Host an Image not working?

Don't know if its just me or if its the forum but when I am trying to post a reply and click on "host an image" nothing happens. Anyone else?

I don't use that feature, but tried it and it seems to work for me...

Thanks Betty, that reminded me to shave this morning!   

Thanks Betty but Nope...still doesn't work for me...great

Can you describe exactly whats going on? I made a screenshot and am uploading it now to test it. If you can see the pic it works for me too.

I click on the host an image button and nothing comes up...no options for uploading, nothing. I'll try rebooting and see if that works. And yes, I see your pic Cory.

Side question, what web browser are you using?

Chrome...and rebooting did not help

It still works.

SiRWesDragon wrote:It still works.

        
         

cichlid-gal wrote:I click on the host an image button and nothing comes up...no options for uploading, nothing.  I'll try rebooting and see if that works.  And yes, I see your pic Cory.

by nothing comes up, do you get a blank box, or nothing at all? Does a box come up for the "Insert an image" or "Insert a link" buttons?

Nope...no box...no nothing...I click it and nothing happens...my cursor just sits there and no boxes open up.

And many of the threads are giving me fits as far as replying...I've got squished boxes for the replies with no header (the part that holds the shortcuts)...I have to type something into the box and then do a preview to get the box to open up so I can use the shortcuts...probably something with my computer. It always seems to be glitchy with stuff. I don't know why.

cichlid-gal wrote:And many of the threads are giving me fits as far as replying...I've got squished boxes for the replies with no header (the part that holds the shortcuts)...I have to type something into the box and then do a preview to get the box to open up so I can use the shortcuts...probably something with my computer.  It always seems to be glitchy with stuff.  I don't know why.

You're not alone on getting the squished box, I'm getting that too. Instead of typing something and going into preview, can you do me a favor and refresh the page and see if the toolbar shows back up afterwards? If it does, then try to post a picture and see if it works then. I'm working on a complicated theory here based on forum feedback on the forummotion site, and the refresh case is different from the preview case.

I have "squished" boxes for the quick reply as well, but I assumed that was from the AdBlocker that I use.

If I want to use anything from the toolbar or emoticons, I just click on the Reply button at the bottom left and that brings everything up.

That feature doesn't seem to work on my phone or when I use google chrome on my computer. I haven't tried any other browsers

MRTom wrote:

cichlid-gal wrote:And many of the threads are giving me fits as far as replying...I've got squished boxes for the replies with no header (the part that holds the shortcuts)...I have to type something into the box and then do a preview to get the box to open up so I can use the shortcuts...probably something with my computer.  It always seems to be glitchy with stuff.  I don't know why.

You're not alone on getting the squished box, I'm getting that too. Instead of typing something and going into preview, can you do me a favor and refresh the page and see if the toolbar shows back up afterwards? If it does, then try to post a picture and see if it works then. I'm working on a complicated theory here based on forum feedback on the forummotion site, and the refresh case is different from the preview case.

Tried the refresh...didn't work and still no host an image option. Maybe it's Chrome...

odd. I posted this from chrome at work and from home. Not sure what's causing it.

Donna, try using the Reply button for now. All of the features are there, including the image hosting.

Just to clarify, this is what people are seeing (for those who haven't noticed yet).


I'm not *totally* sure what's going on, there may have been a setting that disabled the features in the quick reply section, but all the features are there, when you press the "reply" button at the bottom left of the page.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please bear with us while we try to fix this issue.

When Donna goes to the Reply button (or preview also works), the host an image button doesn't work there. She clicks it but no window pops up.

Odd... the only thing I can guess is that Donna's browser is suddenly blocking pop-up windows, thus preventing the "host an image" window to pop up?

Oh. Donna are you using Android phone or pc? On my droid phone samsung note 2, I rebooted my phone it worked. I had the same problem awhile back. Thought I got in trouble and mods took that ability from me. Lol. Try  rebooting your phone or pc.

Looks like the toolbar in the quick reply box is back and working

The box comes and goes randomly (connection quality seems to have something to do). The angle I was looking at is that the code to render the textbox seems to depend implicitly on all image elements to be loaded locally before rendering the box. If you're on a slow connection and not all the images load quickly, you can get a foobar state where you get the flat box. This is why when you refresh or hit preview, you have a better chance of getting the thing working (because everything is cached locally). This is possibly worse on pages with more pictures on them. It is also probably due to server problems on the icon host. Unfortunately this is probably one of those issues that hopefully resolves itself magically over time (when someone at the host updates the server, or when forummotion quietly fixes the code on the website).

