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Ok, this is probably basic HTML but I've been trying to figure this one out and can't, nor has any of my searches helped.

 

I have come across a few cache gallery photographs which have been "hidden" behind a black square with the word SPOILER in white. Sadly, when I want to find one (to copy the code,) I cannot, does anyone either :

 

1. Know how to do it?

2. Have a link to a cache listing with photographs like this in the gallery? (I can copy and edit the code to suit.)

 

Thanking you all in anticipation 'coz I'm sure someone will have the answer.

 

Ron.

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Do you have an example cache page?

 

Erm, no. That's what I was asking for in item 2. If I can find an example again I can easily copy it and edit it to suit my needs, but thanks for looking.

 

I guess I didn't explain it very well ... I've seen it on some cache pages, but I can't find one when I need it.

 

Ron.

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I have come across a few cache gallery photographs which have been "hidden" behind a black square with the word SPOILER in white.

Thanks for this. Very odd. Have to watch this thread.

If I saw that on my cache page, it'd go bye-bye quick.

If a CO did it, seems it'd be easier to just delete it.

It's still there. How many could resist clicking on it? :)

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I have an old computer program called Picture It that i use to edit images that i've taken. There were a couple of times that i wanted to post a picture so i used that program to hide whatever i didn't want people to see. I've never used html for this.

 

Here's an old picture dating back to 2004...

 

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I would imagine there might be an app out there that can edit pictures but i have never went and looked.

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I have come across a few cache gallery photographs which have been "hidden" behind a black square with the word SPOILER in white.

Thanks for this. Very odd. Have to watch this thread.

If I saw that on my cache page, it'd go bye-bye quick.

If a CO did it, seems it'd be easier to just delete it.

It's still there. How many could resist clicking on it? :)

Ok, i think you're saying that a person could click on this black square to see what was behind it. I haven't seen this and i agree, it would be deleted quickly if it showed up on one of our caches.

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If I saw that on my cache page, it'd go bye-bye quick.

If I saw that on any cache page, I'd dig into it a bit to see if I could figure out what they did, then report it to TPTB who I'm sure would love to know that someone is using the site in a way that wasn't intended.

 

This really has me curious now.

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Sorry, couldn't get back to the keyboard, I had visitors ...

 

What I saw on a cache listing was as I described ... a black rectangle/square which had the word SPOILER in white text. If you clicked on it you then see the photograph load in the normal way. I don't see that it would be of interest to TPTB, but I could be wrong.

 

The reason I want to do it is quite simple really, none of my hides are meant to be very difficult to find but the one I want to use it on is where I have hidden the container under a small stone beside a larger boulder, the area is littered with boulders which makes it more difficult to locate. The actual boulder I mention in the title and hint is quite distinctive but ... and here's the rub, when I placed the hide the grass and foliage was withered back quite a bit but in the summer it will be very dense, also if there has been snow then the thing will be buried. I'd like to put a photograph of the location in the description which will make life easier for anyone who is struggling to find the hint item, I'm not spoiling someone else's hide by posting a spoiler pic but I would emphasise that the spoiler pic will reveal the location and should only be viewed as a last resort and only if the cacher wants the extra help ... this cache is #7 in a series of 15 and I personally would feel disappointed if I'd walked almost three miles to get there only to have a DNF.

 

I know, and can see from other replies, that a lot of people won't like the idea, but it's a matter of choice in my book, and my choice is to make it possible for cachers to find my hides rather than leave feeling disappointed. I intend to make another series which will have novelty containers, puzzles and harder to find hides, but anyone looking for them will be aware of the fact that they won't be my normal easy hides.

 

If I manage to come across one of the listings I have seen which include what I am referring to I will post a link here for anyone interested in it.

 

I guess I'd better start trawling the site until I come across it again, I had been hoping that someone on the forum would have a link to one of them, |I've certainly seen it at least 3 times since I joined, but I'm darned if I can remember where.

 

Ron.

