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[long live kong]

Hi, the 'show unread posts since last visit' and 'show new replies' option and 'total time logged in' that is normally at the top of the home page is no longer there, any suggestions?

..........................Ive sorted it now! Thanks.

[tv horror]

how do you change your email address if you have forgotten your current password, thanks for any replies.

[Fester]

I've developed a little problem with Flickr. They have apparently "improved" their site and I can't get any of the pictures in my account to load on UMA.  Has anyone else had this issue?  If so, how do I correct it?

[Scatter]

Works for me Fester.

[Scatter]

how do you change your email address if you have forgotten your current password, thanks for any replies.

Hi Maurice!! Go to "Account Related Settings". When you signed up, you were prompted to write a secret question and its answer. Do you remember those? If you plug those into the provided boxes the site will generate an email to the account you listed with your password.

[Fester]

This is all I get.

The problem might be they changed their coding.
If I grab a link, I get this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fester42/4851692003/#

This is from the picture you used:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/248/515566408_75a849f7af_z.jpg

If I copy the HTML, I get this:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fester42/4851692063/" title="largeimagetas100729 by davidsfp, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4851692063_53c48f54c8.jpg" width="300" height="358" alt="largeimagetas100729" /></a>

I actually had to cut and paste this and use the insert image key to get the picture to work. 
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4851692063_53c48f54c8.jpg


Some "improvement," eh?

[Opera Ghost]

This is all I get.

Story of my UMA existence

[Mike Scott]

Until you get something better, click the "show all sizes" and get the address from that photo. Your URL needs to end with .jpg (or .gif). What you were using was an html page address.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4851692003_039f7ddfff_z.jpg

[Mike Scott]

I actually had to cut and paste this and use the insert image key to get the picture to work. 

Why do you say "actually"? That's how you do it!

[Fester]

The show all sizes button does not appear any more.  

To get the URL that worked, I had to copy off the entire HTML address, and then cut the URL from the rest of it.  I was literally cutting and pasting from the HTML.  It was the only way I could make it work.  It was kind of like dissecting, but smelled better.

Later:

OK I think I've figured it out.  I just found this in the Flickr FAQ:
Where is the HTML code and photo file link?

The HTML code to embed a photo in a web page that you used to find on the All Sizes page is now only in "Share this." To get to it just go to the main photo page, click "Share this", and then "Get the HTML."

There are a few cases where the code may not be available: 1) If the photo is restricted. 2) If that person has turned off "Share this" or access to original files.

The direct link to a photo file is no longer shown on the page. Per the Flickr Community Guidelines "pages on other websites that display content hosted on flickr.com must provide a link from each photo or video back to its page on Flickr." Linking directly to the photo file doesn't do this.

We understand that many people were using that link on message boards to show their images and we are working on a solution that will allow you to post using BBCode (standard message board code) that links back.

[Mike Scott]

We understand that many people were using that link on message boards to show their images and we are working on a solution that will allow you to post using BBCode (standard message board code) that links back.[/color]

Blah blah blah! Why put yourself through all that and use Photobucket or ImageShack instead.

[Fester]

It used to work well.  Then they improved it.

I'm moving on.   

Thanks for the help!

[Mike Scott]

Then they improved it.

Yahoo is known for that, too!

[crue-leader]

Hi,
I am trying to add a picture , I uploaded my photo successfully to ImageShack, copied the URL from the (Image Shack)forum thumbnail, inserted it  between the two hit preview and nothing comes up.
At the top of the post it says I uploaded the photo from Image shack, but again nothing is there.
Hopefully someone can assist.

I also went through the tutorial on posting a picture.  But just does not seem to be working.

[monsterphile]

I saw that you successfully posted pics of your Frankenstein model.  Do you have the image posting down now?  You can always modify your original post to look at what you did.

Rob