We have to talk about you faggots not being able to figure out thumbnails

[Very_sad_man]

Should we also resize the images if they are too large, or inserting them like thumbnail is good enough? What is the optimal file size?

 

[TurdFondler]

Just make all hot linked images show a picture that says "I am a gigantic faggot" and 24hr thread ban for anyone not using thumbnails

 

[What the shit]

@Null what about images that regardless of whether you thumbnail it or not, its still the same size as if you inserted it as a full image? Still thumbnail it?

 

[Null]

Should we also resize the images if they are too large, or inserting them like thumbnail is good enough? What is the optimal file size?

Resize images? Just thumbnail everything. I don't get the conundrum. If they are thumbnailed they are resized. Watch the tutorial video. You are probably using the handlebar instead of inserting as thumbnail.

@Null what about images that regardless of whether you thumbnail it or not, its still the same size as if you inserted it as a full image? Still thumbnail it?

You can literally never go wrong using thumbnails. If it doesn't size down then it doesn't affect it at all.

 

[Fomo Hoire]

The way I do it is I paste it in full-size, then switch to BBcode mode and remove the part of the img block that makes it full size.

This is the bit you need to remove to turn an embed into a thumbnail one.
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... I wonder if I could make a user script to automate that process every time the Post Reply button is hit. It shouldn't be complicated, though it might be inelegant, but I'm a monstrous phoneposter so it's not like I'd ever be able to test it if I made it...

 

[WeWuzFinns]

Just tell CNN to educate people how to insert images and the nigger cattle will learn.

 

[Butter Keks]

Hey @Null I remember seeing a video (that I think you did) that offered a very clear and concise explanation of how to use youtube-dl. But I can't seem to find that video anymore even though I thought I archived it. Do you still have it? It was really excellent for showing youtube-dl to the uninitiated.

 

[Banquet Meal]

im not trying to be willfully ignorant, but i honestly dont know what im doing here..so i added a photo, and then i clicked on the thumbnail button, and now i have a smaller version of the photo, and the original version. am i missing a step here?

 

[What the shit]

im not trying to be willfully ignorant, but i honestly dont know what im doing here..so i added a photo, and then i clicked on the thumbnail button, and now i have a smaller version of the photo, and the original version. am i missing a step here?

Show us a screenshot so we can make fun of you.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

The way I do it is I paste it in full-size, then switch to BBcode mode and remove the part of the img block that makes it full size.

This is the bit you need to remove to turn an embed into a thumbnail one.
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Could the word filter be set to just ing forbid type="full" forever amen

 

[Null]

Hey @Null I remember seeing a video (that I think you did) that offered a very clear and concise explanation of how to use youtube-dl. But I can't seem to find that video anymore even though I thought I archived it. Do you still have it? It was really excellent for showing youtube-dl to the uninitiated.

YouTube literally deleted it for ambiguous ToS Violations and auto-rejected it on appeal twice. I'd have to re-record it.

 

[Banquet Meal]

Show us a screenshot so we can make fun of you.

duly noted, tryhard

 

[Very_sad_man]

Resize images? Just thumbnail everything. I don't get the conundrum. If they are thumbnailed they are resized. Watch the tutorial video. You are probably using the handlebar instead of inserting as thumbnail.

I understood the part about thumbnails and I use them. I meant the size of the file before I upload it - I asked if it's only problem for mobile users or for your storage. I just want to be a good boy.

 

[Jimmy Olsen]

I don't sober here come. You can't expect me to be intelligent. It's unfair discrimination and I will be filing a suitlaw against you.

 

[Null]

I understood the part about thumbnails, I meant the size of the file before I upload it - I asked if it's only problem for mobile users or for your storage. I just want to be a good boy.

I mean don't go out of your way to make wastefully oversized images but we're hosting videos now and people love somehow making 75MB files out of 30 seconds of footage which is a far more urgent issue.

 

[Canoodler]

Proposal, threadban anyone who posts a massive image, and only unban them if they can prove they know how to make a thumbnail.

 

[What the shit]

Proposal, threadban anyone who posts a massive image, and only unban them if they can prove they know how to make a thumbnail.

Or how about this, discourage any phoneposter to post any image until they can find a PC to upload images.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

I understood the part about thumbnails and I use them. I meant the size of the file before I upload it - I asked if it's only problem for mobile users or for your storage. I just want to be a good boy.

If you have time and want to you can run the image through https://tinypng.com or similar, but the main thing is the thumbnail. Hard drives are cheap, bandwidth isn't.

 

[Oh piss off!]

Thanks Null. I apologise for being an incompetent twat.

 

[Ninon42]

Guilty, sorry. Was just adding images with the toolbar. Will thumbnail in future.