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Tfor2 Samba Member
Joined: March 06, 2021 Posts: 4 Location: Sheffield England UK
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:16 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Sorry not yet posted Photos. I’m fairly IT illiterate. I’ll have to find a 10year old to sop me!! |
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Sodo Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2007 Posts: 9606 Location: Western WA
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:40 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Here are some suggestions that might make the Gallery easier to use (for me ).
Hopefully for others too.
Satisfaction is where it's at.
If easier..... and members are more satisfied with their posts....they might post more often. 👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽🙏🏽
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I'd use this feature.
If you can identify the post that the user was working on, an option that says "click <here> to put these links "directly in my current post" would be useful too.
Even better to put the link at the cursor position (of the post that the person is working on). I have no idea know if "cursor location" is feasible.
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A "copy" link would make the gallery easier/faster to use on an iPhone.
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Here's another way to make it easier/faster to insert pics from the Gallery.
Especially on an iPhone.
When the link is at the bottom, it takes some work to select it and move it around.
If the member just leaves all the pics piled up at the bottom, it can result in a "lower quality" post that the member is not as happy with, nor the readers.
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Ok -- hope these suggestions help somehow. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 _________________
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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First, nice work on the screen editing and images you created.
#1:
Unfortunately I don't know what post you are working on when uploading pics.
This is not impossible but it's easier to simply click all the "Insert" buttons on the Forums post message screen quickly to insert anything you just posted?
The upload screen also auto-refreshes so I would have to either stop that or you would have to click it really fast.
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I could add that but you know you can click the box with the text and it copies it, right?
This
#3:
This is weird, it looks like I tried to do that when I first made all of those insert buttons but apparently I couldn't figure it out so I made it insert everything at the end. It works now.
This
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Sodo Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2007 Posts: 9606 Location: Western WA
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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The devil is in the details, right?
EverettB wrote: |
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I could add that but you know you can click the box with the text and it copies it, right? |
I know that it 'selects' all the text but never knew that it put the text into the copy buffer.
That would have been very handy to know (over the years).👍🏽👍🏽
But sometimes I already have something in my copy buffer, and with a phantom overwriting my copy buffer I could lose something that took awhile to compose (especially on the iPhone).
Which may have happened many times over the years but I likely thought I was just insane.
My preference to have the "copy" function user-initiated.
The copy button is 100% self-explanatory to new users (and old ).
I tested the "INSERT" button and like very much that it inserts at the cursor.
Thanks Everett, I'm glad that you found my suggestions useful.
I will try the new features!
TheSamba RULES.
TheSamba keeps a lot of VWs viable and on the road! _________________
'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
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kreemoweet Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2008 Posts: 3898 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Sodo wrote: |
I know that it 'selects' all the text but never knew that it put the text into the copy buffer. |
I don't think it does. Formerly, on Linux only, selecting text would also "copy" it, but recent
versions of Firefox have disabled that function on Linux. It never put the selected text
on the clipboard (aka "copy buffer") in any Windows I ever used.
Also, I believe some browsers allow users to deny access by websited to the system clipboard.
Lots of users do not know what that setting is or how to change it. _________________ '67 bug: seized by the authorities
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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It works in Chrome and Firefox on Windows 10 right now - I just tried it.
To be specific it's not copying the text because you are selecting it...
It's copying the text because I'm using a Javascript command to make it copy the text to the clipboard when you click on it.
I don't know about Linux and whether it works there.
I believe you are correct about the clipboard setting but you have to specifically turn it off.
I have never turned it on and it works for me. _________________ How to Post Photos
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Sodo Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2007 Posts: 9606 Location: Western WA
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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EverettB wrote: |
To be specific it's not copying the text because you are selecting it...
It's copying the text because I'm using a Javascript command to make it copy the text to the clipboard when you click on it. |
I'd like to repeat that I often have something in my copy buffer, and the browser doing a 'phantom overwrite' is not my preference.
Sometimes I have a lot of 'work' on a reply, in the copy buffer.
My preference is a user-initiated 'copy' link.
Users will understand it entirely upon seeing the copy link.
It "suggests the next action" which is "copy this and paste it into your post" and voila, your pic will appear.
I think.....users will have more success and satisfaction in using the gallery and this is a fairly simple way to teach this step of inserting a pic.
I really like the way the imager insert works (at the cursor) now.
That almost precludes the need to copy from the gallery.
