PLEASE USE THE ATTACHMENT MANAGER and NOT IMG tags.

[Jason Manley]

We need to have the images uploaded directly to the site. IMG tags end up as red x eventually which ruins the quality of the forums archives. Also, attachments get thumbnails.

Ca Now Hosts All User Images For Free

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In the interest of preserving images in important threads and throughout the site, Conceptart.org now has an attachment manager set for all registered members. Rather than use your own host, uploading the images to ftp and using IMG tags etc...you may now upload images directly to conceptart.org through the ATTACHMENT MANAGER located below the text input window in the "new thread" or "reply" to thread areas of the site. Quick reply does not show the attachment manager. You must "go advanced" or use the reply or new thread buttons to access it.

Thanks to the workshop, we are able to afford goodies like this. I hope this makes things a little easier around here as well.

Cheers!



Jason Manley

[Ryan DeMita]

pardon my ignorance, but im a little confused as to whats going on. can we post an image before the threads now? do ALL posts need to be uploaded or just the icons?


the world of sketchbooks is falling apart:xpld:

some help plz.

[Dile_]

oh noes ? you mean for the sake of THUMBNAILS? or for...you know ? everything ??


Edit*

Do you mean i have to CHANGE ALL MY PICS ??

[Quicksilver]

Do you mean i have to CHANGE ALL MY PICS ??
Exactly :S Our space would run out really quickly if we did that, and we can't add any captions or further comments below them. It would make our posts less organised...

[Ryan DeMita]

i dont think hes saying we have to do that with all our posts (i hope) i think its in regards to the avatars on the side of our posts :)

[blanquish]

why didnt we get a post explaining what would happen, before it happened, im sure im not the only angry person, personally i think this feature should stick to only the finally finished section.
#clear up the confusion# please

[Ryan DeMita]

ok, go to your first thread and hit "attach file" make sure its no bigger than 100px and 29.3 kb. once you attach it to your first thread it will pop up in the forum:wink:

-not sure what manley was doing here.

[Dile_]

Blanquish : haha if you dont want it shut it off :)
User control Panel > Edit Options > Turn on/off thumbnails

[staylor]

Okay, the thread thumbnails are really cool, but why the heck can't I attach full pictures inside my threads anymore? I see either links or little thumbs, which is stupid inside the thread as it makes the "don't link to your images" rule rather hypocritical.

I hope that's a temporary issue that will be resolved, because if not I'm going back to my own hosting. My internet access is slow so I just open up a thread, draw while it loads and then go and enjoy the arty goodness, that doesn't work when I have to click on every separate thing. I'd rather the viewers actually see the stuff without constant clicking.

[emily g]

stayor--it's temporary. Things are still being fixed.

emily

[cartoonfox]

No dudes, the thumbnail feature is for thumbnails of art work, not avatars (I just did that 'cos)
When you make a new post in your sketchbook, and attach your art, the first image you attach in that post will update the small thumbnail beside your thread title.
Then when you make a new post, and upload more images, again, the first imagie in that post will update the thumbnail next to your sketchbook title in the forum.

Got it?

[staylor]

stayor--it's temporary. Things are still being fixed.

emily

Oh thank goodness, I was getting worried for a moment.

The thumbnails are pretty sweet though. I'll be too lazy to use them most of the time though :^^;:

[oma]

Lame,,, you have to delete all attachments to see that little thumbnail... so people can't see the improvement anymore... LAME..

Just make a new selection in the profile section.. works a lot better i think..

[Jason Manley]

hmmm...thanks for the input...we are still working this out....if it doesnt end up working out we will disable it...however the biggest problem is not whether you can type text next to your images it is the fact that older great threads are now missing images because people clear their ftp spaces and thus ruin the archives of this site.

we will see if we can find some solutions..thnx for the patience as we grow.


j

[ArtZealot]

yeah, having to click every single image just isn't cool, i see where yer comin from though. i wish more of marco djurduevisbiggbogvic's thread still worked, i think some of the images died tho.

[anticonnor]

My biggest beef isn't the thumbnails, but the fact that the larger image opens up in a new window. It's a pain in the ass to click a thumbnail, close it down, click a thumbnail, close it down, blah.

On the whole, though, I do really appreciate the attachment manager as it keeps me from having to upload to my FTP everytime I want to post an image.

[Dile_]

d I think a good idea would be to upload the tumbnail itself seperately, if there isnt a way to go around it easy otherways.

However, I already seen two sketchbooks who have used animated gif pictures as for their thumbs... and seriously if all 60 sb's that is on first page gonna start jump around and move, i prefer whatever other forum... please
dont make this happned...

[asoir]

d I think a good idea would be to upload the tumbnail itself seperately, if there isnt a way to go around it easy otherways.

However, I already seen two sketchbooks who have used animated gif pictures as for their thumbs... and seriously if all 60 sb's that is on first page gonna start jump around and move, i prefer whatever other forum... please
dont make this happned...
Or an off button? Right?
;)

[S.C. Watson]

Heya,

Any particular reason that only a portion of the sketchbooks are showing the thumbnail? I'm curious if I attached my images incorrectly...

Thanks,
~Shane

[JoeHell]

Oregano: I had the same problem when I first tried it but then I attached my image and pressed the save button under the text instead of the save button under the attach part.. and then it worked..

so I dont get this at all.. are we not alowd to just Imagetags at all or what? can we attach images and then have an image tag from that picture in the same post?

[Proteus]

Oregano: You have to attach the image to the first post of your sketchbook.

[Yiako]

It would show the first image of the last post to give a fast visual cue that something has changed.
Anyway I've just tried it and it doesn´t work anyway. What's more, the images that I've uploaded before using this attachment method don´t show as thumnails but hiperlinks. :(

I'm sure they are temporary problems. Good idea!

