Dear All, I'm rolling out a new system for handling images in Nihonto Club. It seemed there was always a bit of confusion for new visitors how to attach files and photos to their topics. I'm hoping that the new development will make it more convenient. Over last 4 years I was using different solutions for handling images in different parts of the website (boards, galleries, collections etc) trying to find one which is best fit for the purpose. There were few different ideas on the table, but most importantly I needed to know how you use it. The new system offers treatment of almost every page of certain type (forum topic, collection item, sword record) as a gallery with the possibility of attaching a number of images. Once added, they are available at the bottom of the page. If you click any image, it will bring you to the gallery view where you can browse through images, view their enlarged versions (if available) and leave your comments. You may see examples of attached media on this page. It also allows to maintain information about ownership, copyright and licensing restrictions. It will help us to be fair to people who share their work, as well as open possibilities of using publically available image repositories such as Wikimedia Commons without breaching their Terms & Conditions. This may not be a concern for a classic style message board, but Nihonto Club is (or hoping to be) more like a research tool and we need to think long term. Attaching images and files to the topics on Discussion Boards
Attaching images and files to the existing topic
I hope you'll like the new functionality. Please share your feedback here. Regards, |
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