Upload Service: Easy Linked Thumbnail/Shrinked Code

[MarkG]

The Upload Service now has a new feature for uploading images:

It provides you with a thumbnail and the necessary vb code to post it in the forums

For an example see

http://apolyton.net/upload/link/830_Winter.jpg

Another change is that when you choose the "view images" option to display all the images you have uploaded, you see the thumbnails of your images instead of their full versions

Looking forward to your feedback


edit (01jun06): url's produced by the Upload Service are now much nicer and friendly to the forum code
example of the new url's can be found on this example

http://apolyton.net/upload/link/830_0509-civ4-1000.jpg

[MarkG]

[Mercator]

It uses the original as thumbnail if it's less than 150x150 I see.

[MarkG]

yeah

[MarkG]

TIP

you can set the size of the thumbnail

just put "x=400&" after "thumb.php?"

[MarkG]

The feature now provides the code to post a shrinked (800 pixels wide) version of the image

[Addled Platypus]

you guys rock

thanks a miilion

[Kataphraktoi]

have used it,rocks esspecially the part where you dont need to do anything,and just copy the url stuff

[MarkG]

added support for 400 pixels thumbnails of screenshots that you upload

example

http://apolyton.net/upload/link.php?file=830_Civ4ScreenShot0005.JPG

(just copy the url of the "Thumbnail (400 pixels wide) image location (for Hall of Fame)" field)

[Mercator]

You now get a whole bunch of thumbnail links etc. with every file you upload though. Perhaps you could limit all that to just those file types that are actually images: gif, jpg, jpeg and png.

Even more, the entire upload thing seems to look like it's just supposed to be used for images now. You can't copy/paste the link in the upload page now anymore for an easy download, because that will lead to the confusing page talking about images and thumbnails when the file isn't one.

Not to mention it will try to display the file as an image.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Mercator
You now get a whole bunch of thumbnail links etc. with every file you upload though. Perhaps you could limit all that to just those file types that are actually images: gif, jpg, jpeg and png.

you will now get the "classic" link to the file instead of the thumbnail links if the file is not an image

Even more, the entire upload thing seems to look like it's just supposed to be used for images now. You can't copy/paste the link in the upload page now anymore for an easy download, because that will lead to the confusing page talking about images and thumbnails when the file isn't one.

1) added DIRECT LINK link when you view the files you have uploaded

2) gif and jpg files will be linked to the link page (link.php), other files will be direct links (view.php)

[Kataphraktoi]

1) added DIRECT LINK link when you view the files you have uploaded

2) gif and jpg files will be linked to the link page (link.php), other files will be direct links (view.php)

yes i was slightly confused if i was at the wrong place for a sec when putting up a zip.

[Mercator]

Splendid

But um, while you're at it, could you by any chance URL escape the uploaded filename in the links?

Uploading a file with a # or & in it will cause problems, for instance. That is, the file uploads just fine, but none of the links (including the delete link) work, unless you URL escape the # or &. But most people won't know about that.

[Straybow]

URL escape??

[Mercator]

URL escaping is a how "special" characters are encoded in URL's. It uses a percentage character. Like how filenames with spaces in them sometimes have %20 instead of the spaces.

For instance, try this link:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%41%70%6F%6C%79%74%6F%6E

And in case you need it, the escape code for # is %23, the escape code for & is %26. You can simply replace those characters in the filename in the link with their respective escape codes.

So, say, http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=0_file#01.zip should become http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?..._file%2301.zip