Deleting or editing images

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 00:31:05

Hi phro

Try replacing it with a single word picture and then deleting it.

phrontister · 2012-04-29 00:38:04

I've done that a few times already (see my posts #17, #18 & #25), and deleting single-word files works every time.

Oops...misread your post. Hang on...

Last edited by phrontister (2012-04-29 00:55:12)

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 00:39:21

So there is a way,but the plug-in's still buggin'.

Better report that to MIF.

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phrontister · 2012-04-29 00:48:42

I tried replacing the two-word file 'a b.png' (the doggy) with the same file renamed to 'ab.png', but all that happened was that I then had two doggy files: one named 'a b.png' and the other 'ab.png'.

Deleting them only deleted 'ab.png'.

MIF has already posted here and in the other thread of mine that I gave a link to, so I'm sure he's interested in this. Besides, he moderates this forum. But he said "The image functionality is a "plug-in" and I don't know enough about it to alter it."

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anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 00:55:40

What did you do exactly? Did you click tge Browse... button?

phrontister · 2012-04-29 01:00:58

Can't see any 'Browse' button. Did you mean 'Delete'? If so, yes...I clicked the delete button for all images every time and got the same result each time with single- and multiple-word files being treated differently.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 01:08:16

Sorry,the button is called Choose File... I think.

All in all,the plugin is strange. Maybe I will ask MIF where he got it.

phrontister · 2012-04-29 01:58:49

Oh, I see what you mean. You want to know how I uploaded the images.

Via Choose File in the Image Upload section.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 02:01:20

Is that what you did when uploading ab?

phrontister · 2012-04-29 02:15:41

Yes. That's the only way I've uploaded all these image files.

Also, I tried two different ways of submitting my post with an upload: with Delete either ticked or left blank for the file I wanted to delete or change. Same result for both.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 02:19:23

So it seems there is no way to delete a multi word picture without deleting the whole post.

phrontister · 2012-04-29 02:25:04

That's the only way I've ever done it. But then, some threads don't allow post deletion.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 02:27:08

Like which?

phrontister · 2012-04-29 02:32:10

I don't recall that now, but within the last month I tried to delete a post and because that was rejected I just ended up editing it. The Delete button on the main page took me to the delete page, but clicking Delete did nothing.

I'm pretty sure I also came across that a year or two ago, but I have no details.

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anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 03:13:37

Yes,happened to me to. I think there is maybe some rule about deleting posts right after posting.

phrontister · 2012-04-29 03:24:29

I doubt that's the reason. I've deleted several posts right after posting.

I think it's more to do with permissions or settings applied to the various forums, which for post deleting may not be global.

I just tried it with this post, and the deletion was accepted straightaway.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-29 03:31:48

Maybe we could ask MIF what the reason is.

phrontister · 2012-04-30 01:35:12

Testing a filename with two words that are joined with an underscore ('a_b.png')...

Edit 1: It loaded ok.

Edit 2: And it deleted ok too.

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anonimnystefy · 2012-04-30 01:36:13

It isn't showing.Did you delete it already?

phrontister · 2012-04-30 01:36:58

Yes.

bobbym · 2012-04-30 01:38:03

phrontister wrote:

I don't recall that now, but within the last month I tried to delete a post and because that was rejected I just ended up editing it. The Delete button on the main page took me to the delete page, but clicking Delete did nothing.

That happens to me a lot. You must edit before you can delete.

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-30 01:43:21

Oh,yeah.That worked for me as well.I usually leave something like 'a' or 'This post is going to be deleted.'

phrontister · 2012-04-30 01:50:18

Testing a space after a single-word filename, and also an underscore after the filename...

Edit 1: Both loaded fine.

Edit 2: Only the image with the underscore deleted.

Last edited by phrontister (2012-04-30 01:52:13)

anonimnystefy · 2012-04-30 01:55:27

So it is not that it is multiple words,but the space that's bothering it.

EDIT:I put a space after the name and it deleted.

EDIT2:Uploading it again with spaces inside.

EDIT3:Won't delete.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-04-30 01:57:54)

phrontister · 2012-04-30 02:08:44

Hi MathsIsFun,

Here are conclusions drawn from the tests:

An image with a space in the filename won't delete, but those with a single-word filename and those that use an underscore instead of a space will delete. There may be other replacements for a space, but I haven't tested them.

And there may be other scenarios where trying to delete an image fails...

Also, an image with a space in the filename can be replaced even if not deleted, provided the same filename is used.

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