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Today I just happened to be trying to hotlink an image from ImageShack using the [img] tags, and I had the constant problem of the tags being parsed into the hyperlinks. And then when I looked around for the "insert image" button in the Advanced Reply, I could no longer locate it.

Why has this been disabled? I'm aware of the annoyance of having a dead hotlink, however I liked to hotlink my images from ImageShack instead of using attachments because I can place the images anywhere in my post, which is helpful when someone else is reading my post. Secondly, it's fullsize, so I can scale the image as large as possible without going out of the content boundaries, and then it saves the reader an extra click.

I understand that Dani is trying to make the posts self-contained, but the least that you could do is allow us to reposition the placement of the images that we attach to our posts.

Thanks.

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Member Avatar for The Dude

I noticed that also and all i can think is,its a mistake....

She must have been modding something and accidently disabled [img] on member accounts....

Member Avatar for John A

>She must have been modding something and accidently disabled [img] on member accounts....
No, I don't think so. It's been this while for nearly a week I think (not completely sure when it was changed), and nothing's changed.

A lot of forums I've visited have disabled the feature for the reasons aforementioned.

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Hi,

IMG tags within posts were disabled because the number of broken images were getting way out of control. Instead, please use attached images. You can also use [attachment]image attachment ID #[/attachment] to position attachments inline within your posts, so no functionality is lost.

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>You can also use [attachment]image attachment ID #[/attachment] to position attachments inline
OK, well then that sounds like it may have fixed my problem. Let me try it out...

[attachment]3016[/attachment]

Let's see if that works...

[edit] Sweet, thanks Dani!

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One more request: could you implement an attachment-like feature on the blogs too, as there is now currently no way of displaying images directly in a blog entry?

Member Avatar for happygeek

Yes, I would vote for the blog image capability as well (despite the fact that it will mean more work keeping an eye on the porn/spam bloggers - but I do that anyway.)

Member Avatar for WaltP

... keeping an eye on the porn... bloggers - but I do that anyway.)

Hmmmm so that's what you do... :mrgreen:

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It's a tough job, yada yada yada :)

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Hmmmm so that's what you do...

Hush..I guess you forgot that Davey can infract you...:mrgreen:

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