Saying 'Aye'

[Steve Ashton]

The 'aye' button should now be available to any member with at least 1 post.



I can also confirm that any member, even new members with less than 10 posts, may put a photo or other image into their posts. They may post a link to their images stored with an off-forum site such as photobucket or may insert an image directly from their computer using the 'insert image' button in the 'post reply' text window.



A small word of caution when using the 'insert image' button and posting an image from your home computer.

The images you see in posts are not actually stored within the database of the forum. With a forum this large it would require the storage of a huge amount of data. It would also make the forum run very slow.

What you are actually doing when you post an image, is posting a link to where ever the image is stored. Every time a page refreshes or someone looks at a post containing an image our software accesses the image and displays it for you.

It is unlikely, but possible, that some hacker could use this link to your home computer to access and gain control of your computer without your knowledge.

This would be similar to what is happening in India right now. India has become the world's larges source for spam. There are sites out there such as those that appear to offer free smiley faces to dress up your posts and instant messages. What these sites actually do is take over your computer and send electronic junk mail to everyone in your email address book.

So please be cautious. It may be a bit more work to upload your photos to somewhere like photobucket. But it is probably safer and wiser to do so.