[blacky]

Am aprecciating your effort to improve the quality of this site.
Am awaiting patiantly the outcome of all this.......

[cartoonfox]

K I used the attatcment feature : ]

[ConCrete]

This is most certianly not the place for this post but I need to figure this out.

I want to track my sketchbook post and I can't figure out how to use my user cp to jump to it. Right now I have to siphon through tons of other sketchbooks to find my own to update it...

I know this is easily fixed so anyone able to enlighten me would roxxor...

[cartoonfox]

No there's no "find sketchbook" feature.
Just find it and add it to your browser favourates.
You can "subscribe" however, which will email you every time someone posts in your sketchbook...

Peace

[arttorney]

Another way to do it that you can do in CP: Edit your signature to have your sketchbook url in it and then you can go to the last place you remember posting and click on your sketchbook link that will be at the bottom of your post. This is actually more work than the way Cartoon Fox says to do it, but if you've got Norton, it saves you from being hassled by a computer program about something getting added to your favorites when you added it on purpose. I hate that personally.

[ConCrete]

Thanks fox...hey I emailed you some questions about your portfolio...I was thoroughly impressed and want to know your methods, even if I am simply not worthy...

[cartoonfox]

Thanks fox...hey I emailed you some questions about your portfolio...I was thoroughly impressed and want to know your methods, even if I am simply not worthy...
What just now? I didn't get it : [

[silvestri99]

How do i get my "thumbnail" pic to show up in front of my sketchbook thread...? There were a couple of posts that mentioned it but i didn't see where they were going...help?!?!?!?

[kina]

aww maaaan you mean I have to make them all attachments? I will second the comment about not being able to have written descriptions for each one. A lot of my earlier images are freakin huge, and that presents a problem when viwing with attachments.

I dunno but I keep a careful inventory of my art on my site, and I rarely move my stuff around. so If I link to an image off of my site, chances are, it wont move. but eh. i understand the need to archive, specially for the pro work around here. that way if someones site is down, their art wont be.. but if the actual forum is down, it wont matter.

SIGH.

for finding your sketchbook: do a search and type in the exact title. for me, i just type in 'kina's sketchbook' in search, and there it is! quick and easy. just.. dont forget what your post is called ;)

[Chris Noeth]

Attachments have this boring outlines... ;)

[Elwell]

The attachments can show up in line, not boxed all together at the bottom, but there's an extra step. Afer they are attached, navigate to where you want the image to appear in the post, click on the paperclip icon, and then on the name of the attachment you want. It will show up normally, just as if you had used IMG tags.

[2b BOY]

I did what you said Elwell, and originally all my pics displayed normally, and now they are all thumbnails...

[Alzorath]

Anyone find out a way to make the attached images show up as full-size, rather than thumbnails, mid-post? (Thumbnails seem appropriate in 'finally finished' section - however they do not seem appropriate in the 'sketchbook' section - mainly because sketchbook images, in my opinion, should be 'practice images' - and in my case that usually means assorted images on 1 page, making the thumbnails look sloppy and uninteresting). I'll have to leave them as [img] tags off-server until a way to display them full-size, in-line, in the post is created :\ (cause I hate how they display as thumbnails or at the end of the post)

[Chronologic]

i can't because my pics always end up coming out too big and i resize them with photobucket.

[Elwell]

I did what you said Elwell, and originally all my pics displayed normally, and now they are all thumbnails...
Yeah, that wasn't happening at first, now it is. I hope it's another bug that will get worked out.

[Andy P]

Just weighin in, real quick like, I appreciate the desire to keep red x's outta here, but I dig the img tags and I'd like to think most people regularly updating their SB's aren't moving their stuff around too much. Shouldn't have too many x's from people who prefer tags. If there was an easy way to update the image beside your SB and also be able to use tags thad be great. 'Course I don't know shit about shit, so...

[rblitz7]

www.imageshack.us is a pretty reliable hosting option...but if your sketchbook is really popular like Mentler or Andrewley im not so sure.

[Jakian]

I am very confuzzled.
Are we saying that we cannot upload pics from imageshack, but me must upload them here???

But...imageshack is a sexy fool....I can't cheat on him.

[DesperateCuban]

yea this is really confusing i mean i like the idea of hosting all the pics on the site but the fact that you cant put comments after each of the images just keeps me from using it but whatever ...i dont know

[Unbreakable]

Wow! Why are so many people making a big deal out of not being able to write comments above their drawings.The progress you make drawing is what's important not why drew you this or that. Plus, uploading is better because awesome sketchbooks like Marko's and Wes' will still have all the pics and not a bunch of little red x's.

[Elwell]

Jason, can things be set so that inserted attachments show up full size?

[Carnifex]

my only concern is what will happen with older threads -e.g. all of my workshop photos. it would be helluva work to reupload them all to ca,put the captions in correct order again etc.
maybe some subsections could stay as they are?

[nofingers]

So, in updating my sketchbook, I used the attachment manager, and when I saved and looked at my thread, there was the text I wrote, but the attachments only showed up as brown thumnails, same color as the BG for CA.org. Then went I removed the attachment tags and put in img tags, both the img images and attachments showed up. so then i removed the attachements. I hope the whole thumbnailing instead of full size image bug gets worked out, cuz I really want to use attachments.

[anticonnor]

I love the attachment manager for the ease of uploading pics to your post, but why do some peoples attachemnts show full-sized, while mine are all tiny thumbs that open in a new window? I understand that there are some bugs being worked out, I just find it odd that some people can post full-sized and others not.

[Pesmerga]

I was away for a couple of months so I had no idea we could upload/attach images on CA.. That's pretty cool! And the preview thumbnail is a good idea too. I'm trying to clean my sketchbook now, replacing imageshack.us by conceptart.org :) lol

[Chance.]

Okay, Can I, or Can't I post attachments that show up as full sized Images in my sketchpad? Right now all I get are the small brown links like those described above. Is there something special I need to do?

