There are now new buttons below the message area when you start a new topic or a reply to upload and insert images directly from the message posting page.



Button functions:

"Choose Photos" to select one or more photos.
"Choose/Take Photo" will appear on mobile devices to select a single photo, on iOS you can take a photo directly and upload.
"Clear" will deselect any photos you have chosen (only enabled once photos selected for upload).
"Upload" will start the upload process (enabled as above).

Once the upload procedure completes, you will get a row of thumbnails under the message area.



Simply click/tap an image to insert the BBCode for that image at the current location in the message area. Images will be slightly greyed out once clicked to indicate which ones you have used.

The two small buttons on the header above the are:

Refresh: at the moment this resets the greyed-out state of the images
Empty: this clear the list, so click this once you have used all the photos you want

Images loaded will persist across all new threads/replies until you click the "empty" icon, so you can add photos to multiple threads.

This feature has currently only been developed and tested on Google Chrome on Windows, so please let me have feedback on other platforms and systems.

It is compatible with iPhone/iPad with iOS 6, the first version when Apple turned file uploads on. On iOS 6 the "Choose/Take Photo" button should give the option to switch to the camera instead of the photo roll.

I hope this is useful and as above, please let me know feedback to improve the features or usability in general or on different devices/systems.

Cheers,

Martin  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Last edited by Martin on 15th Aug 2013 2:44pm. Edited 1 time in total

Nice one Martin.
Any chance of a "Thank-you" Button and so on similar to that on D44 forum?  Diesels Lives Matter

It works !

Edit: No it didn't, I'll have another go

Uploading direct is a fantastic thing! Now no need for me to mail it to my laptop, then upload and then insert into a post.

Thanks for the new 'stuff' Martin. ===================================
Steve
90 xs sw in Stonoway Grey - Sold
110 USW X-TECH

Click image to enlarge  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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2006 D110 CSW (Dad's)

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Photo above has been posted with the new system, so I have checked it works

If it's still failing for you Matt (or others) let me know at which stage and your browser/system info   1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Sorry, can't get it to work, just sits there saying 'Connecting to album'

If you click on "Gallery" in the site header does the Gallery system show you as logged in?  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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2006 D110 CSW (Dad's)

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custom90steve wrote:

Any chance of a "Thank-you" Button and so on

I've mentioned this before (perhaps not on Def2) and the short answer is no, because I think they are lazy and stifle forum discussion. What's wrong with taking a few moments to say thanks in your own words and let the author know how they helped you?  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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2006 D110 CSW (Dad's)

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Yes

Now get 'Error retrieving album data' on both IPhone and desktop

Sorry I get nothing just a submit & preview at bottom of message but maybe I'm missing something .............. a brain

ps Do appreciate all you do Martin  Defenderless

Don't worry, Martin loves a challenge

Same for me but I'm using an android phone that's past its sell by date so didn't expect anything anyway, will have to wait untill tonight when I fire up the laptop.

Matt,

I know what's up with it (you've never set a gallery up here) so I need to do some extra tinkering, hold fire and I'll get back to you.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
2006 D110 CSW (Dad's)

Nanocom, IID, Forscan and Webasto diagnostics available in North Oxfordshire