MetaChat - Bugs Bunny #1

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01 July 2005

Bugs Bunny #1 There are a few bugs I have to sort out on this site. I don't have a lot of time available at the moment so I'm asking for help. First bug - some people seem to be unable to post images in comments. Could you all try and post an image in this thread and report any errors you encounter. The important thing is that the tag must be in this format: <img src="imagepath" /> and it must not contain line breaks (as this will insert a <br> tag). If it doesn't work then please let me know what browser you're using and copy and paste the error.

post by: dodgygeezer at: 04:37 | 48 comments

Also, no "alt" info, right?

posted by taz 01 July | 05:02

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by loquacious 01 July | 05:08

Hey, it worked!

posted by loquacious 01 July | 05:11

Also, no "alt" info, right?

Thanks for reminding me - that's correct. Allowed tag attributes are class and title. I can add more attributes if folk want them.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 05:21

*slaps head *
And src is allowed as well, obviously.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 05:22

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by misteraitch 01 July | 05:29

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Wedge 01 July | 05:33

I never did an "alT" thing when tried before. Lets see if I can post one!

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by dabitch 01 July | 06:25

WEHEY! Normally I get stuck at "post" where it informs me that I can't use the "SRC" tag with "IMG" or somethinlikethat.

posted by dabitch 01 July | 06:26

'K. This mix of creepy and cute is seeeeeriously fuggin' with my head.

posted by Frisbee Girl 01 July | 06:29

heh. I've had that error message before. It's so funny.

Also, great cat; this one could challenge iconomy and o9scar's bunny in WW3-CUTE contest! Is that a different picture of bubbee (or whatever its name is...)?

posted by taz 01 July | 06:34

It is the one-and-only-Bubees. Yep. Bow to bubees. Use Bubees when you wanna link Bubees. The spell of Bubees is mighty powerful.

posted by dabitch 01 July | 06:47

≡ Click to see image ≡

And I didn't even know you could title pics for rollover until I just did a VIEW SOURCE.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 01 July | 08:30

I have no idea how to do this.

posted by puddinghead 01 July | 10:03

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Capn 01 July | 10:31

≡ Click to see image ≡

Sorry, that previous one was my fault, no hotlinking images from that site

posted by Capn 01 July | 10:35

Can someone who is better at photoshop than I please put Bubees' eyes on the baby bunny?

posted by matildaben 01 July | 11:33

I can hit preview and see the image, but when I try to post I get:

Cannot post comment, please correct these errors:

Tag img may not have attribute SRC
[Back to comment editing]

Tiger/Safari 2.0

posted by carter 01 July | 11:46

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by gramschmidt 01 July | 11:55

dabitch, I fully yield to Bubees's authority, but, submitted for your approval, Squee:

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by gramschmidt 01 July | 12:02

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by danostuporstar 01 July | 12:29

I can hit preview and see the image, but when I try to post I get:

Cannot post comment, please correct these errors:

Tag img may not have attribute SRC
[Back to comment editing]

Bingo! It's only bloody case sensitive!

Try again in lower case and let me know if it works or not. Thanks.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 12:59

Aaaaaaah so that's whats goin' on....
gramschmidt, aaaw, Squee be a Q-teeeee!

posted by dabitch 01 July | 13:05

Screwy Squirrel tests the brand new image button:
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 13:18

ATTENTION TESTERS:
You should now see an additional button on the toolbar down there. Try the Image button and let me know if you have any problems - hopefully it'll avoid all these syntax problems we're having.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 13:22

≡ Click to see image ≡

TEST!

posted by dabitch 01 July | 13:52

okay trying the button, here we go:

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by carter 01 July | 13:53

Yay!

posted by carter 01 July | 13:54

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 01 July | 14:52

Using button:
≡ Click to see image ≡

Handcode:
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by PsychoKitty 01 July | 15:30

Ok, so what do you do if the img's url is too long for one line?

posted by mudpuppie 01 July | 15:32

Question: Are we supposed to be seeing "Click to see image"? Or are the images themselves supposed to show? I see lots of "Click to see image" links.

When previewing my image links, the images did show on the page, but upon posting, they both became text links to the monkey dna pic.

posted by PsychoKitty 01 July | 15:32

On the menu bar at the top of the page, click turn images on/off to get rid of the 'click to see' messages.

posted by mudpuppie 01 July | 15:35

PsychoKitty, hit "Images On" up at the top.

posted by kenko 01 July | 15:36

Question: Are we supposed to be seeing "Click to see image"? Or are the images themselves supposed to show? I see lots of "Click to see image" links.

More info here.

Ok, so what do you do if the img's url is too long for one line?

Just don't put a line break in it - or use the Image button if you prefer.

I've been putting it off but it may be time to write an FAQ.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 July | 15:36

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by mudpuppie 01 July | 15:46

Nooo.. Texas shaped?

And carter , a pony! how apropriate. ;P

posted by dabitch 01 July | 16:25

*grin*

posted by carter 01 July | 16:50

I got the dregs of a bag o chips here. Hawaiian shaped.

posted by Feisty 01 July | 17:34

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by mr_crash_davis 01 July | 20:18

BTW, in case there was any confusion, that's NOT me in the tortilla chip photo.

posted by mudpuppie 01 July | 20:22

not to ignore lil orphan vader
but dabitch has now made it easy for me to bubees at will
i will proceed with ginger caution

posted by ethylene 01 July | 23:09

Bug found!

Whenever I post a comment (firefox OSX panther) I get a blank page when it is done, rather than a nice reload of the thread where I commented. Completly blank. I have to remove bits of the URL to get back to the site.

posted by dabitch 04 July | 08:31

ps - the blank page is at http://metachat.org/htsrv/comment_post.php

posted by dabitch 04 July | 08:31

ethylene reported this yesterday. this is not a good week for coding but i'll sort as soon as i can

posted by dodgygeezer 04 July | 10:54

ethylene reported this yesterday. this is not a good week for coding but i'll sort as soon as i can

posted by dodgygeezer 04 July | 10:57

aw. Sorry to hear that mate.

Hang on, posting now works nicelY! Yeay! You've sorted it!!

posted by dabitch 04 July | 11:25

sorry, i didn't fix anything - glad to hear it's working. i'll still check the code when i get a chance

posted by dodgygeezer 04 July | 12:58

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