[Noë]

I will attatch my sketchbook entries from now on then..
But do I have to attatch all of my other images from my sketchbook? :S
I don't want to do that really :P And I kinda liked the idea of having all the sketches on my webspace. But well, I couldn't have all of my sketchbook images on my webspace I guess, eventually it would take up all of my 250 mb storage.

love
Marleen

[eliWolff]

I only see the attachments show up as a thumbnail until I click on it. What's the trick to making this attachment thing work for seeing the images full size in the thread?

[Adam Nowak]

So, were the thumbnails intended to become the avatar of our sketchbook? Because that's what more and more of them are becoming. Not the worst idea, but not the most useful either. I think I'll just turn off thumbnails soon, especially since they don't exactly work as [IMG] tags.

[mr.right]

The way I see it, the main purpose of this is to preserve good threads from dying. If you personally don't think you have a thread worthy of archiving, then I wouldn't worry about it. If you're pissy because now you have to go back and change all of your img tags into attachments, then you should contemplate whether all of your image posts are worth that.

However, if you think that you would like your images archived in the threads, but still want to post comments by them and have them appear full-size in your thread (like your sketchbook, for example), then here's a simple solution:
Use the image tag, AND attach the file as well.
The little thumbnails at the bottom of the post shouldn't clutter it up too much, and, for the sake of archiving, everything will be copacetic.

[anticonnor]

I'm not sure why everyone thinks that they can't post comments with their images with the attachment manager...

Just use the AM/paperclip icon to upload you pics
Put your cursor where you want your first pic to be
Click the AM icon and select the attachment you want
Write your comment after the attachment
Click the AM icon and select the next attachment, etc...


I'm just waiting for them to fix the thumbnails situation. I hate having all of my uploaded attachments automatically turned into thumbs.

[Waffle_King]

Guys,

I know this has been asked- but any update on how to keep attachments from showing as thumbs? I have been attaching images and posting them in img tags to get the full-size pics in there.

I read the thread, hadn't found an answer.

-Andrew

[Chris Noeth]

Will there be a solution for the thumbnail 'problem' soon?

[sciboy]

make sure you don't have any in-line attachments in the first post of your thread.
For some reason that solved the inline thumbnail issue for me.

[Mr. Ed]

make sure you don't have any in-line attachments in the first post of your thread.
For some reason that solved the inline thumbnail issue for me.

Same here, yesterday I went to change all my attached images to IMG tags and I tested it on the first post and then the whole thread fixed up the images. That saved a bit of time heheheh.

[Chris Noeth]

make sure you don't have any in-line attachments in the first post of your thread.
For some reason that solved the inline thumbnail issue for me.

Can you please explain what do mean by "in-line"?

Thank you!

Chris

[sciboy]

By default when you attach an image it appears at the end of your post.
Inline is where you use the paperclip button to put it inside the post itself.

[Chris Noeth]

By default when you attach an image it appears at the end of your post.
Inline is where you use the paperclip button to put it inside the post itself.

THANK YOU!

This is the solution! Just attach a small image in the first post without using the paperclip (this image appears as a thumbnail before the thread in the sketchbook list) and then start posting using the attachment manager and the paperclip function to get rid of the image border and positioning problems beginning with the second post... it works fine and images are shown in correct size. THX again!

Chris

[})i({]

well, I think if there was an award ceramony (sp) for the forums most confusing thread, this'll win. :P or maybe my head just doesn't organize thing's as well as you guys O_o.

I'm thinking of starting up my own sketchbook thread... so to upload pictures... what on earth do I do? :P

(sorry about my dumbness) :bashful:

[sciboy]

Welcome welcome.
We just found the cause to a bug so i recommend you make your first post with an introduction maybe and attaching your threads thumbnail, then create a second post with your art in it.

To attach images, click Go Advanced down the bottom, then either click the little paperclick icon or go to the Manage Attachments button below.
A window will pop up and there you can upload your images, by default the images will appear at the end of your post, after uploading them, if you wish to accompany them by text just click the paperclip icon and you can place the images.

Now word of warning, the bug we found causes all your images placed with the paperclip to show as thumbnails, however if your first post in the thread has none the rest of the thread will work perfectly, so that's why i recommend you put your art into a second post and a none-inline thumbnail and intro as your first.

Hope that helps. :)

[soulburn3d]

Tried reading through the thread, but I came out more confused then when I went in :) I just started a sketchbook and there's no thumbnail showing up in the main forum, even though I attached all my images using the attachment manager. Is there some extra voodoo I have to do to get it to use the attachment in my latest post as a thumbnail?

- Neil

[Juhani Jokinen]

I have the same problem as soulburn3d. Hope someone can offer a solution :)

Juhani

[soulburn3d]

I have the same problem as soulburn3d. Hope someone can offer a solution

Actually, I figured it out a few weeks ago. The thread is given a thumbnail based on the attachment to the FIRST message of the thread. So even if you add a new image to the thread in a later post, you must go to the 1st post in the thread and replace the attachment there with the thumbnail of your new work that you want to appear as the thread thumbnail.

It's confusing as hell, but I assume it's a limitation of this forum that it can't figure out your last post to a message thread and use the attachment from that.

- Neil

[Juhani Jokinen]

Actually, I figured it out a few weeks ago. The thread is given a thumbnail based on the attachment to the FIRST message of the thread. So even if you add a new image to the thread in a later post, you must go to the 1st post in the thread and replace the attachment there with the thumbnail of your new work that you want to appear as the thread thumbnail.

It's confusing as hell, but I assume it's a limitation of this forum that it can't figure out your last post to a message thread and use the attachment from that.

- Neil

Thanks for your answer but I'm already aware of this :) If you check out my sketchbook you'll see a 100x100px attachment in the first post but it still won't show up as a thumbnail in the forum :(

Any solution to this?

