Attaching files and displaying them. Task: attach files to the message and place them in the message.
Decision: To attach files to the message, click"Reply" The browser displays the Advanced Message Editor window, in which you can attach files.
To get to the advanced editor window when changing a message after pressing the "CHANGE" button, select the "Full edit" item.
In order to attach files to the message, you must first upload them to the forum.
Uploading files to the forum. In the right side of the editor there is a group of elements that allows you to work with attached files.
To upload a file to the forum, click the button.
"Overview" , this will open the standard file selection dialog box.
which are on your computer. After confirming the selection
file name and full path will appear
in the box to the left of the "Browse" button .
Next you need to click
"Download" after which the system will upload the selected file to the forum.
All attached files of this message are displayed in the drop-down list.
“Manage Current Files” .
The total number of files attached to this message is indicated in brackets ().
Not all file types are available for uploading to the forum. This is partly stated in the forum rules.
What types of files can be accurately downloaded to the forum:
- Images in formats JPG, PNG, GIF.
- Archives in zip and rar formats
- Installation files in the CAB format, exe files.
Each downloaded file has an abbreviated entry,
see which can be in the drop-down list
“Manage Current Files” .
Add an attachment to the message. In the body of the message, place the cursor where you would like your attached file to be located.
Then click on the “Manage current files” list and click on the icon with
green plus:
As a result, the editor will insert into your message a view construct:
[attachment = 586353: 1.jpg]
in the editor it will look like this:
After posting a message (or when previewing), the attached file tag is automatically converted by the forum engine either into an image if the attached file has an allowed graphic format, or is displayed in the form of a downloadable file, and its volume and the number of downloads are displayed, as shown in
screen shot:
The name of the displayed file will be exactly the same as the one you downloaded.
Comment. The file name must not contain Cyrillic characters.
Remove attachments in the message. If for some reason you want to delete the file already uploaded to the forum,
click on the list
“Manage Current Files” red cross to the left of the file you do not need:
A window will appear asking you to confirm the deletion:
in which you should click
"Yes" if you want to delete the file, either
"Not" if you change your mind.
If you inserted the tag of the attached file into the message, then you also need to delete it.
Before sending a message, preview it by clicking the button.
"Preview" :
And if everything suits you, you can press the button
"Send" Have a nice chat!
Post has been editedromanmaks - 01.10.17, 12:08