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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 11 2009, 8:42pm
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Hey, it worked!
I remembered I already had Firefox, followed your instructions and voila!
Thank you, thank you, thank you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 11 2009, 8:49pm
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Glad we finally figured it out!  Again, many thanks to Altaira and Magpie!
Now I look forward to your mathom 
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Altaira
Superuser
Jan 11 2009, 9:07pm
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I only made a comment or two among many other helpers, but you're welcome.
My brother has a MAC. When I get a chance, I'll visit TORN on it so I can see the differences myself. In the mean time, congrats! And, nice pony.
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Altaira
Superuser
Jan 11 2009, 9:12pm
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Those are the exact same steps if you're not using a MAC
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In any case, I'm glad you worked it out.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
TORn Calendar
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Magpie
Immortal
Jan 11 2009, 9:48pm
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keeping in mind what Altaira has noticed (Those are the exact same steps if you're not using a MAC), would you take a look at the instructions on my site again. Is there anything there that does NOT work for you now that you're using Firefox? Is the solution to this issue just: "If you're on a MAC, you must use Firefox not Safari if you want to have your images hosted by TORn and you want to use Advanced Editor"?
Of course, if you only want to use Safari you could still embed an image by hosting it on a remote site and using Basic Editor.
and I think we need to change the subject line of your original post to read "I (no longer) feel like an idiot."
2009 Tolkien Computer Monitor Calendars
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(This post was edited by Magpie on Jan 11 2009, 9:53pm)
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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 11 2009, 10:07pm
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I just looked at your picture posting instructions and Altaira is quite correct, they are exactly the same as PL's.
It really was a simple solution in the end for me - Safari was the problem. So I agree that all you need to do is add an instruction that Mac users need to be on Firefox. As soon as I changed to this, I was able to use Advanced Editor and all the icons appeared as they should.
So it actually wasn't that complicated. I never would have figured it out myself though!
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ElanorTX
Tol Eressea
Jan 12 2009, 5:31am
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another reason to love Firefox //
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"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 6:04am
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I get the impression that the whole problem was that I tried to follow the instructions with Safari - what of course didn't work, because part of the toolbar simply is not there. With Firefox it worked. Maybe that's all.
But I'll keep an eye open when I post pictures again and have a closer look at your site later (I'm just at work) - if I find any differences to your instructions, I'll let you know. For now, I guess a note to Mac users that they need Firefox to follow *these* instructions would be enough.
As for the use of Safari and embedding pictures from another site, that's something I still need to figure out, but maybe I'll get that, too. For the moment I am happy that I was able to find a solution at all , but when I have time, I might try to work on that, too. There HAS to be a way! And knowing how it works with Firefox could help to find a way with Safari, now that I finally understand the principle
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 6:18am
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The key to the problem was Magpies tip to try Firefox again (I tried that some time ago, but at that time rather halfheartedly, because I had already more or less given up after struggling with Safari for quite a while) and then your posts helped me to get the one or two details I didn't understand so far.
Good idea to try a Mac yourself - then you'll understand despairing Mac users who can't find the buttons in a non-existing toolbar
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Nienna
Rohan
Jan 12 2009, 8:30am
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When we get together I'll have to show you a photo of my Sammy - a British Blue cat - I rent a room in his house!!
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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 12 2009, 8:54am
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Midgey is slowly beginning to grasp this fact.
I will look forward to seeing a photo of Sammy.
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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 12 2009, 9:22am
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And now that I have advanced editor
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I can do this.
And this.
And even this.
Isn't life grand?
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Magpie
Immortal
Jan 12 2009, 2:29pm
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One... I just want to mildly point out that I did write the following at the image posting site:
My computer is a PC and I use Firefox as a browser.
If you use a Mac or another browser, your interface may look different than my screen shots below.
I couldn't really write much more because I didn't (before now) have much info that would prove useful for other browsers.
Two... posting an image from another site will mean you will delve into the world of Basic Editor and markup code. It's not that hard and that's what Daughter of Nienna has written volumes on. I linked to one of her posts elsewhere in the thread.
2009 Tolkien Computer Monitor Calendars
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 3:22pm
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As I said, when I have time, I'll have a close look at your instructions again, and on these from DoN, and later on try more. Then we'll see.
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 3:38pm
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Computers can drive one nuts, can't they?
Well, I made the first step, and that gives me a little courage to try more when I have a bit more calmer times than at the moment. Problemsolving works better when I have enough time to take it slowly. But one of these days I'll get to the bottom of this picture posting thing!
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor
Jan 12 2009, 4:04pm
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I copy & paste the "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards" from TinyPic/Photobucket right into the message, exactly where I want it to appear.
I'm too lazy for any extra steps like using that image icon in the toolbar when not required. =)
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Aerin
Grey Havens
Jan 29 2009, 6:15am
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Us Safari users shouldn't have to switch to another browser to accomodate any particular site. I vastly prefer Safari to other Mac browsers. It's just too bad TORn is so Safari-unfriendly.
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Aerin
Grey Havens
Jan 29 2009, 6:20am
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The problem isn't with your Mac.
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It's with sites that choose not to be compatible with your Mac (and specifically with the best and most popular Mac browser, Safari.) IMHO, that's inexcusable!
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