Juhani

[JERI]

I'm experiencing Anthriel's problem as well. I wanted to change the thumbnail next to my SB, but it won't show up. I tried to reattaching the old thumbnail again, and now that won't show up either.

[Renier van der West]

Yea, I too have this problem!

[soulburn3d]

Thanks for your answer but I'm already aware of this :) If you check out my sketchbook you'll see a 100x100px attachment in the first post but it still won't show up as a thumbnail in the forum

d'oh! I wonder if it's some sort of cache problem on the server side, because from my perspective you did everything exactly the same as me, and mine now works.

- Neil

[Juhani Jokinen]

d'oh! I wonder if it's some sort of cache problem on the server side, because from my perspective you did everything exactly the same as me, and mine now works.

- Neil

Yeah, well I guess I just have to wait until they fix this glitch :)

Thanks for your help!

Juhani

[Renier van der West]

Mine works now! i think it might have something to do with when you try to do it. Try removing the thumb and replacing it again.

[Juhani Jokinen]

Mine works now! i think it might have something to do with when you try to do it. Try removing the thumb and replacing it again.

Woot! Mine works now aswell :) thanks for help guys!

Juhani

[JERI]

Mine works now as well, guess it's a time thing.

[BumsUnite]

sorry didnt know

[Deru]

Where do i go to add stuff to the attachments? I'm new here.

[Abdiel_lara]

i don't know whats going on! :)

[DominoChance]

There's nothing like sketching from nature. This was done at the Mn Zoo. Tiger sleeps on one side of the giant glass window and you can sit on the floor inches away.

[kait]

how can i delete attachments...something went wrong, page tels me that i have already uploaded attachment, but i cant see shit. even this paperclip outside shows 1 attachments...

so how can i clear my 1st post and try again.?

[Isobel]

Mine is still dead...:'(
save my attachyyy...pweeeeese

[voraz]

I have been using a thumb in my sketchbook for a while, have used more than one image for that matter, but a couple of days I changed the image and there is no thumbnail appearing. I have tryed to change the image and removing and uploading again but it still isn't appearing!

[emily g]

To all of you who are having problems with attachments and thumbnails, we have run into some problems when we updated the forum software.
Please be patient while we try to work this out.
Thanks. :)

[kool-ka-lang]

To all of you who are having problems with attachments and thumbnails, we have run into some problems when we updated the forum software.
Please be patient while we try to work this out.
Thanks. :)

sweet. same problem here, and hope this gets worked out soon.:)

[kischi]

jep me2

[Chromosome]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who couldn't figure it out.

[Mr.Delicious]

man, I really wish my thumbnail worked. this sucks :(

[smugbug]

Thumbnail...oh thumbnail..where for art thou, thumbnail?

:[

[alesoun]

I'm using the attatchment manager, but tonight all the images I've posted in my sketchbook are showing up as smaller than postage stamps! Help! (They're not scanned in that small!)

[BludHund]

yeah I'm noticing this problem too ... seems to be, images that you actually *insert* into the text end up as thumbnails, whereas images that you have in the attachment manager but *don't* insert into the text end up added at the end of the post at full size. Highly annoying, seems to be a new development...why?

[Guy Montag]

Oh god this is annoying. Every single image in my sketchbook is now been changed to a tiny thumbnail.

AAAAAARRRGH!!

Sigh. Guess I'll just those vilified 'img' tags until this is fixed.

[emily g]

Hello everyone, Pontemonti has been working on the thumbnail issue and it may have changed some other things accidentally.
Please post in this thread in the support forum:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98082

Explain the problem and post a link to the thread where the problem is happening. That way Pontemonti can figure out what the problem is and fix it.

Thanks so much!

[kool-ka-lang]

hmmm....actually, Mine's working fine now. :o

[call me seven]

very good piece of work!

[call me seven]

i wish i can learn english hardly more

[call me seven]

i will learn english hard

[boutiquecraft]

everything obey manage

[Shobunkin]

Can anyone help me so that my thumbnail/avatar shows up in the forum page? I've tried several times to figure it out, but it still stays blank! Please help

[Broken.WingAngel]

I'm new around here so... how do you do this?

[ik0r]

So do I just use the upload attachments box at the bottom?

[ik0r]

I'm still confused, so we upload all images directly from our computer?

[Miles_]

Whats happening with the attatchment manager? Rather than showing the images directly you now have to click a link.

[Maidith]

Whats happening with the attatchment manager? Rather than showing the images directly you now have to click a link.

I have experienced that too. O_o What's happening? I want my thumbnail back! :wtf:

Greetings,
Kristina
:yayca:

[Rockhart]

yeha i noticed that too... maybe their working on the website or something...

[Jakers]

Same, im sure it will get corrected. Whom should we notify about something like this?


And iK0r, in case nobody answered your question, yes all from your computer into the attachment upload tool.

[archipelago]

they already know about this problem and it is getting fixed ;)

[mythwork]

Why aren't my new pics showing up in my thread?

[Clodioz]

the html code doesnt work too :S (maybe the user I saw didnt write properly :P)

[Taven]

To make your pictures show up (or at least, this is how I've been doing it), attach them like normal. Then, go upto the paper-clip symbol where the other options for your past are, and click on the drop down menu. Click insert all.

If those directions were unclear, there's a picture-guide in the intro thread in the lounge. I don't know why the "normal" way isn't working, but there you go.

[Rockhart]

wow thanks taven that actually worked :) kudos to you

[Maidith]

The attachments now show, thanks to your tip, but the thumbnail isn't showing up yet :( any way to fix that, too?

[Taven]

I'm sorry, I don't have any idea how to do this. If someone figures it out, I'd be thrilled to hear how.

--Taven

[Ignominious]

TAVEN, you're my hero!