But when I'm _in the gallery_ I do wanna copy it right there. _________________
'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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I'm now using Android phone for pics and they automatically get sent to Google Photos, but is there an easy way to then post said links right into the Photo Gallery or possibly the photo like on the classified and page?
TIA, Al _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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I don't think you can post a link to Google Photos and have the Gallery pull from there instead of your phone but it depends how your phone let's you select the "filename" from you phone web browser.
Are you saying the pics are not stored in a "Gallery" on your phone, only in Google Photos? _________________ How to Post Photos
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76911 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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You can not post an image directly from Google Photos. You need to download the image to your android phones local storage an then upload it to the Samba gallery. _________________ Glenn
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Right. I actually hate using the phone for any text stuff but the phone camera is pretty good. And always with me. I'll try to down load to my desktop to .jpg format then.
Long term I might find a better digital camera and just do it the old way.
I do a lot of contributing to a few forums and am an old school touch typist so a full size keyboard is so much nicer. Nicer than a laptop even.
thanks, Al _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 715 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Hello, I've all of a sudden lost my ability to upload photos.
Something happened awhile back and as long as I took a screenshot of my own pictures, I could get them to upload...but even that has resulted in this:
Which is what was happening before unless I used a screenshot. Now it happens either way....
Any suggestions?
That photo is listed in 58 up bug sedan.
My device is a Galaxy S21... been using it for over a year now. _________________ One thing I ask from the Lord, This only do I seek:
That I may dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of my Life, to gaze on the beauty of The Lord and to seek Him in His Temple~Psalms 27:4
YHWH NISSI
YHWH SHALOM
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Email me the photo so I can check it out.
It's not uploading at all - the link above is not a link to a photo.
For some reason there have been a couple people lately that emailed me pics and they wouldn't upload but I had no idea why.
I opened them and re-saved them and then they uploaded fine so there must have been something weird with the photo. _________________ How to Post Photos
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Nicholas D Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2012 Posts: 224 Location: Charleston, SC
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:27 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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I was one that emailed you about photo posting issues and you definitely helped me out. I'm still having issues with it though and again can't upload a photo. I'm not doing anything differently than I ever had before but the last three or four photos I've tried to post have taken at least five tries to get them to upload. I don't do anything differently when they do finally post, they just magically work. I have a galaxy too so maybe they recently changed something with the format of the photos that the samba doesn't like. Oh well, I'll follow this thread and see if anyone else has ideas about the problem. _________________ 71 Westfalia
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DuncanS Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2013 Posts: 4583 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:36 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Check your phone settings. I was having trouble with an iPhone and a Mac desktop. It turned out the phone camera was using an EISC system, whatever that means, and it wouldn't work. With tech help, the phone now uses JPEG and all is right with the world. Well there are still a couple of things not right, but at least I can post pictures.
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EverettB Administrator
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 715 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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I'm not very savvy in this topic but emailing with Everett last night, I was helped enough to commit to some Google searching and figured out a way to deal with the issue that worked for my Galaxy s21.
I still have to take screenshots of my pictures and edit them to make it work but atleast I can post again.
Quite simple actually.
Thanks for the help! _________________ One thing I ask from the Lord, This only do I seek:
That I may dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of my Life, to gaze on the beauty of The Lord and to seek Him in His Temple~Psalms 27:4
YHWH NISSI
YHWH SHALOM
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
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Nicholas D Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2012 Posts: 224 Location: Charleston, SC
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:49 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Just another reason why I love this site! Thank you for the help, it worked! I have to do the screenshot trick as it saves those as jpegs and my regular phone camera saves them as ISO200's, whatever that is. Thanks again! _________________ 71 Westfalia
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9641 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 7:03 am Post subject: Re: How to post photos / How to post a photo in the Forums |
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Is it possible to add a photo from a copyrighted source such as Getty Images? I tried opening this photo in a separate tab, pasting its address to this response box with "img" surrounds, then deleting the address starting from the right going back to the "?" and without the "?". No clear results. Would be for the Type 3 vintage photos thread.
Right click on image itself for "copy image address": https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1224604943/photo/...wFPy7Xc6k=
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sing...popup=true
Pasting attempt with shortened address: [img]https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/singer-jay-walker-leaning-on-a-car-at-munich-germany-1960s-news-photo/1224604943?
[/img]
I know I could make a screen shot of the image, save it to my computer, size it per tS photo sizing, pixellate the watermark; then import that into my gallery. Quite a bit of activity for that. |
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