Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button

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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 19:06:37 GMT -5 drocknut, Thunder69, and 6 more like this

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Post by Tommy on Jul 30, 2018 19:06:37 GMT -5

All, we are excited to roll this out on the board - it's truly a game changer in regards to posting photos on RTH.

By now you may have seen the new "Upload File" button when you click to create a new thread or reply to a thread.

For the first time ever, Proboards is sanctioning the integration of a 3rd party photo host into the structure of the Proboards forum. The functionality of the program has been brought to us in the way of a plug-in created by a Proboards admin.

In order to use this exciting new program, each member will need to visit the Cloudinary website and sign up for an account. From signing up an account on Cloudinary, you will receive two pieces of information you must enter in your RTH profile settings; your Cloudinary Cloud Name and Cloudinary Upload Preset, both of which are automatically assigned by Cloudinary when you sign up.

Please read more about it here on the tutorial page, and we can discuss it, including requests for help getting it set up.

Ps. We are aware that the new Upload File button is not showing up when posting via the "Quote" screen. I have brought this to the attention of the plug-in creator on the Proboards support site and hope they resolve this in a timely manner.

Last Edit: Jul 31, 2018 12:22:56 GMT -5 by Tommy

mohs can identify rocks - even green ones hardtbutte Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 20:11:39 GMT -5 catskillrocks, rockjunquie, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Jul 30, 2018 20:11:39 GMT -5 see if I can add some heart to this cloud business...mostly
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goatgrinder spending too much on rocks Make mine a man cave Member since January 2017 Posts: 368	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 20:18:18 GMT -5 rockjunquie, Tommy, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by goatgrinder on Jul 30, 2018 20:18:18 GMT -5 Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 11,881	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 20:34:55 GMT -5 unclesoska, rockjunquie, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Jul 30, 2018 20:34:55 GMT -5 aaaaand... here is dinner uploaded directly from my phone well a picture of dinner anyway haha
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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 20:35:12 GMT -5 rockjunquie, Tommy, and 1 more like this

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Post by aDave on Jul 30, 2018 20:35:12 GMT -5

Other than the size difference of what you see in the post (comparing Cloudinary vs attachments), the ability to use attachments costs the forum money. Cloudinary does not, and the limits are exceedingly generous.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,628	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 21:24:07 GMT -5 rockjunquie, Tommy, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Jul 30, 2018 21:24:07 GMT -5 took several tries but looks like it will work.

Jugglerguy gets rocks for Christmas Alpena, MI Member since December 2011 Posts: 6,740	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 21:57:51 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jugglerguy on Jul 30, 2018 21:57:51 GMT -5 Hey Tommy, where does this leave the RockShow site? Will that be shut down?
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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 30, 2018 22:30:34 GMT -5 Jugglerguy, rockjunquie, and 1 more like this

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Post by Tommy on Jul 30, 2018 22:30:34 GMT -5

Jul 30, 2018 21:57:51 GMT -5 Jugglerguy said:

Hey Tommy, where does this leave the RockShow site? Will that be shut down?

Thanks Rob, RockShow is having some update difficulties but there is definitely no plan to voluntarily shut it down. RockShow is not costing the forum a penny (as opposed to the expensive attachments monthly subscription) so as long as I can get the updates figured out and it doesn't break, or my host force me to shut it off - it will continue indefinitely.

When I took over steering the ship last year our number one issue was, and has continued to be, the difficulty posting photos on the forum. I've tried to attack it from several angles and RockShow and activating the attachments program were both a step in the right direction but we've never had a Proboards integration solution and still we see folks posting almost every day about having trouble posting photos. This new Proboards plug-in seems at face value to be the ONE ring to rule them all (haha) and I don't see ANY 3rd party host competing with it including Rockshow. It's a potential solution that we might all be able to uniformly point newcomers to and say 'do-this' if that makes any sense.

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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 7:29:13 GMT -5 surreality, 1dave, and 1 more like this

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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 31, 2018 7:29:13 GMT -5

Test picture. Works if you are NOT logged into Cloudinary, too. That's what I was checking.

Someone wanna try a video? I don't have one suitable for uploading, but it should support video.