[snootchy]

Hey all, I was posting images fine up until recently the images have been coming up as little gif/jpg icon links rather than showing up on the posts itself. I've been using the manage attachments paperclip tool to upload but for some reason everything i post shows up as a click'able link...any idears / help???

Sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1562534#post1562534)

[ikuru]

I really think the forum should make one Standard mode on how things get attached, that way there would be no options and no misunderstandings.
But I guess thats hard now... then It has to be all from scratch sort of thing, like a new forum altogether.
anyhow, just thinking out loud...

[Lakka]

*edit*I must of gotten disconnected for a moment or something, problem didn't appear a second time! :)

[brather]

Hi,
I started my fist sketchbook today.. But I see, that the subject isnt BOLD like the others and that NO THUMBNAIL can bee seen in front of my subjects.. Can you please help..

[3d3n Cork]

Frosted butts. I should have read this first D:

Sorry, I'll upload using the file manager now.

[InFlame]

hello! sorry, I have a little problem uploading images at the moment. if I click on the "post reply" button in my sketchbook thread, the next page appears, where I can describe my sketches and pictures in the text box. so far so good, my problem now is, that the button "manage attachments" doesn't appear! so I can't use the attachment manager to upload images directly from my computer. my question: did I do something wrong??? oh, and I only can use the text box! no smilies, no text options...nothing! so, what's wrong? I'm a little perplexed... thanks for your help! ^_^° InFlame

[Jester_retseJ]

ok....that's right

[Frida Bergholtz]

Hey everyone
I have just started my sketchbook thread. Everything is working as it should but I am unhappy with how my thumbnale looks. I want to change it to something more eyecatching. Is there any way to edit it?

[dusty imp]

it seems the only way to do it is make a thumbnail you want, go to edit your first post, and delete any attachments you have in it. then upload your thumbnail, but don't put it into the post itself. it will show up as thread thumbnail. than you can add all the images back into the post.

[Kayo9px]

Attachment manager?? you mean the one in the Additional options section?

[krisCrash]

We need to have the images uploaded directly to the site. IMG tags end up as red x eventually which ruins the quality of the forums archives. Also, attachments get thumbnails.

Ca Now Hosts All User Images For Free

Maybe people are being confused about this because the FAQ says we need to find our own image host;

http://conceptart.org/forums/faq.php?faq=new_faq_item2#faq_new_faq_item1

I didn't see anyone else in this thread suggesting to rewrite that, sorry if it is inappropriate.

[Φ]

I´m a little confused about the newest change of the attachment manager!
why do you MUST fill in all the options?!?! like category sub-category copyright?!?! WTF? why isn´t that just a additional option?

thanks for answers…

[Elwell]

It is an option. Just leave them blank.

[Φ]

It is an option. Just leave them blank.

really? did you upload an img today? I think It´s really new…like 1-2 days old…

anyway, maybe it´s only my browser? but I cannot upload without filling in every single box!

thanks for help

[Elwell]

Hmm, your right, that is new.
I know Jason has mentioned changes/new features in the works, I'll leave it to him to comment.

[Wykin]

I'd like to second KrisCrash about the FAQ. My first posts have been IMG tags thinking that was the rule. Today I made myself a sketchbook and noticed the title of this thread... I had to fix my sketchbook, which wasn't a problem (though it took me several edits to get it right), but it would be nice to update the FAQ as soon as changes are made :)

And I too thought it weird to have to fill out all the options before being able to upload an image. :S

[algenpfleger]

Yes, it's kinda annoying to have to fill out everything every time o_o If at least the name could be put somewhere in the profile settings so you don't have to type it every time? And how exactly do the changes affect the image? Or is it more of a registration mechanism? Like those proposed in the Orphan Works Bill, but for free, that would actually be pretty clever.

[seacrost]

unnn,,, excuse me >,< im new here,, so.....
anyone can tell me how to post pics here,,? sorry 4 disturbing ><

[Clochette]

Use the little paper clip icon you see at the top of your thumbnail when you click "Post reply". It opens a popup and there you manage your attachements. The things to fill are boring but it's a way to identify pictures, because of the Orphan Bill right? If it can help artists to have less of their works used without permission ... do it! :)

[Φ]

because of the Orphan Bill right? If it can help artists to have less of their works used without permission ... do it! :)

Orpahn Bill... I^m reading this all the time! sorry if it^s the wrong place... but whats that?

anway, also wanted to ask what copyrights I as a 17 year old nobody got....? I mean, should I fill in the copyright box with my name? or as unknown?
thx for help

cheers

[Sudsy]

Anyone else experiencing "Invalid File" after filling out the Copyright info, category, etc... while trying to upload a .JPEG file (9:44 PM Alaska Time 04 December 2008 in case there is server issue right now or some such event) after uploading?

[Baltar]

@Sudsy: I'm not getting that issue, but all of my images (luckily only a couple) that I uploaded before the fields were all required to be filled won't load because they are pending approval.

I'm wondering if people are going to have to go back and re - upload everything or if it's just a temporary issue that's going to be fixed.

[monsi]

I'm seeing "attachment pending approval" all over the place, with the images attatched not showing.. It's not every post with attatchments, just some.

It makes no sense though, because some of the ones in my sketchbook that worked before are now pending approval?

[sleepingbeauty]

ok, thanks for notification

[mairuku]

I know it's been said, but the categories/subcategory/genre/media is very irritating. It would be nice if it was preset. I had 11 images to upload to my sketchbook, but screw that. I'm going back into photoshop and combining some together. It's ridiculous and takes up so much time!

[Rockhart]

I'm going to second and third what Mairuku said... I leave for 3 months and when I come back posting images suddenly got annoying :P

[syrez]

Hm, I tried to edit my post options via the paperclip button yesterday and today. 'Cause i thought, i could change my thumbnail for the sketchbook thread.