 

P.S. Personally, I think it's a simple placeholder for a photograph which links to the genuine photograph, but since I'm not that good at HTML it's easier for me to copy it from somewhere than to write the code myself ... now that I'm almost halfway through my 60's I find writing code a lot less enjoyable than I did 20 years ago.

 

P.P.S. So far I've trawled through 3,764 photo's from 1,000 cache listings near my home and no joy, but I n ow think it might have been a mystery caches and I only looked at Trads ... time for another hunt.

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I think some of the responders are imagining someone attaching such a picture to a log entry, but you seem to be talking about how you, as the CO, could put such a picture in your description. I can't see why anyone would complain about that or think it's a bad idea.

 

So while you should be able to do that -- it sounds like just a simple link named "spoiler" pointing to a JPG file -- I'd like to mention that it won't be of any use to anyone that can't display pictures out in the field which is still many of us. So I encourage you to try to clarify the location verbally in the hint instead of trying to do it with pictures. And even if pictures are available to the seeker, a good written description based on things that won't change with the seasons can help even more than a picture taken too far in the past.

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I think some of the responders are imagining someone attaching such a picture to a log entry, but you seem to be talking about how you, as the CO, could put such a picture in your description. I can't see why anyone would complain about that or think it's a bad idea.

 

So while you should be able to do that -- it sounds like just a simple link named "spoiler" pointing to a JPG file -- I'd like to mention that it won't be of any use to anyone that can't display pictures out in the field which is still many of us. So I encourage you to try to clarify the location verbally in the hint instead of trying to do it with pictures. And even if pictures are available to the seeker, a good written description based on things that won't change with the seasons can help even more than a picture taken too far in the past.

 

A very good point you raise there re. making a more precise verbal description. Although the co-ords for the actual cache are very good and it is a part of a forest which has a clear view of the sky for satellite reception so far only two people have logged a DNF (1 finder did mention there was a lot of snow) so it isn't really that difficult. But, I'm concerned about how difficult it will be to see the hint item (a large egg shaped lump of granite) if/when the grasses grow and had intended including a photo which will narrow down the search area considerably for anyone who wanted to use it. I have included a photo which shows the rock, but, as you say, not everyone has the means to view pictures in the field.

 

However, a quick search through another 4,000 photo's hasn't helped me locate the thing I'm looking for, but I do know I have seen it and am now fairly certain that it was a mystery cache (or series of) where I noticed it.

 

I'm a stubborn Auld Pharrrt and will find it again eventually................... I hope.

 

Ron.

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I have an old computer program called Picture It that i use to edit images that i've taken. There were a couple of times that i wanted to post a picture so i used that program to hide whatever i didn't want people to see. I've never used html for this.

 

Here's an old picture dating back to 2004...

 

e188416f-67ca-43dc-ae5d-e2f2f2cda3be_l.jpg

 

I would imagine there might be an app out there that can edit pictures but i have never went and looked.

 

Yes, I have seen a few done in this way, but it doesn't suit my needs I want to blank out the whole picture ... personally I use Paint Shop Pro for editing the majority of my graphics, I've been using it for so many years that I am pretty familiar with it now.

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I think the solution will be to add the SPOILER to the cache description with the black place holder shown there and linking to the actual photograph, much like I have done in the example above ... thank you everyone for taking the time to get involved, but I suspect I have just answered my own question!

 

Ron.

 

At the time I started the thread I was under the impression that I'd seen this in a galley for a cache, now I think it might have been a senior moment and what I've seen was probably in the description.

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This is something like what I saw ... and if you click on it it will show a photograph ... in this example I have it linked to a photo of ma wee dug. This is what I need to figure out how to get on my cache listing's gallery page!

 

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Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

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But, I'm concerned about how difficult it will be to see the hint item (a large egg shaped lump of granite) if/when the grasses grow and had intended including a photo which will narrow down the search area considerably for anyone who wanted to use it.

That description -- "large egg shaped lump of granite" -- immediately sounds more useful to me than any picture, even if I could see the picture.

