saves it, I think the photo will retain its orientation.
Then, he or she can edit the post on Stovebolt, use the Attachment Manager to delete the photo, upload it again, and click Done. Then click Change Post and I think all will be okay.
I don't know if a Moderator save a copy of the photo and then use the above process to get the orientation correct. It might be worth a try.
It's always best to get the orientation correct before uploading it.
Cheers, Dean
I think anyone can copy a picture that someone has posted. But only a moderator (or the OP) can edit a poster's post and replace the photo.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
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