okay so i gotta small question. i posted a picture of my car a long time ago in a thread. now when i try to post this picture again today it says i cant re-use my pictures because it was used in a different thread or something like that. soooo how do i post the same picture more than once on this site??

sorry for the dumb question, but its tickin me off lol

 

You can alter the image, or you can link to it.

We have considered removing this feature, but the system is currently setup this way to prevent duplicate pictures from being uploaded over and over, which consumes space. The attachment database is several GBs as is.

 

i posted a picture of my camaro in a thread a few months back, and i wanted to post this picture again today in a different thread. when i tried to upload it, the thing told me i had already used this picture in a past thread or something like that. how do i re-use my pictures?? i would use photobucket my computer is so slow it isnt even funny and it literally takes 5 minutes to upload one pic on photobucket.

soooooo yeah,,,, any answers???

 

Well, when you upload the file that is already in the database, it provides you a link to the thread:


Click on the link and find the attachment. Right-click on the attachment and save the URL.

Post the URL inside the IMG brackets.

The method above allows you to link to the attachment. Or you can simply, slightly, alter the file to change the checksum.

 

ahhhh thanks JT and sorry my comp was being dumb and i kinda posted the question twice. if i do that will it post the picture again or the whole post/thread?? also if you guys are wanting to save space and stuff, why not delete threads that havent been active since like 2004? it would save a lot of space and i understand that it would prolly take some of our "information" away.

 

When you are told that the attachment you're trying to upload has already been uploaded, you are given a link to the thread itself. You click on that thread. Then find the attachment. When you find the attachment, right-click on the attachment itself and copy the URL of the attachment. So you would be posting the URL to the attachment (hot linking) and not the thread itself.

Yes, it's not exactly the easiest procedure. It would be nice if the procedure was more automated. But that's the design fault of vBulletin software, and not really the website.

We will not physically delete threads. Lots of old threads contain valuable information. Threads itself would not save nearly as much space as a duplicate attachments would. Simple text does not consume as much space as images do. We aren't exactly in a storage crunch issue or anything, but it's wise to not be careless and think ahead.

 

so would it save more space if posted pictures in the post itself and not use the "attatch pictures". if so then ill post pictures through the post using photoshop.

 

Actually, your internet service provider usually provides you with FTP or web space. I host all of my pictures there.

The other option, is to a site like imageshack, or any of the other image hosting services out there.

 

I'd rather pick the attachment feature for the sole reason that hosting changes, which can make for images lost. With the attachment feature, they remain with TGO so there's little chance of the pictures getting lost or removed.

 

While thats good for tech related stuff that should stay with the post.

Its also a burden on TGO's server, as well as the database when its just something like a picture of a persons car.

 

It's part of operating and managing a website. "Burdens" can be tagged to a lot of features on a website.

If we were in a bind, we would probably be more strict on policies in regard to the attachment feature, photo gallery feature, etc. So far, it has not been an issue. http logs show people are also interested in viewing eye-candy in addition to technical resources.

It's the choice of the user as to either hosting offsite (hotlink) or within the forums via attachments.

Thanks.