Putting Pictures into a cache page--since update.

[+Weary Banker & Bookworm]

Like everybody else, I think that the updated cache pages are great. However, I have just come across a small problem in the way that I use the system and wonder if anyone can help.

 

I am something of a dunce when it comes to understanding computers but, by trial and error over time, I had learnt how to get a picture embedded into my new cache pages. I used to upload the picture first as an image onto the page and then open it and copy the image page address into my HTML as an <IMG SRC=>. This was a jpg address and all seemed to work fine.

 

I am currently working on our 50th cache and today tried to upload a picture the same way but it doesnt seem to work and I notice that the webpage of the uploaded image is no longer in jpg format.

 

Whilst I appreciate that I could start my own webpage and put the picture on there, this could be difficult for a computer dunce like me and I wonder if there is still a way that I can achieve image implant using the geocaching site.

 

If you are prepared to respond to this cry for help, could I please ask that you keep your instructions very simple and in everyday language.

 

Many thanks..................

[+The Bolas Heathens]

The process you describe has not changed - we did it several times when adding a new cache yesterday.

 

What kind of link are you getting that should be a .jpg link?

[+Team Clova]

I think I know what you mean - I had problems trying to post a g.com hosted picture earlier in the week, as the old method we used no longer works.

 

What I eventually got to work was to upload the pic as normal, then immediately the picture was uploaded (when you get the page with the picture you have uploaded) , click the picture and you will get the jpeg image on a seperate page.

 

OR

 

Once the picture is uploaded click the edit link underneath the picture, and again click the picture when this page opens. It should open the hhttp://img.geocaching.com/cache/8758c8d6-359c-445f-b3ef-f04d17615927.jpg style page

[+Weary Banker & Bookworm]

BINGO

 

Many thanks Team Clova. Your second suggestion worked.

 

Thanks to Bolus Heathens too for your reply. The picture had an 'aeda' ending which I hadnt come across before rather than the usual 'jpg'. By following the second of Team Clovas suggestions, I got a version with the jpg ending that uploaded.

Edited May 27, 2007 by Weary Banker & Bookworm

[+The Bolas Heathens]

Aha - we've always done as Team Clova and clicked the image when it's uploaded so it loads in a seperate window and then copied the address from there. I'd assumed that is what you did.

[+Sensei TSKC]

Aha - we've always done as Team Clova and clicked the image when it's uploaded so it loads in a seperate window and then copied the address from there. I'd assumed that is what you did.

Me too. Didn't think of any other method as you need access to the file itself.

[+Team Clova]

I have always uploaded the pictures onto the page then afterwards clicked on them where they appear under the cache description. They would open up in a seperate page with the address for the jpeg in the address bar. It wasnt working like that last week and took me a while of going round in circles to find the method I used above.

 

I tried using my old method this morning and it worked fine as before!!! grrrrrr

 

i assume this must have been some sort of bug with the new gallery view

[+Weary Banker & Bookworm]

Thanks very much for that reply Team Clova. Its always nice to know that 'its not just you' isnt it? I was beginning to think that I must have been cracking up.

 

It seems as if the process that we have all used before is now available again but that on the day that I tried with the new system there was a glitch.

[+FollowMeChaps]

It seems that if you save the pictures to http://www.geocaching.com/my/upload.aspx then you don't need to put them on the cache listing page.

[+Sensei TSKC]

The way I do it is this:

Write a note on one of your owned cache pages.

Upload a picture associated with the log.

Visit the picture as stated before, opened into a browser window of its own.

Copy the URL (regularly used ones - store URL in a txt file for easy re-use)

Confirm it works.

Delete note.

The picture doesn't appear on any cache page now but is stored on the servers for future use.