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Wiz
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I have now installed the new thumbnail system and rebuilt all the existing posts so that they use it.
What this means is that when you attach a picture now, the forum software will automatically generate a thumbnail, or mini picture (clever huh?), and attach that to the post in the thread. Then, a member reading the post can click any thumbnail he or she is interested in and the full size picture of it will be displayed. The advantage of this is that threads with lots of pictures on, like those following a big ride-out, will load much faster as you will only load the thumbnails, not the full-sized picture unless you choose to click on one. Also, when you return to a thread, you do not have to wait for all the pictures you have already seen to load again just in order to get to the new one at the end that you haven't seen. If the attached picture is already smaller than a thumbnail, it will just attach it in the normal way. Below is an example, but the entire forum has been converted now so you can see the system working in any previous post.
What this means is that when you attach a picture now, the forum software will automatically generate a thumbnail, or mini picture (clever huh?), and attach that to the post in the thread. Then, a member reading the post can click any thumbnail he or she is interested in and the full size picture of it will be displayed. The advantage of this is that threads with lots of pictures on, like those following a big ride-out, will load much faster as you will only load the thumbnails, not the full-sized picture unless you choose to click on one. Also, when you return to a thread, you do not have to wait for all the pictures you have already seen to load again just in order to get to the new one at the end that you haven't seen. If the attached picture is already smaller than a thumbnail, it will just attach it in the normal way. Below is an example, but the entire forum has been converted now so you can see the system working in any previous post.