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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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I am currently testing the new Uploader I've built on a test board. I'd love it if a bunch of people created test posts and tried different things to see what breaks...

https://dev.mye28.com

 
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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Quick note on how the URLs will work:

I am building the system so any size photo can be uploaded, but it will be sized down to 4K resolution max for storage. The 4K resolution image will be available at 

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https://mye28.z13.web.core.windows.net/uploads/22277/97e4016cfcd57b92d6381938_original.jpg
A UHD-sized version will be available at

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https://mye28.z13.web.core.windows.net/uploads/22277/97e4016cfcd57b92d6381938_sized.jpg
The BBCode generator and the link exposed by the uploader always refers the _sized versions, but the BBCode wraps it by default like this, so if you click on the image you'll be taken to the "original" (which is kinda a lie if the original was bigger than 4K resolution).

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[url=https://mye28.z13.web.core.windows.net/uploads/22277/f3fcc41f7e8a6641_original.jpeg]
   [img]https://mye28.z13.web.core.windows.net/uploads/22277/f3fcc41f7e8a6641_sized.jpeg
   [/img]
[/url]
And, for completeness, a thumbnail (300x300 max) version is stored at:

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https://mye28.z13.web.core.windows.net/uploads/22277/97e4016cfcd57b92d6381938_thumbnail.jpg
You'll also note that the URL includes your user_id (e.g. @tig is 222777) so the system can track who uploaded what.
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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3 Images at bottom of post not working:
M30 Valve Adjustment - MyE28.com

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1003/dsc02560iw4.jpg


Takes you to main imageshack page.
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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heinek077 wrote: Jan 18, 2025 1:41 PM 3 Images at bottom of post not working:
M30 Valve Adjustment - MyE28.com

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1003/dsc02560iw4.jpg


Takes you to main imageshack page.

This is likely because ImageShack sucks green donkey balls. Or you captured the links incorrectly.

The links in the img tags in that post appear to be links to jpg files:

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[img]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1003/dsc02560iw4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4082/dsc02561mf6.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/466/dsc02568lz2.jpg[/img]
Pasting one of those links directly into the browser address bar takes you to a page that looks like this:

Image

So, either the links are bad or ImageShack is bad. Has nothing to do with MyE28 either way.
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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Alrighty. A moar better implementation is now at https://dev.mye28.com.
  • HEIC conversion is now done in the browser before upload. Makes things faster.
  • Sizing to max allowed (4K resolution) is now done in browser.
  • Creation of thumbnails and the version shown in posts (_sized) is done on server, but delegated to a process that does not use CPU on the webserver.
  • UI is improved
  • GIFs work
  • Large files are supported.
With a little testing from folks, I'd be ready to make this live on the real board.

Once it's tested, I'll start working on these features:
  1. Drag/Drop and Paste of images into the WYSIWIG editor should do an upload.
  2. The Images button on the WYSIWIG toolbar should let you choose files there
  3. Per-user photo gallery in the UCP letting users see all photos they've uploaded.
  4. Admin photo gallery enabling admins to ensure there's no funny biz going on.
  5. Regular task that will run ensuring any photos that are not linked from a post get deleted. 
Thots? Questions? Suggestions?



 
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The 1st post of this thread has been updated. Please read it:

Photo hosting on MyE28 - MyE28.com
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UPDATE:

Drag & Drop now works. 

Watch this GIF:
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Forgot one other usability thing:

if you click on a thumbnail it will automatically insert the b code into the editor at the cursor location. 

I plan on adding more obvious ui for this. 
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Just updated the UI.

You can now insert the BBcodes for uploaded images with the click of a button.

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New Feature: Per-User Photo Gallery in the User Control Panel:
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In addition, Admins now have a gallery that shows ALL photos uploaded so we can monitor for bad shit.


 
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Change is hard.  I'm still more comfortable with the old editor, but thought I'd give the new photo hosting a try.  Jeez it's complicated, I must have had at least a minute an a half figuring it out, maybe even 2 minutes.  The most complicated part was clicking on the "insert BBcodes for all images in editor"  That alone must have taken 15 or 20 seconds on the first try. 

