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bystander
04-28-2006, 08:53 PM
Looks like the new photo album system is up. Thanks!

Also, thanks for the copy of the old albums!

Just asking, not requesting any action, but is there a way to edit old posts that link to the old system (which is no longer present):

http://www.segwaychat.com/photos/bystander/Take2.jpg

to the archived photos system:

http://forums.segwaychat.com/gallery/albums/segchat/bystander/Take2.jpg

Or would it be better for each user to upload the desired pictures and use the new placement:

http://forums.segwaychat.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13270/Take2.jpg

I was able to upload picures, but found I didn't have permission to fix the typos in the descriptions.

Remember, the user has to create an album before uploading the first image.




pam
04-29-2006, 06:46 AM
Posts can be edited for about 30 minutes after they're posted. After that, a mod or admin can edit them for you.
Pam

bystander
04-29-2006, 08:56 AM
Posts can be edited for about 30 minutes after they're posted. After that, a mod or admin can edit them for you.
PamI'm not having any problem editing posts -lol

The problem I was having was re-editing the caption of an uploaded photo in the coppermine gallery area. This occured within 60 seconds of the upload.

I know it's new to everyone, I just thought I'd give a heads up to whoever's been setting it up.

Just tried it again, now it takes the edit without complaint.

Don't know if it was fixed, or I wasn't doing it right the first time.

Thanks again to the administrators for the new photo albums.

P.S. about my question regarding the links the old photos, no rush to answer it, but somebody will probably come along and ask the same thing.

pam
04-29-2006, 05:32 PM
for me, ;) I'll be happy to go in and edit the post to show the new URL. I'll need the original thread, and the new URL, and I'll find it and edit it for you.

Pam

bystander
04-29-2006, 08:24 PM
Ah, but there are hundreds of broken picture links all throughout the pre-switchover chat.

The original posters may be unaware of the consternation caused to future would-be readers of the old posts.

Of course things could be fixed one post at a time by the original poster working with a moderator, but I imagine it would be a rather tedious process to attempt to cover most broken links.

I guess what I'm asking is, is the switchover complete, or is there going to be a follow up that attempts to globally mend the broken photo links?

Another point, having the old photos available is good, but the original posters no longer have any editorial control over them. Are the administrators planning to port the old photos into Coppermine, or leave them where they are now?

There's no point in fixing the broken photo links to point to the old photo's new locations, if those locations are merely interim.

Although I am unfamiliar to the inner workings of vBulletin, it would seem to me there's a way to globally replace the text

"http://www.segwaychat.com/photos/"

with the text

"http://forums.segwaychat.com/gallery/albums/segchat/"

in all the IMG tags of the posts database, therefore repairing the broken photo links. This would be pointless, however, if the administrators plan to eventually put the photos into Coppermine.

In the new gallery, threre seem to be slots for the "Old SegwayChat" and "Old SegwayChat Gallery" that are currently empty, so it bears asking if there are plans for expansion or not.

JohnG
05-03-2006, 11:38 PM
All fixed.

bystander
05-04-2006, 02:13 AM
All fixed.Thank you.

Links to nearly 1100 images now repaired!