Spanish FR-8

[jmoore]

Well, I son't know! And the IE whatever (reasonably new) on this computer makes the header bar all wonky, so i can't get at the "underbelly" of the site.

[Badger]

I posted 5 photos. The two that keep disappearing are full length shots of the two sides of the rifle. These additional two photos were posted originally with the other three. They were then posted twice more in the later posts. They have disappeared all three times after appearing briefly.

I have no idea why the system doesn't like the two pics you're referring to...

There's no limit on the number of pics one can reference externally to using the IMG code. There are limits when one uses the Attachment function, but that's not the case here.

I also doubt very much that it has anything to do with the pics being offensive, as there's no automated code to check for that. It would be a manual thing done by moderators who would see the pics, but that's also not the case here as no moderator has touched them.

I suspect it might have something to do with the filename of the image. Can you change the filename on your end where the pics are store and try again in a new post, or even better for me, if you could just email me the external links to those specific links to badger@milsurps.com, I'll check them for you.

There's also a possibility that the two pics are too LARGE in size and the site's import pics function is choking on being able to copy and convert them internally. Again, email them to me (or link to them in an email) and I'll check for you ...

Regards,
Doug

Edit: I received an answer to the query I made to the software developer about this issue:

The hyphen may cause problems with redirects on mod_rewrite, or maybe also with vbSEO which allows a final "-123" as a thread or forum indicator. Images should be excluded though. Depending on the remote server, "-" may have all sorts of problems at their end, last not least an invalid image, which simply will never import because not conforming to the image standards. If it was for example a spoofed image (image is a script), it will not contain some tags in order to identify it self and thus will fail to load. It is a sort of inbuilt antivirus.

[Badger]

Well, I son't know! And the IE whatever (reasonably new) on this computer makes the header bar all wonky, so i can't get at the "underbelly" of the site.

You need to make your browser window larger (expand it) ...

Regards,
Doug

[jmoore]

You need to make your browser window larger (expand it) ...

Regards,
Doug

It's maximized. But this computer does wierd things. Like this reply jumps plumb off page high and to the right when using the quote function. The computer isn't crashing anymore, it's not mine, AND I've dealt with worse! Despite it's quirks, IE runs better here than Firefox. Stupidly enough, our work computers are now just about perfect, but I can't do much photo dumping on them...And there's no way one of these infernal machines is going to the house anytime soon.

[Patrick Chadwick]

I posted 5 photos. The two that keep disappearing are full length shots of the two sides of the rifle. These additional two photos were posted originally with the other three. They were then posted twice more in the later posts. They have disappeared all three times after appearing briefly.

My experience with your photos is precisely the same. The 3 photos from the 1st set are visible, the other 2 came and went!!!

It must be one of those dreadfully obscure software/hardware compatibility things, and we will probably never discover the answer.

[Badger]

My experience with your photos is precisely the same. The 3 photos from the 1st set are visible, the other 2 came and went!!!

It must be one of those dreadfully obscure software/hardware compatibility things, and we will probably never discover the answer.

Unless someone emails me the two actual phantom photos, I really can't do much more to help.....

Regards
Doug

[Aragorn243]

e-mail with the photos sent.

[Badger]

e-mail with the photos sent.

Pics received and put in your post....

I'm not sure, as I need to do some more testing, but it's possible that the "-" dash character that appears in the third position on those two pics only, which doesn't appear in your first three pics, may be causing the problem for the pic import routine. I'd have to do a lot more testing, which I haven't got time to do right now.

One way you could test it is to rename your two files store on PhotoBucket to names that don't have the "dash" characters in it, use IMG code and try to put them up here again to see what happens...

Anyway, members can now see your two pics.... sorry for the problems ...

Regards,
Doug

[Aragorn243]

If they disappear again, I'll change the name as you suggest and repost. So long as they stay, I won't mess with it.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Ok Mr. Aragorn. The last two photos have moved an FR-8 up my priority list. Gunshow this weekend if i see one it may be mine.