But, one more question, will Imgur.com mange without my regular posts there?  I'd hate for them to wither away without my regular, unindexed photos.
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Mike W." wrote: Jan 26, 2025 8:31 PM Change is hard.  I'm still more comfortable with the old editor, but thought I'd give the new photo hosting a try. 
I actually often prefer the old editor. That's why I added the 
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Not mentioned above, but I also implemented "Insert BBCode" into the old non-WYSIWYG editor. And Drag & Drop. 
Jeez it's complicated, I must have had at least a minute an a half figuring it out, maybe even 2 minutes.  The most complicated part was clicking on the "insert BBcodes for all images in editor"  That alone must have taken 15 or 20 seconds on the first try. 

But, one more question, will Imgur.com mange without my regular posts there?  I'd hate for them to wither away without my regular, unindexed photos.
Ha!
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I think I've made it all even easier to use.

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Let me know if you agree...
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Test

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Laptop test. Not sure it gets any easier than drag and drop! Awesome improvement, will have to test out how it goes on mobile since I'm usually just dropping in photos from my phone. In any case, already a million times better than having to create an imgur album and manually grab the image links and add the size modifier..
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Mobile experience test. Uploading works fine, tho obviously drag and drop is not possible. Only feedback is maybe for the more reading lots of text challenged like me the icon for inserting the just uploaded image into the editor could be something more intuitive? Not sure what tho. Maybe insert "bbcodes" could just be "insert images". In the wysiwyd editor the image just appears when you click on that.
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4DSC wrote: Jan 28, 2025 9:51 AM Only feedback is maybe for the more reading lots of text challenged like me the icon for inserting the just uploaded image into the editor could be something more intuitive? Not sure what tho. Maybe insert "bbcodes" could just be "insert images". In the wysiwyd editor the image just appears when you click on that.
Unfortunately the WYSIWYG editor (CKEditor) is very challenging to customize. It is my goal to make the Image toolbar button support both uploading new images like the UPLOADER and show you all of your previously uploaded images for selection/insertion. I'll keep working on it...
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Tig -

Thanks for all your hard work on the website.  I thought of something you may want to add to the Wiki page, a link to the M535i.org website.  It hasn't been updated in forever, but in the tech FAQ section there's still some good information on e28 upgrades, like what factory disks and calipers from newer model BMWs that can be used to improve braking, etc.  http://www.m535i.org
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stuartinmn wrote: Jan 28, 2025 8:11 PM Tig -

Thanks for all your hard work on the website.  I thought of something you may want to add to the Wiki page, a link to the M535i.org website.  It hasn't been updated in forever, but in the tech FAQ section there's still some good information on e28 upgrades, like what factory disks and calipers from newer model BMWs that can be used to improve braking, etc.  http://www.m535i.org
The whole point of a wiki is anyone can add to it or edit it. 

please have at it!
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New!
  • I moved the Uploader out of the tabs on the posting page to directly below the editor. This should reduce clicks and make it more discoverable.
  • I've added "Auto Insert Images" - when you use Choose Files to upload files, if this is checked, the BBCodes will automatically be inserted into the editor at the insertion point. I made this option on by default. 
  • More robust error handling.

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I'm obviously doing something wrong?
Dragged and dropped the image from my PC.
Image shows up below with the code, but with WYSIWYG on, all I see is the BB code, no image.
Ditto when I submit the post, you see the above result.

??
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vinceg101 wrote: Jan 29, 2025 8:45 PM I'm obviously doing something wrong?
Dragged and dropped the image from my PC.
Image shows up below with the code, but with WYSIWYG on, all I see is the BB code, no image.
Ditto when I submit the post, you see the above result.


 
Browser?

os?

if you turn off the wysiswg editor and drag/drop, what happens?
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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Firefox
Win 10P
When I try to drag the image, I get a red circle crossed out and nothing happens
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Hit shift-f5 to force a full refresh in the browser and try again. 
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test

edited to add:  it works.  One of these pictures was a drag and drop, the other was included using the choose files button.
 
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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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vinceg101 wrote: Jan 29, 2025 9:16 PM Firefox
Win 10P
When I try to drag the image, I get a red circle crossed out and nothing happens
I've confirmed there is some issue with Firefox. 

Debugging now...
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Test of drag/drop with non-WYSIWG on Firefox:


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Firefox test with WYSIWYG editor & drag/drop:


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Re: Photo hosting on MyE28

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tig wrote: Jan 30, 2025 9:28 AM
vinceg101 wrote: Jan 29, 2025 9:16 PM Firefox
Win 10P
When I try to drag the image, I get a red circle crossed out and nothing happens
I've confirmed there is some issue with Firefox. 

Debugging now...
Yep. I had bugs w.r.t. Firefox. All should be working now.
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