Someone please can explain how attachments work on this forum? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: tony359
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 07:40:12 pm
content: HiI've been using forums for quite some time. I have one myself I manage.But for the life of me I cannot figure out how attachments work on this platform.Yes, I can upload a file but I don't understand how I can then choose between having one file in-line, one attached at the bottom and so on.I see a list of files and the selection is... by the file selection field which doesn't make much sense?Thanks!

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 09:22:07 pm
content: You have to manually edit the post as far as I know. I don’t normally bother, but it makes sense for a longer post.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/(how-to)-testing-inline-image-attachments/msg5021542/#msg5021542

author: MAS3
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 09:34:52 pm
content: I played with that the dat before yesterday, and found it quite straightforward.Was only 1 picture though.For instance, pick the picture you want to use for inline, and select that option.You now get a bbcode like (something like "attachimg=1") part added at the place your cursor is in the editor, and text in it depends on what option you chose.If that's not the place you wanted to put your picture, move the code (between and inclusing the square brackets) to the place you want it to go.But you can't see the image if you click the preview option, you'll just see the code at that place.Once you've done that a few times, you'll have learned how this works, and you might even type the codes to the attachments yourself.I haven't tried this yet with anything else than a picture, but that is also what you seem to have tried.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 09:43:07 pm
content: The drop-down controls do not reliably make sense. Sometimes only some attachments have them, other times the attachments re-arrange themselves or show duplicates. I think there are 2 or 3 attachment codebases all trying to do their own thing at the same time.How it really works:(1) By default, all attachments are shown as thumbnails below a post. Clicking on the thumbnail makes it bigger. Clicking on the link downloads it.(2) If you use [attachimg=x], [attach=x], [attachurl=x] or [attachmini=x] then image attachment x will be shown inline in some form AND it will NOT be listed below the post as an attachment. The index integer 'x' is supposed to be based on the order they were attached, but sometimes this order re-arranges itself when you hit 'Post' and you have to edit to fix.The drop-down menus do not actually change any hidden settings behind the scenes AFAIK, they just insert one of the above tags into your post.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2025, 09:43:51 pm
content: You either open the drop down menu (the one in your attached picture where is says "End-of-post expandable thumbnail" and choose, for example, "Inline full-size image", and that will add an "attachimg=1" where your text cursor was.However, you won't see your picture embedded in the text until you publish your message.The other way (the one that I like it more), is to just add all images at the end, and publish. Then edit the post you just published and manually add/inline the images links you just attached at the end of your message, and post again, this time with the inline links. You have to maximasize the thumbnail (click on it) before you copy the image address to post inline.Also, if you manually do this, you have to first press the "Insert image" button, and your pics links have to be pasted between the img and slash-img tags. Practice here till it works.