Displaying and existing image??

[Dave Johnson29]

Hi All,

I just replied to a thread and tried to upload an image and it was refused by the Attach-Image up-loader as I had uploaded that same image back in October 2008.

OK, so I can understand not duplicating to save storage space, but how can I link to it in a new posting so that it shows up as a thumbnail as in the original posting?

I can copy the link to it but that just puts the link in the new posting and not the actual thumbnail of the pic.

Yeah, I did a search here and came up blank. Lots of tutorial on how to attach the pic the first time, but nothing I can find to link to it in a professional way if the image already exists.

This looks pretty clumsy in the new posting...
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...1&d=1224434091

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...0&d=1224434091

[Ted Calver]

Why not rename the image and try uploading again?

[Tom Veatch]

Here are some previous threads on the subject:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=124474
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=86238
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=888572

[Dave Johnson29]

Why not rename the image and try uploading again?

I did that. I have found that if I change the Byte count by a few bytes and rename it then I can fool the system into accepting it. I am tryng to work within the rules here.

I can see the sense in not allowing double uploads, I am just lamenting the inability to use the stored images in a professional looking manner the next time I needthem.

I will now go read the 3 links Tom supplied. Maybe my Valhalla is there.

[Dave Johnson29]

Here are some previous threads on the subject:

Thanks Tom,

Nothing there of any real value that will show the pic as a click-able thumbnail as in a first-time attachment of the pic.

I guess it is just re-size and rename or live with the clunky link to the old pic.

[Scott Shepherd]

Dave, you can go into your user control panel and scroll down. Last menu item on the left is "Attachments". Open that up, at the bottom of that list, you can select "Show thumbnails" just for clarity.

Click on an image, then you'll have the url for it.

You can then post that using the insert image icon. So you're using the same image, stored once on the server, but displayed in various threads.

Here's a try from an old photo I had up to make sure it works. If you see the image, then it worked!