Yay!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,628	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 9:12:52 GMT -5 rockjunquie and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Jul 31, 2018 9:12:52 GMT -5 this video seems to upload just fine

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,628	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 9:17:48 GMT -5 rockjunquie, 1dave, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Jul 31, 2018 9:17:48 GMT -5 this is pulled from my web page, still have to go there and copy address so not much gain over the old way.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,628	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 9:34:44 GMT -5 rockjunquie, 1dave, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Jul 31, 2018 9:34:44 GMT -5 This video was pulled from my web site, I think the upload to this site is faster this way.

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 30,507	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 9:41:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jul 31, 2018 9:41:38 GMT -5 I'm having issues with your first video and following image while loading, but my connection sometimes lags. Is anyone else having a problem? Even the video is running slow.

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 30,507	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 9:48:28 GMT -5 woodman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jul 31, 2018 9:48:28 GMT -5 Just checked a couple other links and it appears to be me.

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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 10:34:01 GMT -5 rockjunquie and Tommy like this

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Post by woodman on Jul 31, 2018 10:34:01 GMT -5

One more test post!!

love this, before, I had to upload my photo to my website, then get the link and then post on here. This is direct and eal simple once you get it set up. Tommy's instructions worked real good for me once I eneterented the correct information.

Jugglerguy gets rocks for Christmas Alpena, MI Member since December 2011 Posts: 6,740	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 10:53:21 GMT -5 woodman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jugglerguy on Jul 31, 2018 10:53:21 GMT -5 Jul 31, 2018 9:12:52 GMT -5 woodman said: this video seems to upload just fine I’ve never seen a saw like that. I had to look to see if there was a lumberjack on each end,
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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 12:12:40 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Post by aDave on Jul 31, 2018 12:12:40 GMT -5

Jul 31, 2018 7:29:13 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Someone wanna try a video? I don't have one suitable for uploading, but it should support video.

Yay!

IMHO, I'd be real hesitant to use this service as a means to post vids on the forum, as I think it's (potentially) a real quick way to eat up the monthly bandwidth allocation of 20 gigabytes (GB). If that's eaten up, then one is looking to get into the paid levels.

While I'm no math wiz by any stretch, here's my example which leads to my reasoning. If I'm wrong with my basic calculations, please correct me.

Monthly bandwidth views is set at 20 GB. There are 20,000 megabytes (MB) in one GB. So, basically, you are allocated 400,000 MB of bandwidth views in one month.

Let's say a 100 MB video is uploaded and then put into a forum post. Based upon some internet searches, a 100 MB may be "average" size for a five minute video, though many variables come into play.

With that size video being viewed through Cloudinary, you need 4000 people to view it on the forum in 30 days, and you've maxed out your monthly allocation under the free plan. If you only have one 100 MB video up, it probably won't be too much of an issue, and you're probably pretty safe. However, start cutting that number of viewers needed if you have multiple videos on the platform that you've loaded into the forum and/or the vids are longer than five minutes. Now add all of your photos to the mix. Considering the number of members we have, and the number of just visitors, I'd suggest (IMHO) just using Cloudinary for your photos.

Most members use YouTube or Vimeo and embed links with that. I think that's still the way to go. That's just me, and maybe I worry too much.

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Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 13:00:24 GMT -5 rockjunquie, 1dave, and 1 more like this

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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 31, 2018 13:00:24 GMT -5

I don't totally understand what I just did, but let's see how it goes...

Took me a while to get it working. When attempting to upload, I kept getting message "Upload failed: Upload preset not found."

But I think I got it now.

Just like with PB, your free account will take longer to fill up if you make the photo files smaller before upload. I also first thing deleted all the samples, except the three dogs. They're kinda cute! (32 OP's images taking up space!).

Another reason not to upload videos - The amount of space they take up will quickly fill up the allotted space in a free account.

ETA - I wasn't even taking number of views of a video into consideration! What aDave said, Vimeo and YouTube better places for videos.

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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 30,507	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 13:09:48 GMT -5 rockpickerforever, goatgrinder, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jul 31, 2018 13:09:48 GMT -5 I use handbrake to compress my own videos. Works great and it's FREE. handbrake.fr/

rockpickerforever Cave Dweller Just plain lazy Member since July 2011 Posts: 12,026	Introducing the new UPLOAD FILE button Jul 31, 2018 13:12:49 GMT -5 rockjunquie, goatgrinder, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 31, 2018 13:12:49 GMT -5 I already have Photoshop Elements 9. Very simple procedure to "save for web." Reduces size to whatever you wish.
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