Despite your excellent How To thread it's very apparent that newcomers to the Forum are still having difficulties posting photos. The issue always seems to be that under Settings>Advanced Options the Content Editor is set by default to Plain Text rather than Enhanced. Thus when clicking on Use rich formatting link the user never sees the main editing panel and the only option presented is to Attach a file. As we all know this is not the best way to post photos not the least because it restricts you to one photo per post.
May I therefore suggest that either
Or if this is not possible
Whist we are always very willing to help other users with problems like this it would save a lot of hassle for us long term users and reduce frustration for newcomers.struggling to understand how the system works.
I appreciate that you are probably very busy at the moment with the upcoming BGBW but I think this would be a worthwhile improvement.
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Tony
My Flickr Photostream
Thanks Tee jay will keep trying
Hear, hear Tony, a default setting to Enhanced would help matters enormously ... for starters !
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Regards, Hazel
Great suggestion Tony, we'll see if we can change the settings!
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Much appreciated Frankie, folk (especially newcomers) are really struggling with the current settings so default "enhanced" would be excellent :)
Thanks Frankie, I didn't want to push this at the moment because I'm sure you must be snowed under with the BGBW but I'm pleased you are going to follow up on this.
I am at present at HQ with fellow techies and communication bods alike supporting the Big Garden Birdwatch, but yes, we intend to look toward some small improvements to community in the coming weeks.