Donna, in the meantime, to get you posting, you can go to servimg directly: https://servimg.com/
Log in with your account, and should be able to post images directly. Then come back here and paste their image code as needed

MRTom wrote:When Donna goes to the Reply button (or preview also works), the host an image button doesn't work there. She clicks it but no window pops up.

I see -- I was thinking it was with the quick reply.  

Donna, have you tried clearing your cache and cookies?  I usually do that early on when I have a problem with one site and sometimes it actually fixes the problem.  

Betty...I've tried everything...so not sure why things have changed but its not the 1st time I've had problems that others don't...I'm just not sure why I pick these computers that do this... ackk...and the little faces don't work either...I was just gonna put a headbang...LOL

Just type : wall : (without the spaces!)

Did going to servimg work for you? Or is that site entirely inaccessible?

I haven't tried going to that site Tom...I was looking for the link last night and couldn't find it...could you share it with me again? Thanks

I see what you all are saying, duh lol. For me its not only the host an image that doesnt work, but neither does the emoticon tab.

Link

MRTom wrote:
Donna, in the meantime, to get you posting, you can go to servimg directly: https://servimg.com/
Log in with your account, and should be able to post images directly. Then come back here and paste their image code as needed

MRTom wrote: Link

MRTom wrote:
Donna, in the meantime, to get you posting, you can go to servimg directly: https://servimg.com/
Log in with your account, and should be able to post images directly. Then come back here and paste their image code as needed

link does not open up

Link works for me.

Try Clicking Here: https://servimg.com/

why do I want to go there Poke? That doesnt fix the links that are not working.

The links that aren't working are hosted on that site. If you can't go there, it explains why the links aren't working.

Oh, I thought you meant that the link doesn't open up with you click on it. Hah.

Oh, but I can got here, so now why.

PokeSephiroth wrote:Oh, I thought you meant that the link doesn't open up with you click on it. Hah.

The links that dont open are the emoticons in the above task bar and the host an image tab, when you first
post a message

Well, looks like this is indeed one of those magical "internet is a series of pipes" problems:
http://help.forumotion.com/t129928-only-topic-emoticons-not-working
http://help.forumotion.com/t129948-image-host-not-working

Not much we can do besides wait for the technicians to get it fixed. I didn't find any official announcements.

Again, if you are unable to use the "host an image" button, you can go to https://servimg.com directly and post your pictures there, then come back here and use the BBCode they give you on that site to link the pictures, just as you do with the "host an image" button. This isn't as pretty as using the easy host button, but it can unblock you while forum motion figures out what is going on.

I have a photobucket account...that's what I've been using again in the intreim...it will get fixed at some point...its OK...but the emoticons...now that...losing that too...that breaks my heart

I notice that on some posts there is no option to even post a picture. I just get a blank reply box with no emoticons or front changes available. When I post then it allows me to go back and edit and add these. That is the only issue I have seen. I posted pics today with the host picture feature and it worked fine for me then.

Now you know what to type for each icon! (just remove the extra space after the first :
: D   : )   : (   : o   : shock:   8 )   : lol:   : x  
 : P   : oops:   : cry:   : evil:   : twisted:   : roll:  
 ; )   : vomit:   : !:   : ?:   : idea:   : arrow:  
 : |   : face:   : star:   : suspect:   : heart:  
 : no:   : @:   : cyclops:   : clown:   : pirat:  
 : tongue:   : silent:   : pale:   : alien:   : cat:  
 : monkey:   : pig:   : rabbit:   : bounce:   : confused:  
 : affraid:   : bball:   : cheers:   : bom:   : drunken:  
 : sleep:   : sunny:   : albino:   : cherry:   : santa:  
 : rendeer:   : king:   : queen:   : joker:   : geek:  
 : scratch:   : study:   : superpuke:   : fart:  
 : afro:   : lol!:   : 9*:   : whistle:   : beer:   : punk:  
 : laughhard:   : ibox:   : drunk:   : hugg:  
 : lmfao:   : plus1:   : ihit:   : rofl:   : spoton:  
 : violent:   : welcome!:   : kittyl:   : wall:  
 : woot:   : swear:   : clap:   : iagree:   : nutkick:   : nanana: 

Im just too lazy to type... I need the picture to click on.

useability is what is needed typing to get them is not user friendly

If you hit the reply button it should work. The quick reply has been buggy since I tried to upgrade the forum. I'm not sure if there is a fix I an find for that yet.