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Old 10-22-22, 01:36 PM
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Did something happen to the old "Attachments"?

Ok,
I know Bike Forums hasn't used the "Attachment" function for quite some time. But, the photos all remain, or at least they used to.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

All my old attachments seem to show up in names, but I get a blank page when I try to open them.

This means I also get images missing from old posts.

Post #9
https://www.bikeforums.net/17916985-post9.html

Post #14
https://www.bikeforums.net/18853324-post14.html

This image should be attached.
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...1&d=1434698090

(or shorter link)
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...hmentid=527791

Ok, so I refer back to old photos from time to time.
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Old 11-06-22, 09:02 PM
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Still nothing with the old attachments.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

I was looking at an older thread. It had some neat photos... but unfortunately GONE.

https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...-flipster.html

I usually use Firefox, but also tried with Microsoft Edge...

NOTHING
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Old 11-07-22, 06:02 AM
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I see the same problem with Google Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. And I can no longer attach images to my posts; doing so results in "upload failed."
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Old 11-07-22, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
I see the same problem with Google Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. And I can no longer attach images to my posts; doing so results in "upload failed."

Seems to work on Chrome for me.
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Old 11-07-22, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
Seems to work on Chrome for me.
Not here; I can only link to images hosted externally:



I have to wonder if my IP address has gotten on some block list here?
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Old 11-07-22, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
I have to wonder if my IP address has gotten on some block list here?
No, it's not that. I just used a VPN to change my IP address, tried to attach an image to a comment, and got the same failure.
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Old 11-07-22, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
Ok,
I know Bike Forums hasn't used the "Attachment" function for quite some time. But, the photos all remain, or at least they used to.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

All my old attachments seem to show up in names, but I get a blank page when I try to open them.

This means I also get images missing from old posts.

Post #9
https://www.bikeforums.net/17916985-post9.html

Post #14
https://www.bikeforums.net/18853324-post14.html

This image should be attached.
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...1&d=1434698090

(or shorter link)
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...hmentid=527791

Ok, so I refer back to old photos from time to time.
do you mean the attachments link in the left margin when you click on user CP?
I was just in mine, they seem to be there
btw - when I click your link, it brings me to mine
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Old 11-07-22, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
No, it's not that. I just used a VPN to change my IP address, tried to attach an image to a comment, and got the same failure.
Ok, I may have figured out the problem I've been having. I had the editor style set to "simple text box," which never gave me any problems until a few weeks ago. I just changed it to "enhanced editor" and attachments seem to work again for me.
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@rumrunn6,
Yes, those are the attachments from the profile page. Can you actually open and view any of the images? For me I just get a blank page. And any page that had the old style of attachments don't show photos.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

It used to be that I could pull up an old image, and attach it to my message somewhat like:


[img]https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...hmentid=611555[/img]

And it would insert the old image into my messages.

@JohnDThompson and @livedarklions

Sometime around April of 2018, there was a website update. The old image management software was disabled. And, new images were moved onto https://cimg1.ibsrv.net

All of the old images remained hidden away as attachments, viewed in the old messages, or in the attachments link from the user profile above.

And all the new images were sent to user's photo albums.

For another year the old attachments still allowed being added to before being shut off from adding new ones (but still allowing old ones to be used).

In all, I had about 958 of the old style photos, and I like to refer back to them from time to time. Or, as happened yesterday, I wanted to refer to a message posted by another user in 2015.

This means that over a decade of photos attached to old messages seem to have gotten lost with the recent site update.

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Originally Posted by CliffordK
@rumrunn6,
Yes, those are the attachments from the profile page. Can you actually open and view any of the images? For me I just get a blank page. And any page that had the old style of attachments don't show photos.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

It used to be that I could pull up an old image, and attach it to my message somewhat like:


[img]https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...hmentid=611555[/img]

And it would insert the old image into my messages.

@JohnDThompson and @livedarklions

Sometime around April of 2018, there was a website update. The old image management software was disabled. And, new images were moved onto https://cimg1.ibsrv.net

All of the old images remained hidden away as attachments, viewed in the old messages, or in the attachments link from the user profile above.

And all the new images were sent to user's photo albums.

For another year the old attachments still allowed being added to before being shut off from adding new ones (but still allowing old ones to be used).

In all, I had about 958 of the old style photos, and I like to refer back to them from time to time. Or, as happened yesterday, I wanted to refer to a message posted by another user in 2015.

This means that over a decade of photos attached to old messages seem to have gotten lost with the recent site update.

It's all archived in Trollheim.
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Old 11-07-22, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Not here; I can only link to images hosted externally:



I have to wonder if my IP address has gotten on some block list here?
That's not the supported file uploader. You'll want to have switched to the "Full CKEDitor" in your User CP
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Old 11-07-22, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
Still nothing with the old attachments.

https://www.bikeforums.net/profile.p...ditattachments

I was looking at an older thread. It had some neat photos... but unfortunately GONE.

https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...-flipster.html

I usually use Firefox, but also tried with Microsoft Edge...

NOTHING
Thank you for the link. I'll ask tech what's up and where they went
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Old 11-07-22, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
@rumrunn6,<br />
if you see this mine is still working as expected


lol guess not,

I get an "invalid url" msg

if I just copy/paste the url
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...4&d=1523911789

it doesn't insert but you can click the link & see the image

or I'm too tired to do any of this right now. but I can certainly go back to the image & do a screen grab like this


the bonus is it's now in one of my newer 'albums"

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Old 11-08-22, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
if you see this mine is still working as expected


lol guess not,

I get an "invalid url" msg

if I just copy/paste the url
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...4&d=1523911789

it doesn't insert but you can click the link & see the image

or I'm too tired to do any of this right now. but I can certainly go back to the image & do a screen grab like this


the bonus is it's now in one of my newer 'albums"
Now that is interesting.

I can see yours, but none of mine.

first try


second try


I'm seeing my pages labeled as "clear.gif"
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
Now that is interesting.

I can see yours, but none of mine.

first try


second try


I'm seeing my pages labeled as "clear.gif"
I see the 2 pics you labeled 1st try & 2nd try
starting to get confused, but maybe that's helpful info?
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
That's not the supported file uploader. You'll want to have switched to the "Full CKEDitor" in your User CP
It worked fine until a couple/few week ago. Not sure what happened to break it. I changed to the full-feature reply editor and it seems I can upload attachments with that, but the font display in the editor window is miniscule.

Sometimes you just can't win.

Unsupported upload
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Old 11-10-22, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Sometimes you just can't win
kinda like trying to fix old cars
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
It worked fine until a couple/few week ago. Not sure what happened to break it. I changed to the full-feature reply editor and it seems I can upload attachments with that, but the font display in the editor window is miniscule.

Sometimes you just can't win.
If you go into your UserCP and change it back to Full CKEditor (and click save at the bottom of the page), it should work again
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
If you go into your UserCP and change it back to Full CKEditor (and click save at the bottom of the page), it should work again
is it just the save button at the bottom or the choice for "Full CKEditor" that is also at the bottom?
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
is it just the save button at the bottom or the choice for "Full CKEditor" that is also at the bottom?
The former
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