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Philip_ClarkePhilip_Clarke Posts: 1,967
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How do i put an image in a post, there is no button to do this when i reply :(
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    You can't, Digital Spy is the largest media based forum in the UK but bizarrely it doesn't allow media to be embedded.

    Weird, eh?
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    DazerUKDazerUK Posts: 1,362
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    I don't think you can insert images into posts on DS.
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    Philip_ClarkePhilip_Clarke Posts: 1,967
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    How 1990s
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    Philip_Clarke wrote: »
    How 1990s

    I know. Just you wait until the Luddites rock up and see your thread though, all hell usually breaks loose when images, videos or avatars are mentioned. I shit you not, but there are people on here who think that the addition of a tiny static 100px x 75px *.jpg will bring the internet to it's knees. :D
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    1) Post link to separately hosted image in post
    2) Download Chrome extension for Digital Spy
    3) Pictures show up embedded in post... for those who have the extension.
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    CherumanCheruman Posts: 754
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,334
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    Edit: dammit
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    jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    I know. Just you wait until the Luddites rock up and see your thread though, all hell usually breaks loose when images, videos or avatars are mentioned. I shit you not, but there are people on here who think that the addition of a tiny static 100px x 75px *.jpg will bring the internet to it's knees. :D

    Some of us don't get a hard on for fancy clutter and would rather read the relevant posts.
    NX-74205 wrote: »
    You can't, Digital Spy is the largest media based forum in the UK but bizarrely it doesn't allow media to be embedded.

    Weird, eh?

    Not weird. A good idea. I like clutter free forums.

    No avatars, signatures, images and the like.
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    Philip_Clarke wrote: »
    How do i put an image in a post, there is no button to do this when i reply :(
    You'd be better off asking the photographers who do post their images on this thread in General Discussion
    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1957034&page=28
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    jra wrote: »
    Not weird. A good idea. I like clutter free forums.

    No avatars, signatures, images and the like.

    You spoke my words.

    I swear I'll go postal if I see another angel/puppy/kitten/anime/teddy-bear signature before I die.
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    butterworthbutterworth Posts: 17,877
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    Whilst not directly answering the OPs question, someone did write a Chrome Add-On for DS, that meant that any images linked to in a post automatically showed up when reading threads. Buggered if I remember where to find it, though.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    Toby LaRhone wrote: »
    You'd be better off asking the photographers who do post their images on this thread in General Discussion
    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1957034&page=28

    They haven't. They've posted links TO their images.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    You can't, Digital Spy is the largest media based forum in the UK but bizarrely it doesn't allow media to be embedded.

    Weird, eh?

    It's probably to save on bandwidth. Text will likely only use tiny amounts of bandwidth compared to images.
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    DianaFireDianaFire Posts: 12,711
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    Takae wrote: »
    You spoke my words.

    I swear I'll go postal if I see another angel/puppy/kitten/anime/teddy-bear signature before I die.

    Yep. If I want Hallmark bollocks I can head to the dafter corners of Facebook.
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    stoatiestoatie Posts: 78,106
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    Can you imagine the amount of goatse we'd get? It's really easy to seed a board with innocent images and then change the image at source. Allegedly.
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    zx50 wrote: »
    It's probably to save on bandwidth. Text will likely only use tiny amounts of bandwidth compared to images.

    Bandwidth has nothing to do with it, there are a myriad sites like Imgur, Photobucket, TinyPic etc. etc. that host images for free and provide the relevant links. It's more to do with the site stagnating and not moving with the times than anything else.
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    SemieroticSemierotic Posts: 11,132
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    You can't, Digital Spy is the largest media based forum in the UK but bizarrely it doesn't allow media to be embedded.

    Weird, eh?

    Good, this place would become an unreadable nightmare if it allowed pics and gifs. 'Likes' are annoying too.
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    Bandwidth has nothing to do with it, there are a myriad sites like Imgur, Photobucket, TinyPic etc. etc. that host images for free and provide the relevant links. It's more to do with the site stagnating and not moving with the times than anything else.
    Can't you just post a link to one of those sites if you need one though? My guess is that's it's more to do with the amount of work necessary in transferring millions of posts to a completely new forum system.
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    Can't you just post a link to one of those sites if you need one though? My guess is that's it's more to do with the amount of work necessary in transferring millions of posts to a completely new forum system.

    New forum system? You just check a few check boxes in the vBulletin user panel and give the users the option of having images displayed or not. Hell, the option is already there now in your UserCP.

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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    stoatie wrote: »
    Can you imagine the amount of goatse we'd get? It's really easy to seed a board with innocent images and then change the image at source. Allegedly.

    Why? Why did you have to say the name? I'd worked so hard to erase a certain image from my mind. Took years, too. :cry:
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    Bandwidth has nothing to do with it, there are a myriad sites like Imgur, Photobucket, TinyPic etc. etc. that host images for free and provide the relevant links. It's more to do with the site stagnating and not moving with the times than anything else.

    The owners of these forums could very well think that if posting images is allowed, some will start abusing this feature. The Channel 4 forums started allowing its forum members back in 2004 to post images and some of them started abusing the feature by posting them in nearly every post. The moderators then took the feature away.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    Lets see if it works...

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    JulesFJulesF Posts: 6,461
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    zx50 wrote: »
    The owners of these forums could very well think that if posting images is allowed, some will start abusing this feature. The Channel 4 forums started allowing its forum members back in 2004 to post images and some of them started abusing the feature by posting them in nearly every post. The moderators then took the feature away.

    Yes, this. So many people are seriously stupid about posting images.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    New forum system? You just check a few check boxes in the vBulletin user panel and give the users the option of having images displayed or not. Hell, the option is already there now in your UserCP.

    uET7995.png

    It obviously doesn't work then.
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    DianaFireDianaFire Posts: 12,711
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    Bandwidth has nothing to do with it, there are a myriad sites like Imgur, Photobucket, TinyPic etc. etc. that host images for free and provide the relevant links. It's more to do with the site stagnating and not moving with the times than anything else.

    Allowing images takes too much modding. It would be a minefield.

    Besides which, I like places that are free of people's ideas of great images.
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