When an image only shows as a link

squeaky

Hi all,

I've no idea if it's just my own set up - but every now and then when I post an image into a message it will show as an image while I'm in the edit window, but then when I hit the submit button it only shows up in the post proper as a link.

If this happens to you there's a fix

Click on the "edit" button for your post.

Click on the "Go advanced" button (just below the text area)

Now click on the "preview post" button (next to submit)

Finally just hit the "submit" button in the usual way.

Problem solved.

But is it just me or does it happen to you too?

fermi

You are not alone.;)

Like you I've had that happen a few times, and doing the same as you fixed it as well.

However it hasn't happened to me for quite a while now.

Last time I checked on vBulletin's own forum there were quite a few threads/posts about quirks and problems with the "enhanced WYSIWYG" editor, although I can't remember a thread about this one specifically.

BritBrat

You just have to make sure the BB code is correct and it helps being in the view format that shows the code.

<<< remove the spaces after img

URL GOES HERE <<< remove the spaces after url

More detailed info HERE

EXAMPLE:

=


URL GOES HERE = http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/masthead/martinLogo.gif

squeaky

Erm...

The problem is with the wysiwyg editor. This is point and click to add images or links into a post. So the right BB-Code is inserted - it's just that the software sometimes fails to render them correctly.

sra

BritBrat wrote: »

You just have to make sure the BB code is correct and it helps being in the view format that shows the code.

<<< remove the spaces after img

URL GOES HERE <<< remove the spaces after url

More detailed info HERE

EXAMPLE:

=


URL GOES HERE = http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/masthead/martinLogo.gif

Thought I'd take the opportunity to point out there's new bbcode been added a while back called noparse.

So now you can just surround the code you're explaining with noparse tags and they'll stay as text so you don't have to do the "remove the spaces" thing.

eg.

[noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse]

will display as:

[noparse][/noparse]

BritBrat

No parse has been around ages.

In advanced view remove the tick from "automatically parse links in text".

so you don't have to do the "remove the spaces" thing.

The spaces was so you could see the code, no spaces code is hidden.

But not sure how you did it?

Edinburghlass_2

I may be missing something here but why not use the little yellow postcard icon and paste the url in there

BritBrat

That is what squeaky is using, but the site inserts the wrong code for the selection.

Or at least that is what I think squeaky means, I normaly just use the code manualy.

squeaky

Edinburghlass wrote: »

I may be missing something here but why not use the little yellow postcard icon and paste the url in there

Yep.

Using the insert image icon when posting using the wysiwyg editor will show the image correctly while you are in the edit mode.

But then, when you hit the submit button to post - the post itself "sometimes" doesn't show the image - it just shows the URL.

sra

BritBrat wrote: »

No parse has been around ages.

In advanced view remove the tick from "automatically parse links in text".



The spaces was so you could see the code, no spaces code is hidden.

But not sure how you did it?

The option in your screenshot is only to stop links being parsed.
The code
[noparse] [noparse]Put the code here[/noparse][/noparse] is new (as far as I know) and lets you display bbcodes on the forum without them being converted

So I can now write
[noparse]hellow[/noparse]

rather than having to write:

hellpe <--remove space first

fermi

squeaky wrote: »

Using the insert image icon when posting using the wysiwyg editor will show the image correctly while you are in the edit mode.

But then, when you hit the submit button to post - the post itself "sometimes" doesn't show the image - it just shows the URL.

Yep. Exactly the same for me. Although recently the WYSIWYG editor hasn't done that at all.

One of the times it did happen I edited the post and switched the editor mode to show the BBCode, and it displayed code that had nothing wrong with it. When I then saved the post the image worked.