Forum Software Upgrade completed - 20th August

[Hobbes]

Worse. The URL looks fine in the editor, but when I inspect the HTML, the URL without spaces is shown. I'd have to rename the file on my hosting site. I can do that if need be, but let's see what Paul thinks first.

[overscan]

This is a very simple workaround.

Spaces are NOT allowed in URLs. Any spaces in a URL must be replaced by

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%20
I edited the post in question replacing the spaces and it works just fine. I would suggest avoiding spaces in file names for uploading to use in the forum.

Now, the "Insert image" function  and [img] tag SHOULD know this and automatically do the replacement for you.  I can log this as a bug with the SMF team.

[Gondor]

This is a very simple workaround.

Spaces are NOT allowed in URLs. Any spaces in a URL must be replaced by

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%20
I edited the post in question replacing the spaces and it works just fine. I would suggest avoiding spaces in file names for uploading to use in the forum.

Now, the "Insert image" function  and [img] tag SHOULD know this and automatically do the replacement for you.  I can log this as a bug with the SMF team.

That sounds like the thing to do. 

Gondor

[overscan]

Apparently they know about it already. We'll see if anything happens.

[Hobbes]

thanks Paul. Have you seen the second issue?
The original filename contains capital letters. The forum software converts these to lowercase.

[Gondor]

I would like to say that having posted a link to another web page recently, the insert features for both images and URL's are a big improvement on what we had to do previously, however it takes all the fun out of editing the information.
I do miss programming in Spectrum basic 

Gondor

[overscan]

thanks Paul. Have you seen the second issue?
The original filename contains capital letters. The forum software converts these to lowercase.

Can't replicate this - it seems to be fine to me.

In the first post in the VC-10 Superb topic, the links in the page are:

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https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg

The first one works, as the file "vc-10 superb 1.jpg" exists.

The second two don't work, as the files "VC-10 Superb 2.jpg" and "VC Superb 3.jpg" don't exist at this location.

Inspecting the page source I see

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<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>
<br>
<br>
<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>
<br>
<br>
<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>


In each case the link is in the same form it was in the post.

[perttime]

One  minor thing:
When people have quoted me (or maybe other things), there is an Alert at the top of the page. The alert doesn't exactly jump at me. Maybe a different colour would make it more visible?

[overscan]

One  minor thing:
When people have quoted me (or maybe other things), there is an Alert at the top of the page. The alert doesn't exactly jump at me. Maybe a different colour would make it more visible?

Like this?

You cannot view this attachment.

I can try and do that.

[perttime]

Red should be more visible 

[Hobbes]

thanks Paul. Have you seen the second issue?
The original filename contains capital letters. The forum software converts these to lowercase.

Can't replicate this - it seems to be fine to me.

In the first post in the VC-10 Superb topic, the links in the page are:

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https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg

The first one works, as the file "vc-10 superb 1.jpg" exists.

The second two don't work, as the files "VC-10 Superb 2.jpg" and "VC Superb 3.jpg" don't exist at this location.

Inspecting the page source I see

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<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%201.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>
<br>
<br>
<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%202.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>
<br>
<br>
<a data-src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg" data-fancybox="topic" data-caption=""><img src="https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10%20Superb%203.jpg" alt="" class="bbc_img" loading="lazy"></a>


In each case the link is in the same form it was in the post.

I've been testing solutions in that post, so some information has been lost.

The original form of the URLs was this:

https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/VC-10 Superb 2.JPG

which matches a file named VC-10 Superb 2.JPG on my hosting site (yes, with capitals and spaces). This worked on this forum until the upgrade.
After the server upgrade this didn't work any more, so I started to experiment. I've changed the URLs here, and changed some filenames on my hosting site.

First, see if changing everything to lowercase helps:
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10 superb 2.jpg
When I have a file with this name on my hosting site, pasting this URL into the browser's address bar works, but pasting it in a message here doesn't.

For this site, I have to insert percent-20 for the spaces in the file name :
https://www.acme-engineering.nl/model/vc-10%20superb%202.jpg

These two changes mean I have to modify dozens of filenames on my hosting site, and dozens of postings here and on other forums.

[overscan]

The developers have said that a fix will be added to the next update.

[overscan]

Regarding the alerts - you should now find the number of alerts highlighted in red.

[NARSES2]

 

[Nick]

Logged. Why is this appearing under user names, what purpose does it serve, and does it have to be there?