 

But I don't mean to discourage you from your quest to find the technique and use it. I only get annoyed at picture spoilers when they're the only hint at a difficult find. If I see the picture later, after I couldn't find the cache, and it just shows me what I imagined from the text, I'm amused, not annoyed.

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Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

 

No, I don't have anything like greasemonkey running on my computer, I see the same as you do when I view the gallery, but what that page has under "owner images" is exactly what I was looking for and had seen, once again you have provided me with what I was seeking (I think this is the 3rd time you've solved my problem!)

 

I enjoy caching far too much to risk doing anything "hinky" and getting myself banned, but more important to me is NOT spoiling anyone else's fun.

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But, I'm concerned about how difficult it will be to see the hint item (a large egg shaped lump of granite) if/when the grasses grow and had intended including a photo which will narrow down the search area considerably for anyone who wanted to use it.

That description -- "large egg shaped lump of granite" -- immediately sounds more useful to me than any picture, even if I could see the picture.

 

But I don't mean to discourage you from your quest to find the technique and use it. I only get annoyed at picture spoilers when they're the only hint at a difficult find. If I see the picture later, after I couldn't find the cache, and it just shows me what I imagined from the text, I'm amused, not annoyed.

 

Yep, The A-team has found what I was looking for.

 

I agree that the description would normally be sufficient, but I'd hate it if someone had taken the time and made the effort to walk around my series (which if done in one complete circuit will cover a walk of 5.6 miles.) This particular hide is mildly evil by my standards because as you approach GZ you will see a fairly big mound which is littered with, literally, hundreds of rocks, most of which will be visible all year round. Anyone who gets as far as this cache might be a little dismayed at the sight that greets them which is why I want to add the extra solution if they want to view it. The "egg" in question is actually a little apart from the heap of rocks and it isn't necessary to clamber up to the heap. On one occasion, while searching for a cache, I injured my finger in the process of turning over large rocks (I was in a field of sheep and my dog jerked her leash which caused me to rip a fingernail off) and I wouldn't want anyone to struggle to unearth this cache.

 

Anyway, I re-iterate my many thanks to everyone who got involved and tried to help ... I have definitely taken on board the suggestion from dprovan re. a more verbal description and I will improve that as well as include a clearer spoiler pic.

 

Ron.

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Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

No, I don't have anything like greasemonkey running on my computer, I see the same as you do when I view the gallery, but what that page has under "owner images" is exactly what I was looking for and had seen, once again you have provided me with what I was seeking (I think this is the 3rd time you've solved my problem!)

I hate to break it to you, but you do have some kind of add-on running. I don't see a section called "owner images", and the only photo attached to the listing simply displays for me as the text "spoiler - conjoined trees", which when clicked takes me to the photo. I don't see any black boxes anywhere, which is why I'm convinced that what you're seeing is being generated on your end, not on the website.

 

Anyway, I also agree that text descriptions are often more useful than photos. Especially in a an area filled with boulders, it would probably take me more time to figure out where the photo was taken than it would to spot the egg-shaped boulder. Also, for those who cache with handheld GPSrs, text is often the only thing that will show up on the device.

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Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

No, I don't have anything like greasemonkey running on my computer, I see the same as you do when I view the gallery, but what that page has under "owner images" is exactly what I was looking for and had seen, once again you have provided me with what I was seeking (I think this is the 3rd time you've solved my problem!)

I hate to break it to you, but you do have some kind of add-on running. I don't see a section called "owner images", and the only photo attached to the listing simply displays for me as the text "spoiler - conjoined trees", which when clicked takes me to the photo. I don't see any black boxes anywhere, which is why I'm convinced that what you're seeing is being generated on your end, not on the website.

 

Anyway, I also agree that text descriptions are often more useful than photos. Especially in a an area filled with boulders, it would probably take me more time to figure out where the photo was taken than it would to spot the egg-shaped boulder. Also, for those who cache with handheld GPSrs, text is often the only thing that will show up on the device.

