I want to re-upload pics

[Matt Ocel]

I uploaded pics on a thread and now I want to reference the same pics on a different thread. When I do I get a message saying that those pics were already uploaded.
How can I re-upload them on another thread?

[Jim Becker]

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

Jim
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[Matt Ocel]

Thanks Jim -


But now i'm more confused.

I can build a house, but I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
URL, cp something.

Is there a way someone can walk a dummy like me through this?

[Tom Veatch]

Thanks Jim -


But now i'm more confused.

I can build a house, but I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
URL, cp something.

Is there a way someone can walk a dummy like me through this?

Here's how I did it:

1) Go to the UserCP - click on "UserCP" in the menu bar at the top of the display, far left end. You may have to scroll the display to see it.
2) Open your list of attachments already uploaded - Click on "Attachments" in the menu column on the left side. The attachments link is near the bottom of that column.
3) Find the attachment you want to reuse and right click on the name. Select "Properties" in the popup menu.
4) Highlight the URL ("http:/...something...") in the properties dialog, press CTRL-C to copy the URL to your clipboard, and press "OK". Be sure to get the entire URL since it probably wraps to a second or third line.
5) Compose the message you want to include the attachment. Place the cursor at the location you want the image to appear.
6) Click on the "Insert Image" icon (top of message composition dialog and looks like a picture of a mountain on a yellow background). In the "Insert Image" dialog, select the existing contents in the address box, press CTRL-V to paste the URL of the image from the clipboard, and click "OK".
7) The image should appear in your message at the cursor location.


Here's one I uploaded for another thread and inserted in this message using the technique above.

[Matt Ocel]

It took about 45 minutes but I finally got it.

Thanks Guys!

[Angus Hines]

I hear ya thats way to hard. to many hoops. just make a slight change to the picture (ie erase a small part, add text ect.) and the bot won't know the difference, much easier than the method mentioned here.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Matt,

Resize the original on your computer or rename it and it should upload okay.

[Tom Veatch]

Matt,

Resize the original on your computer or rename it and it should upload okay.

But, doing that consumes server resources unnecessarily. Maybe you've got more storage space than you'll ever need, but I'd think the server administration would discourage the practice of uploading the same image multiple times when it's a simple to avoid doing so.

The process I outlined reads much more complicated than it actually is. The only real difference between uploading an image from your computer and re-using an existing one is the address of the image. Once you've done it a time or two, it's as simple to navigate to the image location in the UserCP as it is to navigate to the image location on the home computer.