Suggestion and Policy
Add a symbol for "picture inside"?
Is there a way to tell if there is a picture within the post, other than by opening it? I don't think so. How about adding such a symbol. To be honest, when looking at the ad boards without a lot of time, I'd prefer to skip over the ads with no pics ... if I could tell which ones had no picture. Not one of my best or high priority suggestions but what do you think? The symbol for a "link within":
Some other ladies to as well but I've noticed not as many as "back
The three boxes at the bottom of the "post" or "post reply" template get tested by the forum software. It tests if there is a legitimate URL in the first box ("link URL"). If yes, it appends the "link" symbol to the subject line. The second box, "link title", can be almost anything, I think, even blank; or maybe the software has a character count limit. The third box is "picture URL". The software checks to see if is formatted as a legitimate URL and it also checks to see if the link is to an acceptable file type (.jpg, .gif., .png, ...). Since the forum software is already querying the contents of the box it also knows the difference between "picture YES" and "picture NO". All they have to add is tiny symbol to be appended to the subject line automatically. Maybe the symbol could be a tiny little camera icon or a tiny Mona Lisa (a famous picture). The code would practically be "cut and paste" from the code that puts the "link" icon on the subject line. An easy piece of programming but what they really need to do is switch to better forum software, totally. There are lots of good choices out there, and they are free (open source). Modern forum software offers better threading, notifications, PMing, etc. A picture of one of the FREE forum software interfaces
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