 

Now this is interesting ... A-Team, you are, of course correct again, I have an extension in Chrome called Tampermonkey, which, as I understood it, prevents certain issues. Anyway, now that I have disabled it I see the same as you describe, the normal little square icon and the text spoiler pic etc., but when Tampermonkey is running I see the black "placeholder" ... I would do a snip of the screen but it probably isn't worth it unless you're particularly interested in seeing it. I'm assuming that Tampermonkey is what Bear and Ragged were referring to as greasemonkey etc.

 

It just goes to show you learn something new every day and are never too old to learn ... I'll do some online research into Tampermonkey and make sure it's harmless.

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Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

No, I don't have anything like greasemonkey running on my computer, I see the same as you do when I view the gallery, but what that page has under "owner images" is exactly what I was looking for and had seen, once again you have provided me with what I was seeking (I think this is the 3rd time you've solved my problem!)

I hate to break it to you, but you do have some kind of add-on running. I don't see a section called "owner images", and the only photo attached to the listing simply displays for me as the text "spoiler - conjoined trees", which when clicked takes me to the photo. I don't see any black boxes anywhere, which is why I'm convinced that what you're seeing is being generated on your end, not on the website.

 

Anyway, I also agree that text descriptions are often more useful than photos. Especially in a an area filled with boulders, it would probably take me more time to figure out where the photo was taken than it would to spot the egg-shaped boulder. Also, for those who cache with handheld GPSrs, text is often the only thing that will show up on the device.

 

Now this is interesting ... A-Team, you are, of course correct again, I have an extension in Chrome called Tampermonkey, which, as I understood it, prevents certain issues. Anyway, now that I have disabled it I see the same as you describe, the normal little square icon and the text spoiler pic etc., but when Tampermonkey is running I see the black "placeholder" ... I would do a snip of the screen but it probably isn't worth it unless you're particularly interested in seeing it. I'm assuming that Tampermonkey is what Bear and Ragged were referring to as greasemonkey etc.

 

It just goes to show you learn something new every day and are never too old to learn ... I'll do some online research into Tampermonkey and make sure it's harmless.

 

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GreaseMonkey is for Firefox browser.

TamperMonkey is for Chrome.

 

Both do the same/similer things, eg allow 'scripts' to be written to allow/disallow various things by a user!

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This is something like what I saw ... and if you click on it it will show a photograph ... in this example I have it linked to a photo of ma wee dug. This is what I need to figure out how to get on my cache listing's gallery page!

 

831efdba-e354-4c59-bb95-7bf4b15f0293_l.jpg

Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

 

This kind of behavior can be done with simple HTML. It's basically a Anchor tag that links to the "hidden" image that uses as image tag (rather than text) for the "link text". Like this:

 

<a href="http://somehost/pictures/hidden_image.jpg"><img src="http://somehost/pictures/spoiler_image.jpg" /></a>

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This is something like what I saw ... and if you click on it it will show a photograph ... in this example I have it linked to a photo of ma wee dug. This is what I need to figure out how to get on my cache listing's gallery page!

 

831efdba-e354-4c59-bb95-7bf4b15f0293_l.jpg

Bear and Ragged mentioned the possibility of it being a browser add-on. Do you have any add-ons running in your browser related to geocaching? If it does turn out to be an add-on that's doing it, it's happening on the local computer side rather than on the website, so it wouldn't work the same for other people unless they run the same add-on. As a test, try looking at this cache listing which has a photo attached with "spoiler" in its caption. If the last photo in the gallery is blacked out, then it's definitely a browser add-on, because I see that photo just like all the others.

 

However, if it turns out that someone has indeed found a way to do this in the gallery right on the website, that's where my earlier comments come into play about notifying Groundspeak that people are doing "hinky" things.

 

This kind of behavior can be done with simple HTML. It's basically a Anchor tag that links to the "hidden" image that uses as image tag (rather than text) for the "link text". Like this:

 

<a href="http://somehost/pictures/hidden_image.jpg"><img src="http://somehost/pictures/spoiler_image.jpg" /></a>

 

Sorry, I have been so slow to respond NYP ... Yes, thank you for your help, as you suggest a simple HTML line will solve it for me.

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