Posting inline pictures on the BB

[ShamelessFlirt]

OK, I have 2 really simple questions -


1. Where is the "MANUAL" on what code works when you post? I can link to a picture posted on another site, but there are subtle differences when you post or when you put code in your sig.


2. Specifically, let's say I upload a pic, theoretically I should be able to reference that pic on another post but show the pic inline.


So if the pic is here -
http://literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1315079

why can't I do this -

<[a href="http://literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1315079">

 

[Weird Harold]

1. Where is the "MANUAL" on what code works when you post? I can link to a picture posted on another site, but there are subtle differences when you post or when you put code in your sig.

The "manual" is labeled vB Code help and can be found just above and left of the text box for the body of your post (right next to the vB code buttons.)

Simce HTML is turned OFF in the body of the posts, those are the only formatting codes you can use in the body of your post.

2. Specifically, let's say I upload a pic, theoretically I should be able to reference that pic on another post but show the pic inline.


So if the pic is here -
http://literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1315079

why can't I do this -

<[a href="http://literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1315079">

In your signature line, where HTML code is turned on, you can use that syntax. You can NOT use HTML syntax in the body of your post the way this BB is configured.

You can't link to "attachment.php" to show a picture inline in your post, because it is a script file and not an IMAGE file. The IMG tags only work on IMAGES, unlike the HTML <IMG SRC=...> syntax, which will process the output of a script file if it is valid image format.

If the URL you are using with the IMG tags does not end in JPG, GIF, BMP, and possibly TIF, it isn't going to display.

The Shamrock in my signature line IS an attachment on the BB but it uses the HTML <IMG src=...> syntax and not the IMG tags.

{IMG]http://www.literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1267094{/img] produces

instead of an image.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Thanks!

I went over to the vBulletin site looking for how to do this and discovered that the powers that be could turn on a feature like this by customizing the BB. There are some default features, but this isn't one of them.

(http://vbulletin.com/manual/bbcode.html)

Anyway, I thought you had done this before (I was even telling my good friend that it's not an image but there still should be a way to do it)

 

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