First there were complaints about it being thjere, then there complaints about it not being there. So do we want random pics on the top of the landing page?
jordan.dickinson
Jordan Dickinson
Hopefully they are a bit more random. Seems like the old feed was often recycling the same dozen or so photos. Still, I love having them there just to see something inspiring.
froyd
Veteran
Agreed with Jordan. I liked the pictures, but the pool they came from seemed a limited subset of everything in the gallery.
On the other hand, I often use the RFF gallery to post pictures for use in technical threads, e.g. what's that splotch on my negs, so it would be great to have a way to flag one's posts as eligible for the Random gallery or not.
On the other hand, I often use the RFF gallery to post pictures for use in technical threads, e.g. what's that splotch on my negs, so it would be great to have a way to flag one's posts as eligible for the Random gallery or not.
The random pics were coming from hall of fame which will grow over time. That can be modified just pick from the gallery
Larry Cloetta
Veteran
As long as they just take the place of the “Notice about the gallery and classifieds” box that’s up there now, and take up no more real estate than that, it would be okay. But, no more than that. If people want to see random pix from the gallery they can always…….go to the gallery. But please don’t encroach on the amount of space devoted to current threads that we’re able to see now.
robert blu
quiet photographer
I like to see them, sometimes pictures which have been posted long time ago.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
I Can't imagine why you wouldn't want the pictures on the main page. This IS a photographer's forum, right?
But I would prefer they came randomly from throughout the gallery.
But I would prefer they came randomly from throughout the gallery.
olakiril
Well-known
Mlehrman
Mlehrman
I agree with Bill. There was a random photo generator on the old site, which enabled members to comment and bring up some extraordinary and forgotten work.
yea. The HOF is a selection of really good stuff from the gallery but with over 250k images tpo go through it makes it hard. Some of the stuff there was just there as a filler untill HOF grows. Maybe i can pull most liked randomly. who knows ...
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
I miss two goofs for Green Party, cubby lady in dark corset and red hair, spots on face boy. Those were very consistent on «random» choice.
Speedy
Well-known
mp guy, what is it going to be about the old gallery links to the posts? i am not a frequent poster but am i the only one thinking thats the one of the main problems about the new forum?
Well, still pulling from HOF. PLEASE do not add borders to your pictures! Yea its no big deal but the borders are considered part of the image dimensions and skew the spacing when an image with borders is added. Thats another reason I pick from HOF. I don't allow images in HOF with borders. Not to mention, they look odd. Maybe a thin border but some images have a good 20 to 40% of the image as border which IMHO only good for print.
Speedy, please elaborate on links to post ... not quite understanding your question.
Speedy, please elaborate on links to post ... not quite understanding your question.
Speedy
Well-known
when i would like to post a photo to a topic, first i was uploading the photo to the gallery, then right click the photo then copy the url and go to the desired topic, post reply, insert image, paste url and it was ok.
now these posts dont contain any photo or url , all blank...
Speedy
Well-known
some people like me who dont use flickr, post like this, now dont have their picture presented in topics, for example check lynnb' s posts....
ok. send me a link to a topic with such photo. I will investigate
Speedy
Well-known
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/fo...our-epson-r-d1-s-x-photos/page124#post4348232
i have several on last page, now what i found, if you click edit nothing shows up no url, but when you click quote, old link is there, but different from the url from the new gallery
Speedy
Well-known
this is the old link of my last post at epson photo share topic;
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/rff...8519.SEQ.0.jpg ttps://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/3334/U3334I1632328519.SEQ.0.jpg
this is the url from new gallery;
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/ser...8519.SEQ.0.jpg ttps://www.rangefinderforum.com/services/gallery/3334/med_U3334I1632328519.SEQ.0.jpg
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/rff...8519.SEQ.0.jpg ttps://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/3334/U3334I1632328519.SEQ.0.jpg
this is the url from new gallery;
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/ser...8519.SEQ.0.jpg ttps://www.rangefinderforum.com/services/gallery/3334/med_U3334I1632328519.SEQ.0.jpg
I just created a symbolic link to services from rffgallery. Now the image whows if you clickon the old links.