But i get a Database Error all the time, can anyone help?

[mmmolly]

Anyone else experiencing "Invalid File" after filling out the Copyright info, category, etc... while trying to upload a .JPEG file (9:44 PM Alaska Time 04 December 2008 in case there is server issue right now or some such event) after uploading?

Same thing happened to me and I can't figure out what it is.... its really annoying though because I would like to post my sketchbook...

[chaosrocks]

i wish copyrighting was optional, becasue alot of what I post to my SB I really don't care if any one steals it.

i wish one could multi post ca attachments
for instance how do I manage the image at the top of the EOW thread... If I can't image attach it I have to change the tittle and reload it every time, and that seems like an extravagant use of space, to reattach the same image over 100 times

[FreeLiner]

I think i've seen this asked a couple times but never saw a definitive answer:

How do i get the thread thumbnail to update with the latest picture? Right now mine is stuck on the first image i uploaded in the first post. Would be nice to have the recent stuff out to pull people in to comment

[syrez]

yeah freeliner, either this or the option to edit the thumbnail , i read somewhere in this thread, that it may be possible with the paperclip button, coming along your thread in the list...

but for me it gives a database error.. :(

[FreeLiner]

great sadness.
next time i start a thread i'm going to test a theory, will get back when i do.

[FreeLiner]

tested a theory on getting the thumbnail to update, didn't work.

Idea was if the first post i did in a new thread contained only one image, then the next post a single image as well, no change, thumb is still the same in the main forum gallery.

[FreeLiner]

Success!
Okay if you want the thumbnail to update on your thread heres the way to play it, not sure if it's the right way, but it works:

-First post, post only one image in the new thread (image A).
-Next time you post, post the new image (image B), then edit the first post you made in that thread, go advanced, and remove the original image (image A).
Then, you upload a smaller size of (image B) then upload (image A) after it (upload both images in the same post, don't upload the original image A in a new post).


You want to upload only one image in the first post, so then you only have to delete one image.
The reason you upload a smaller version of you image B is so it doesn't take lots of space next to image A

Sorry if it's confusing, i'm not the best at explaining. i figured it out because i saw peoples threads having small thumbnails of the latest work on the first post.
It's jsut a matter of doing the first post with only one image to make it a faster process, because the image that will show in the thumbnail must be the first image in the thread.

hope this helps

[badkittyamy]

i still don't get his. my post looks cluttered and ugly using the attachment manager. I found myself simply getting frustrated and can't really see myself even bothering to update anything if that's the way it "must" be done when using img tags and photobucket is a million lightyears more simple

[Elwell]

i still don't get his. my post looks cluttered and ugly using the attachment manager.
You can insert attachments into the body of your post the same way you would if using IMG tags. After the images are uploaded, click the paperclip icon at the top of the posting window and you'll see a list of all the files attached to that post. Just click on one to insert it.

[BubbaGump]

What about studies? Technically they're copies from existing books so would you hold the copyright to your studies?

I don't think anyone would get ticked if someone copied his/her studies seeing as they're second generation copies...

[DeuceRok]

maybe we can streamline the thing so we can batch upload?! maybe not click 4 things for EVERY pic

-Deuce.rok

[Gangsta Geek]

a batch sounds soo good! Help us lazy people out here....it would be coo to just upload and post

[Collywobbles]

What about studies? Technically they're copies from existing books so would you hold the copyright to your studies?

I don't think anyone would get ticked if someone copied his/her studies seeing as they're second generation copies...

Yeah, or paintovers in the critique section. If they are completely different images, who owns it? I have just been giving the OP the copyright, because I don't care, but it doesn't seem correct. They probably don't even know about it.

[ashess]

question, my thread image doesnt work anymore. not since I changed to a new one yesterday. it's just a normal jpg as always.. I even downscaled it. am I doing something wrong?

[CaNiBaLe]

thanks for the free space, CA staff!
my suggestions (might have been said before):

- there should be an option to save copyright, date, and all optional info so it could be applied to a batch of images or
- multiple file uploading should be allowed. Selecting just one at a time is very time-consuming, and even more if you decide to add a category or a date... which I want to do

;)

edit: I just found out I cannot NOT choose a category, subcategory and all that! woah it takes a while to upload a single pic! :( not very stimulating IMHO

[Pluscandy]

question, my thread image doesnt work anymore. not since I changed to a new one yesterday. it's just a normal jpg as always.. I even downscaled it. am I doing something wrong?

same thing here I tried different file types and sizes but the thumb image will not seem to work!XD

[Buchmaler]

same thing here I tried different file types and sizes but the thumb image will not seem to work!XD

Me too :(

[.pc]

same issue as ashess,Pluscandy and Buchmaler.

[ashess]

well, posted about it here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2254616#post2254616
hope we'll get it sorted soon ^^

[Rostas]

Hello all,I wanted to post today and It seems the attachment manager doesn't show up any of the subcategories,genres,or media choices so I can't post.Is there a problem with the site or my browser? Thank you ,anyway sorry if it is a false alarm but just want to make sure.Cheers :) P.S:False alarm,sry ,I'm such an idiot,i guess it was a little lag :) Cheers anyways

[Bicnarok]

This upload manager doesn´t seem to work, tried a few times.

[PatBoutin]

Hi,

In the case I'd like to edit an existing post, how can I make sure the new image sent as an attachment go on top of the old one?

And is there a solution to put a little gap between the images?

Thx a lot,

Pat Boutin

[Foxtrot Wolfwhistle]

Hey, all my sketchbook art won't show and I uploaded everything on the manager. Is this another bug? :/

[Datameister]

All attached images seem to have vanished. =/

[Hipalien]

I noticed all my attachments are gone in my section and many others. Although a few top threads had their images. Code be some code got corrupted or something like that.

