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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:15 pm    Post subject: Embedding support for images and flash movies Reply with quote

How about html and bbcode embed forms for images that link back to the picture page? And one that creates html embed code for flash movies?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trying to embed Flash objects is a world of trouble and security hazards.

But linking in picture thumbnails is easier enough, and a reasonable suggestion.

Except for one tiny caveat where thumbnail images include built-in drop shadows, so they might not display correctly inside comment boxes.

(But I haven't exactly tested that.)
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't mean for US to embed flash... I meant we could provide code so members can embed a flash object on their blog or site. Dunno if that's a risk in any way, but I think it would be nice.

Also, can we have preview images for our flash submissions? I don't want to be more like DA but it seems like something we should have done a long time ago.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strata: shadow can be turned off in one of the GET parameters.

unfocused: That sucks bandwidth pretty bad. The only reason stuff like Youtube can do it is there unlimited bandwidth. And DA is of a size that they probably pay next to nothing for their BW too.

It's worth considering tho. Bandwidth is pretty cheap nowadays, but still extra cost is extra cost -- it doesn't make sense unless it will actually pull people in. I can only see it as being feasible if it's only thumbnails (or perhaps a whole gallery of thumbs), not full-size images.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah I was thinking just thumbnails that link back to picture pages.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="unfocused"]Yeah I was thinking just thumbnails that link back to picture pages.[/quote]
We actually already have special bbCodes available on the mainsite, they've just never been documented:

[list][user]username[/user] --> same as [url=/user-username.php]Username[/url]
[profile]username[/user] --> same as [url=/profile-username.php]Username[/url]
[pic]123456[/pic] --> same as [url=/pic-123456.html]Picture #123456[/url][/list:u]
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There should be a thumb tag that shows the thumb and has a link.

And probably an avatar tag that shows the user's avatar + link to their profile.

and the pic tag should have the title in it.


But I don't think that is what Unfocused means. He means HTML/BBcode for people to use in THEIR OWN sites, blogs, forums, etc. Not just links within FAC.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But your idea is great to and it's partially what I meant.

Making it possible to easily show thumbs on forums and blogs would help with traffic, imo. It would help a lot.
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