I don't understand.

ZeroJunk · March 2, 2008, 07:34 AM

May not be the right place, but here is a question. If you post a photo in a thread and sometime later it is useful in another thread you cannot repost it. Comes up as an error and says you have already posted this in another thread.
What am I doing wrong?

**Mal H** · March 2, 2008, 10:46 AM

In order to get that error message, you had to try to upload the same photo again. The system frowns on that as it is a waste of disk space. Instead you simply need to link to the old photo.

Find the URL of the attachment (right click on it in the old post, and copy the URL from the Properties), and place it between a set of IMG tags in the new post:

[IMG]the_attachment_URL[/IMG]

BTW, you can easily access all of your attachments by opening the "User CP" in the menu on each screen and clicking on Attachments. From there you can get the URL by right clicking on the attachment name without having to locate the old post.

ZeroJunk · March 2, 2008, 11:42 AM

Thanks

March 2, 2008, 07:34 AM	#1
ZeroJunk Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Browns Summit NC Posts: 2,589	I don't understand. May not be the right place, but here is a question. If you post a photo in a thread and sometime later it is useful in another thread you cannot repost it. Comes up as an error and says you have already posted this in another thread. What am I doing wrong?

March 2, 2008, 10:46 AM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	In order to get that error message, you had to try to upload the same photo again. The system frowns on that as it is a waste of disk space. Instead you simply need to link to the old photo. Find the URL of the attachment (right click on it in the old post, and copy the URL from the Properties), and place it between a set of IMG tags in the new post: [IMG]the_attachment_URL[/IMG] BTW, you can easily access all of your attachments by opening the "User CP" in the menu on each screen and clicking on Attachments. From there you can get the URL by right clicking on the attachment name without having to locate the old post.

March 2, 2008, 11:42 AM	#3
ZeroJunk Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Browns Summit NC Posts: 2,589	Thanks