Guess the Place

[johnfilmer]

Greetings
I have been the Ghost in the Machine for a while, only quietly watching, as we have had house guests from America keeping us busy.
Anyway after a silly-o'clock trip to Heathrow normality may once again return.

I have yet to master 3rd party images, so may stay with simply attaching images for the moment.

So, I am confused, are we playing, or did it grind to halt after the first attempt, or is the post by Diapason a live one - if so I will need a clue or three.

[stuartwaters]

Just for info, I've now enabled image uploading (which I hadn't realised wasn't enabled - the default on this version of SMF is to have it disabled). Please see Announcements.

[Diapason]

Just testing!
Using "postimages".
Thanks for the tip, Smiffy.

[Smiffy]

I'm using https://postimages.org at the moment. It seems to work well, you can have separate albums (they call them galleries) and I've uploaded a 4000x3000 image without issue. Clicking on an image and selecting "Share" gives lots of link options, including one specifically for forums.

[stuartwaters]

I'll have a look at the images issue over the weekend. Unfortunately, I am on a long-running job miles away which requires early starts and late finishes and am monitoring the Forum on my smart phone. Please bear with me for another day or so on the images issue.


I only stated my preference for 3rd party image hosting because it reduces the space requirement on the server. If it's something (and it clearly is) which not everyone is comfortable with for whatever reason, then it's something I need to look at again, which I'll do over the course of the weekend.

[Local Hiker]

Invicta Alec, in "Reply#3", Stuartwaters (admin) suggested posting photos from a 3rd party site rather than directly into the KHF database.
I tried linking to Flickr images, but it only showed the link in the post rather than the photo.


I have created a free account on photo-hosting site Imgur, https://imgur.com/register, specifically to host photos for KHF. (I may use it for other stuff now I have it, but KHF was the main reason to create the account)

To post Canterbury West photo earlier, I loaded the photo to my Igmur account.
If you right-click on the image loaded to Igmur, one of the options offered is "Copy image address". Select that option.
You can then paste the copied link into your KHF post that your are editing/creating.
Instead of the link address showing where you paste the link, it displays the photo directly from your Igmur account.

I am not advocating that this is the best way or the only way, but it is the way that I have adopted to post images in KHF.
I hope it is of some help.

If there are any more queries, I will answer them in "technical queries" post rather than off topic here in "Guess the place"

[Invicta Alec]

Can we have a little tutorial on how to post photos directly into our posts please?


All I can find is the "insert image" button but that only allows a link to an external site for viewing.


Alec.

[Stewie]

Ah!


Now I did not actually name the place, so I technically have not won  .  Also I have no photos or means of posting them so I must respectfully decline  , but perhaps the next player / picture may continue the game.

[Local Hiker]

Stewie, that's the place!
The green name board says "Canterbury West", scrambled a little in my photo.
I had dropped my family off at the Marlow Theatre, and spent the evening wandering around beautiful, historic Canterbury.
"Guess the place" is up and running. Over to you...

[Stewie]

But somehow to the West?

[Local Hiker]

I was in East Kent.

[Local Hiker]

Let see how it works out. I have created an Imgur account to facilitate posting images in KHF, such as this.
This is an easy one.
The box is over 90 years old.

[stuartwaters]

Martin, I have no idea of the limit on the size of the image to be posted. This is why I prefer it if people host their own images on the likes of photobucket or imgur. If people can't or won't host their own, then attach the image to your post and if it causes a problem, then I'll deal with it if it arises.

[MartinR]

Do we have any idea on the size limits?  On the old forum this was a major trap for the unwary, and I for one stopped entering because of posting problems.  Thanks, Martin

[stuartwaters]

It was suggested to me by Johnfilmer that we resurrect the Guess the Place game from the old Forum. John also suggested some rules, which I'm more than happy with, so here are the rules:


1) You should use your own photos or those old ones, postcards, newspaper or other illustrations to which you have access without copyright infringement.
2) Do not post screenshots from internet mapping such as Google Street View unless previously agreed due to mobility problems.
3) Once the location of the picture is correctly guessed, and the person who posted it agrees, then the winner should post their own photo, preferably within a day. It is best to have a picture ready if taking part.
4) The person posting the photo must be prepared to answer guesses reasonably promptly, many people are unable to do so at work, this is not itself a problem. However, if a poster goes AWOL for an unreasonable period the other players can agree on a replacement poster to continue.
5) The Admin (or Moderator - when they're sorted out)'s decision is final.

I have no pictures at the moment worth adding, so I'll leave it to m'learned friends to go with it.....