[Ryoma0z]

Hi guys im not sure if this question has been asked but, for some reason my pictures arnt showing up when i started and saved my thread...but i can see them when i click preview. Could it be some sorta lag or something?

[Nakhon]

Hi, I'm actually having trouble trying to resize my images. I've saved them to .jpg and .pdf and resized to fit the reqs. for the images and when I 'preview the post' they all look smushed. Anyone know how to make the image a decent enough size? help please.

[HolyMane]

the images on my thread seems to looks fine...exept that all the images stick to each other pixel by pixel wehn posted on the same post :\ lame

[Bella DC]

Hi, I'm having trouble using the attachment manager. Although the images upload fine none of them appear when I click the image link or preview the post (instead there's a question mark with a little blue square o.o) I tried to upload an image that I had uploaded before to see if the image i was uploading was corrupt, but that didn't work either. Please help!

[Shuggs]

I have no idea how to get a thumbnail next to my thread. I've read through this 5 different times now, tried everything, and nothing is working.

[Nemome]

You have to edit your first post and then put a picture in your post with the attachment manager (!).
Then your Thread gets this little thumbnail :)

Sorry for my english, i am german, but i hope it helps.

[eronzki999]

Hi sir! Is there a way I can upload files in bulk?

[General F.]

seems my sb wont show up. It looks like ite there right after I submitted it, but when I go back to the sb page there is no sign of it, I even went back a couple of pages but it just isnt there :/. What am i supposed to do? I dont know if its been submitted or not.

[General F.]

And now im embarrased, suddenly there are five copies of my sketchbook. Would remove them myself if i could, but please help!

[Viking_Of_The_Wolves]

I cant post my work and I really want to put my first post in the sketchbook it keeps saying Invalid File Help?

[InfiniteStage]

I keep getting an 'upload error' from the attachment manager

[Tricky Ben]

this is cool

[Nemome]

Someone knows how to put the pictures i uploaded with this manager IN my posts?
Between text passages?
Only get it working to show them all above my post ~.~
Thanks!

Sil

[Zeitwolf]

Any chance the attachment manager will get a makeover in the near future? Multiple files are a pain in the ass to upload.



Someone knows how to put the pictures i uploaded with this manager IN my posts?
Between text passages?
Only get it working to show them all above my post ~.~
Thanks!

Sil

There's a little paperclip symbol in the message options. You can insert your attachments one by one inside your posting.

[Blastsniper]

What if i know my host won't ever crash on me?

[colortheory]

Everytime I upload an image and I save it to my sketchbook:lounge:, I cannot see it. What could be the problem?

[ColourInProgress]

Everytime I upload an image and I save it to my sketchbook:lounge:, I cannot see it. What could be the problem?

I'm running into the same problem. I was able to attach images to my sketchbook yesterday, but today, the images just aren't showing up when I try to upload through the attachment manager :[.

[~FPudiU~]

So everyone is having the same problem?! So it really is a database error?

Moderator-heroes! Please come and manifest yourselves! :D

[vineris]

Don't panic! The site is being updated today. Hopefully this problem will be solved soon, but in the meantime you can expect some glitches. :)

[TheDistance]

Good to know.

/TD

[TheDistance]

Umm..... Some of my pics are still Offline.... What´s going on???? :^^;:

[Blauringkraken]

Umm..... Some of my pics are still Offline.... What´s going on????
+1. Is it possible to get an update of what's going on? Two days passed since vineris posted... don't get me wrong, I don't want to be inpolite, I'm just curious how long it will take... :)

[ColourInProgress]

Umm..... Some of my pics are still Offline.... What´s going on???? :^^;:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=218045

This should explain everything :) Be patient, everyone

[Medusoid]

OH NOES!!! my pictures :( they be gone and stuff, I am upset but its not anyone's fault so I cant really be angry, oh I hope their not gone. I like this place so much better than every where else and I use it as my portfolio since I don't have a website of my own. I would hate to have to send people to my DA page to review my work. CA is just so much more respectable in a professional setting, this is really upsetting and I feel awful for bitching about it but I wish the best of luck to whoever has to deal with this.

Sorry Jason, hope I don't sound like an ass :(

[JonBailey]

Oops i just used an IMG tag for my first sketchbook. Does this mean the moderators won't approve it? Will I get notified if they don't/do ?

[AdamTSC]

Hi, I just read this whole thread, and am a bit confused. I have 2 questions:

1) Is it recommended that we use the attachment manager instead of external image hosting for all our sketchbook images? Or is this more about just the first thumbnail one? I have seen sketchbooks that use both approaches.

2) If we are doing a sketch as practice from/of something that is copyrighted, such as a video game character, a copyrighted photo, or a book about drawing with illustrations, as reference, as many sketchbooks here do, should we fill out the copyright section with something like: Copyright: drawing by me, photo ref by x. Or is there another recommended approach? I certainly do not incorporate copyrighted materials into any of my finished works, but practicing/learning to sketch is another matter. I'm just new here and starting my sketchbook so I wanted to get an answer at the beginning.

Thanks!

[Candra H]

Hmm. Does the image manager apply to Sketchbooks only or is it for posting pictures across all the boards?

I just joined and this is the first thread re this subject I've read so apologies if my question seems redundant to the regulars.

[stycotl]

Hmm. Does the image manager apply to Sketchbooks only or is it for posting pictures across all the boards?

I just joined and this is the first thread re this subject I've read so apologies if my question seems redundant to the regulars.

i'd like to see a firm answer to this too, as i'd like to start my sketchbook this week before i get back into school.

aaron.

[Candra H]

I actually went ahead and started a sketchbook using copy/paste images from my website. I havent had problems with it yet but realise I should be using the attachment thingy so oops! to the moderators. If it's a big problem, I'll reload them correctly.

I only figured out the attachment thingy by accident trying to upload a thumbnail image, haha, idiot that I am. If it's what people are talking about, it's the paper clip in the options across the top of the advanced posting box. Been using that for all my latest uploads so maybe thats an answer to your question, Aaron.

