LSP_Kevin Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Howdy folks, With the recent upgrade to the forum software now bedded down, one major change that it introduces is worthy of its own announcement and discussion: bbCode is no longer supported. Let me repeat that: bbCode is no longer supported Some of you are probably thinking, what the hell is bbCode, and why should I care? That's a fair question, but most of you will recognise bbCode as the stuff inside the square brackets that occasionally surrounds text for formatting and other purposes. You're not meant to see it, as it's designed to be interpreted by the forum software, and the relevant formatting applied to the enclosed text. So if it's working properly, you shouldn't see it at all. But the problem is, it often doesn't work properly, and you see the bbCode in all its square-bracket glory instead. Here are some examples: [URL][/URL], [IMG][/IMG], [b][/b], [i][/i], etc. Because it's old, flaky, and not very efficient, many systems are kicking it to the kerb - including our own. Here's the important bit: Where this matters for our purposes is in pasting image links from our various image hosting providers, as many of them provide these links in bbCode format (among others). Many of you are used to copying exactly that version of those links and pasting them into your posts. This will no longer work, and will instead result in only the string of bbCode-enclosed text showing in your post, like so: [URL=https://imageshack.com/i/poM48vidj][IMG]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/M48vid.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Not exactly pretty, and not at all what we want, either! Where's our image? From now on, all you need to paste into your posts is the direct image URL. In the bbCode string above, that's the bit in the middle that starts with 'https' and ends with '.jpg'. Everything is superfluous and non-functional bbCode. This is all we want: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/M48vid.jpg Which, when pasted directly, gives us this: (With apologies to Marcel for borrowing his image for this example.) Pretty much all the dedicated image hosting services that I'm aware of give you access to the direct URL, so it should be reasonably easy to find and copy. But whatever you do, don't simply load the image up in your browser, and copy the link from the address bar. This address will almost always be for the web page displaying the image, and not the image itself. Apologies for the long-winded post, but I figured a comprehensive explanation was in order here. If you have any questions, fire away! Kev Subodai, Out2gtcha, Trak-Tor and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Hi Kevin, I understand the change needed. What about images previously loaded using the bb code? Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just now, Barry said: Hi Kevin, I understand the change needed. What about images previously loaded using the bb code? Barry They will all have been converted as part of the upgrade process. Kev LSP_K2, Jan_G and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just now, LSP_Kevin said: They will all have been converted as part of the upgrade process. Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Barry said: Let me know if you come across any where that doesn't seem to be the case. It's probably worth everybody checking their own threads, to be sure, but I haven't seen any issues so far. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Tried it...easy as pie. Thanks, Kev! Damian LSP_Kevin and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Looks like my threads converted correctly. Huzzah for the automatic conversion process. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Thanks Kev! Works fine and the bonus is the images show up instantly when working on a new post so makes it easier to describe the work being shown. Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Hi Kevin. I save my images to Flickr but does not work on the basis of what you suggest above. Any ideas on issues with Flickr ? Thanks Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) On 9/14/2020 at 9:34 PM, Mistral said: Hi Kevin. I save my images to Flickr but does not work on the basis of what you suggest above. Any ideas on issues with Flickr ? Thanks Malcolm Looks like the first option for sharing the picture in Flickr ( with f, t, bird, t pictograms) works. It gives you something like this: https://flic.kr/p/2j2nmGm And it looks like this when pasted here: Juraj Edited September 15, 2020 by Trak-Tor LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Mistral said: Hi Kevin. I save my images to Flickr but does not work on the basis of what you suggest above. Any ideas on issues with Flickr ? Thanks Malcolm I replied to your post WiP thread with some detail, Malcolm, but I think Juraj's solution is even better! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 [img]https://i.imgur.com/qVWzYyj.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 indeed, tried the "old" way and it didn't work, so i'll dig into it so to say..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) [img]https://i.imgur.com/qVWzYyj.jpg[/img] I'm sorry , i'm at lost, i just don't get it, TUTORIAL in plain language pleeeeeeze....... Edited September 15, 2020 by Jack Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 ok, next try..... Trak-Tor, amurray, Lee White and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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