Do you hate attachments? (alt.: THE GREAT ATTACHMENT CAPER!!!)

Jeremy Lindstrom · Jul 2010

(deleted attachment bashing)

Just me? attachments are :thumbdown:

NM.. I was told tis on da list!!

Swizzle · Jul 2010

Attachments annoy me for the same reason portfolios with splash pages annoy me: It takes too many clicks to get to any content.

Bibendum · Jul 2010

Attachments are horrible, if for nothing else the fact that only registered members who are logged in with accounts approved (2+ posts) can even view them view them, which really limits the amount of exposure your work will get.

Sandro · Jul 2010

Attachments are absolutely horrendous

Frump · Jul 2010

Attachments are a constant annoyance. I usually close threads pretty quickly if I see that they are being used. Glad it's on some list for removal!

adam · Jul 2010

Alright fine

Maybe instead of crying (you BABIES!) one of you can help me out with this. I am trying to get Attachments to show up inline. That is, either thumbnailed or their complete resolution so you lazy bastards don't have to give an extra click.

Here's what I've done so far, which to my knowledge is everything I should have to do to get this to work properly.

Usergroups are set to 'Can Download Attachments'
Usergroups have 'Can See Thumbnails' enabled
Attachment Manager shows each image type is setup to general Thumbnails
In vBulletin Options I have...
- View Thumbnails Inline enabled
- Thumbnail Creation enabled

What am I missing? Why, after all this, is vBulletin still showing them as their file name and causing you to rage with each new click of the mouse?

The first person to find the solution gets a cookie.

glynnsmith · Jul 2010

I brought this up in the Official Bug thread a couple of weeks back, with links to a possible fix.

adam · Jul 2010

(This is where you link me to said post :P)

/me goes trudging...

adam · Jul 2010

Got it - http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73097&highlight=polycount+official&page=5

Hmm.

glynnsmith · Jul 2010

Shazzam

It's codey, though. Not sure how comfortable you are with having to get in there.

adam · Jul 2010

This only works if you guys use the editor and manually tell your posts to use images from your attachments, or the [ attach ] BB code, which no one does.

I'm trying to skip all of that BS and just have your attachments show up full size, without any work to you.