[fairypek]

I am sorry maybe it isn't the right place to ask it but I need some help.I am new in here and I don't know so much things.I added my drawings in here but they are so big?what should I do?

[AboutaDirk]

Would it be frowned upon to start a sketchbook topic by posting pretty much everything that shows what you've been up to lately? So something like, 10, 20 wholly different sketches?

Cheers!

[dad_mad]

Hm... I don't exacly know where to ask this, so I'll post it here.

1) How long does it usually takes to get your own sketchbook thread posted or rather approved? Tried to make a new thread yesterday.. but still nothing ^^

2) I'm hosting my own website and in the past 6 years it was down for about 5 days... which I consider good enough to prevent the red X affair *g
And it is also easier for me because I dont have to upload the images twice, or to every website I want to post them again and again.. but I will bow to this rule if it is a necessity ;)

[KiaraKitsune]

im a lurker at the moment BUT i do want to start a sketchbook on here and I'm lost in how to start one? What are the steps in starting a sketchbook on here?

Thanks to who answers this.

[ConnyNordlund]

People would do this if it didn't take forever to choose categories for every little sketch you put in your sketchbook.

I'd rather use img tags.

[Sushy]

Why not make those fields for defining category and such optional?

[thevaliantx]

I'm having the same problem(s). It takes FOREVER to choose (mandatory) the categories and sub-categories for the images. On top of that, for me anyway, multiple times I attempted to upload images, and while everything seem to go fine procedurally, in the end the images weren't uploaded. Something is wrong.

[powerful.pineapple]

I'm having the same problem as dad_mad. How long does it take to get a sketchbook approved? I did use attachments. Don't mean to sound annoying, I'm just really new here and other art forums I've been on didn't have this approval system, so I don't know how it works.

[Whimsicaltwigs]

I'm fairly new here too, so the attachment thing is a bit different. However, it won't ever seem to allow me to use the attachment to add my sketches in my sketchbook. It says something about security token...? What is that?

[Grizzliman]

I totally agree with ConnyNordlund, it takes like forever to upload with the "manage attachments".

[JBoogie]

Is there a way to multiple files at once as opposed to one at a time?

[Elwell]

Someday.

[tangofanatic]

Is there a limit to the number of images were upload at once?

[gamersgene]

the attachment manager is annoying as fudge and takes forever. I'm still gonna use it but you guys should work on that.

[Marc-F-Huizinga]

I am unsure if I can come here with my question, seeing as I don't see any other subforums where I can go to with technical problems. Could be me however, I just joined yesterday!

Anyway, I don't seem to be able to view pictures anymore in topics, or attachments if you will. I encountered this in the sketchbook forum, and I tried what I could, but I still can't see anything. So I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing or are all attachment images really down?

Edit: last night everything worked fine.

[Crow T Robot]

I am unsure if I can come here with my question, seeing as I don't see any other subforums where I can go to with technical problems. Could be me however, I just joined yesterday!

Anyway, I don't seem to be able to view pictures anymore in topics, or attachments if you will. I encountered this in the sketchbook forum, and I tried what I could, but I still can't see anything. So I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing or are all attachment images really down?

Edit: last night everything worked fine.

yep, having the same issue :/

[Tamaira2011]

Hi guys, the new forum looks awesome. But unfortunatally I can't see the attachments in my sketchbook thread anymore. Do I have to reupload them again? Thanks for answering. =)

Edit: I'm again. I saw a minute ago, that the new forum is still under construction. So ignore this post pls^^

[s12a]

Is it possible to create thumbnails for uploaded images or make the forum automatically resize images so that they won't exceed forum width? If yes, how?
I was about to open a sketchbook but manually reducing the width (and height) of all my sketches would be a major annoyance.
It appears that images get uploaded and attached to posts as-they-are.
It would be nice to make smaller previews of them, like with external image hosters.

[Jace Austin]

BUGGER! i submitted my post in ignorance.. it has IMG tags.. can you release it so i can adit it and upload the images to image manager? :S

[Olooriel]

If I understand this right, then the information for new members in the FAQ (How do I post images?) isn't correct anymore?

You'll need to get an external host that allows you to show images on different servers (generally referred to as "hot-linking"). You cannot post images directly from your hard drive, or attach them to our forum.
I read that before I posted my sketchbook and added my images as hotlinks, but according to this thread I now think I shouldn't have done that... or maybe I just don't quite understand it?

[Elwell]

Yes, the FAQ is outdated (the reference to Geocities should have been a tipoff).

[Olooriel]

Yes, the FAQ is outdated (the reference to Geocities should have been a tipoff).
Well just because one site mentioned doesn't exist anymore doesn't mean the more important parts of the information also are outdated... this should really be updated, as the FAQ was the first place I went to after registering, trying to get everything right... well I suppose that didn't work out, lol.

[Cortes]

how do you delete attachments from the image manager? I don't see any option in the window. It seems to have changed from the last time I used this forum.

[tofuCurry]

Well... I guess my thread wont be getting approved, lol

[bharat]

nice one....!

[Pfefferminzia]

I'm really sorry for asking (what I guess is a really really dumb question) but I wanted to open a sketchbook thread. Reading this beforehand I wanted to use the attachment manager. There it says my jpg may not be biger than 537 kb. So I have a pic of a sketch and when I saved it in photoshop and changed the scale (wheter it's a small or big file) and put it against null it was still too big (570 kb). Can anyone help me please?

[Elwell]

Change your image size to around 800-900 pixels (long dimension) and use the Save For Web function in Photoshop to save as a jpeg at medium or high quality..

[Brave-New-World]

im gonna stick to img tags because the attachment manager hasnt worked once for me yet despite my repeated attempts to use it.

no idea why