New graphics upload: My dog

Mkopack73 · Post by **Mkopack73** » Thu May 07, 2020 8:03 pm

My dog

View File

Just. Test upload of a pic of my dog. Testing uploading files from iPhone. Seemed to work fine.

Submitter

Mkopack73

Submitted

05/07/20

Category

Graphics

Perifractic · Post by **Perifractic** » Thu May 07, 2020 8:51 pm

Nice hound!

Michael Jørgensen · Post by **Michael Jørgensen** » Fri May 08, 2020 8:20 am

11 hours ago, Perifractic said:

Nice hound!

@Perifractic: When I click on "View FIle" I would expecr to see a preview of the image. Instead, I just get a blank white area. I can then press "Download this ...", and that does indeed download an image of a nice dog. But as I said, there should be a preview before pressing Download.

Post by **Main Administrator** » Fri May 08, 2020 11:03 am

You need to upload a screenshot. There's no general visual preview for the actual file itself, since it could well be a zip or an executable. This is on purpose, for security reasons as well as for the fact that these are supposed to be downloads, not image galleries. There's another module for Invision that handles image galleries.

StephenHorn · Post by **StephenHorn** » Fri May 08, 2020 6:51 pm

I would agree that it's a little confusing when people post images into the "Downloads" section as the only content in a post, but I can understand why it doesn't auto-preview. Should image-only postings there be discouraged? If there's enough interest in folks showing off their X16 graphical chops, would it be possible to add that image gallery module sometime down the road?

Post by **Main Administrator** » Fri May 08, 2020 6:59 pm

Possible yes, but it's a commercial module, we'd have to pay for it.

Perifractic · Post by **Perifractic** » Sat May 09, 2020 4:28 am

What do people think about removing the graphics section altogether?

JimmyDansbo · Post by **JimmyDansbo** » Sat May 09, 2020 6:53 am

2 hours ago, Perifractic said:

What do people think about removing the graphics section altogether?

As long as we are still able to add images to posts and thumbnails to uploads, I see no real reason to have a separate graphics section in downloads.

Post by **Main Administrator** » Sat May 09, 2020 12:35 pm

I thought "graphics" meant "graphics applications", not images.

Perifractic · Post by **Perifractic** » Sat May 09, 2020 4:52 pm

Ah that makes sense. I'll try to think of a clearer naming structure.