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Posting images on ActonW3

Forgive me a rainy day experiment. This image is unlikely to display properly:But this one should:And this one may or may not:If I am right I will post an explanation later.

Ian M Green ● 5829d10 Comments

interesting..thought images didnt appear on 1st post

David Archer ● 5829d

The Wandsworth site's forum is a playground for practising posting images of various sorts and has some guidance on it too I think.Like David, I thought it couldn't be done first post (not that I know how to do it at all)

Sara Nathan ● 5829d

As you both saw at least the second image, here is the method I used.The standard way to post the image MyImage.jpg from Web site www.MySite.com is by typing    .. which your browser interprets as a command to download and display that image. On the ActonW3 site, if the post is the first one in a thread, the server (sometimes?) returns the text    .. replacing '"' with '"', and confusing most browsers. To get around this, change to single quotes, which the HTML standard also allows, and which are not mangled by the ActonW3 server. For example:     Alternate text, if you use the optional 'alt=' part of the tag, should also be in single quotes.If quotes around the image name are omitted completely, the image does seem to display correctly. However, as this is non-compliant, and also mangles any alternate text, I don't recommend leaving out the quotes.

Ian M Green ● 5829d

Oh dear. That explanation didn't work, as my message was converted during the submission process. I'll see if I can figure out what works on Wandsworth.The short answer is: use single quotes around the image name rather than double quotes.

Ian M Green ● 5829d

"That explanation didn't work, as my message was converted during the submission process."Yes, giving advice and explanations on this subject is rather tricky!  As you say, if you include a link or an image in the first post of a thread, any " signs in your HTML code get converted to [fingers crossed!] "Apparently Opera and Chrome can cope with this, but Internet Explorer and Firefox can't.You won't find that Wandsworth is any different, as all the Neighbournet forums use the same software and a common message database.

Richard Jennings ● 5829d

Also works fine in Safari

Bob Crossley ● 5829d

Back from the WandsworthSW18 training camp. Hopefully this explanation will display better.The standard way to post the image MyImage.jpg from Web site www.MySite.com is by typing  <img src="http://www.mysite.com/MyImage.jpg">   .. which your browser interprets as a command to download and display that image. On the ActonW3 site, if the post is the first one in a thread, the server (sometimes?) returns the text  <img src=&quot;http://www.mysite.com/MyImage.jpg&quot;>  .. replacing '"' with '&quot;', and confusing most browsers. To get around this, change to single quotes, which the HTML standard also allows, and which are not mangled by the ActonW3 server. For example:     <img src='http://www.mysite.com/MyImage.jpg'>Alternate text, if you use the optional 'alt=' part of the <img> tag, should also be in single quotes.If quotes around the image name are omitted completely, the image does seem to display correctly. However, as this is non-compliant, and also mangles any alternate text, I don't recommend it.

Ian M Green ● 5828d

    Basic real-time HTML editor! Cut and paste code into the top half.

Fred Bray ● 5828d

That's a pretty neat site, Fred.

Ian M Green ● 5827d

Well done, Ian!  I'm impressed by the comprehensive research you did on WandsworthSW18.com.

Richard Jennings ● 5827d