Test Thread

[Andrew]

Please use this thread to test out the new forum features (e.g. uploading photos, avatars, etc.).

[fearn]

Yup. I'm here. Bring on the blades!

[mmontoro]

Thanks to Lee and anyone else for the time and effort to do this.

[BluErf]

Test test test... keris, kris, kriss... :D

[wolviex]

Welcome back in the new World of Ethnographic Arms my friends :)

Let me break the one of the forum rules: "Decisions made by Vikingsword Staff are not subject to public debate."

Decision about new forum was great :D . I like it !

Best regards
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/wolviex/DSCF1093.jpg

[Spunjer]

test, test...

[Federico]

toost

[zelbone]

I guess I made it in...but now I'm a noobie again :(

[Henk]

I suppose I'm in too. Zelbone, lets discuss a lot and we become senior member in no time again. :rolleyes:

Posting pictures works good and the best part is editting the posting.

http://members.lycos.nl/henk10/j4.JPG

[fernando]

testing and thanking for the opportunity to enjoy the new features of this excelent forum.

[Federico]

Now Zel, if there were an off topic section to the site, we could shoot the breeze without worrying about trolling, and thus plunk our post counts back to a nice high and respectable level. ;):D

[Federico]

Serious question though, will we be allowed at some point to use custom avatars? The same 9 avatars for all the forum members may become tedious as the member list grows. It would be nice to create more unique avatars to better differentiate posters. Perhaps guidelines/rules as to what constitutes an acceptable custom avatar are coming soon?

[Federico]

Well since Im here I may as well test the uploading picture option. Im always so lazy in uploading pics to my own site, wonder if this will make things easier.

[Adni Aljunied]

Congratulations!!! Better looking site and better picture uploading and editting is really great. :) Testing all features here pls.
http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/maglogo.jpg

[Federico]

Oh wow that was painless, Ill try some more.

[Andrew]

Serious question though, will we be allowed at some point to use custom avatars? The same 9 avatars for all the forum members may become tedious as the member list grows. It would be nice to create more unique avatars to better differentiate posters. Perhaps guidelines/rules as to what constitutes an acceptable custom avatar are coming soon?

Federico, custom avatars may be submitted to Lee for review:

AVATARS are optional small images which appear under your screen name in your posts. For this forum, avatars shall consist of images of ethnographic arms and armour. You may select from a preinstalled library of avatars or you may e-mail an image conforming to this theme to ljones@vikingsword.com for creation of a custom avatar. In the case of requests for a custom avatar, please be sure that you have included your user name and that you send the message from the e-mail address that you used to register.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4

[wolviex]

Let me test more pictures

[Federico]

Thanks Andrew, custom avatar pic sent to Lee for approval.

[Federico]

Oh what the hey, another pic.

[zelbone]

Alright, Federico! Looks like you'll make senior before me :D !!!

[nechesh]

No Andrew, that's TA-DA, not TA-DHA!
WOW, look at all these new possiblities. :)
This will take some getting use to, but i THINK i like it. ;)

[Rick]

To become a Senior Member . ;) :D
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[Adni Aljunied]

Hey, I just ntoiced direct uploading of pics instead of from another site server. Am just testing and hope it works. Just curious to know how long the pics will stay........as long as the the thread is "alive"???

[Rick]

Welcome Adni ! :)

I believe the pictures will stay available for the life of the forum . Direct upload is the preferred way to go with this software .

[nechesh]

Well, let's see if this works. :)

[nechesh]

Wow, coooool!!!! It DOES work.
OK Rick, I've only got 997 more to go! ;)

[Rick]

:D :D

[wolviex]

Have you noticed it's no longer "Edged weapon forum" but ARMS AND ARMOUR FORUM ? Doeas it mean we can post firearms in here ?

On the main site vikingsword.com I could'd find link to the new forum. There is only link to the old one. The old one is still working, will it be closed or something? I don't know, should work on both forums? :confused:

Great job by the way, and much new things to learn - I hope it won't discourage some of our forum mates, which are less familiar with computers and internet.

wolviex

[Rick]

No Andrew, that's TA-DA, not TA-DHA!
WOW, look at all these new possiblities. :)
This will take some getting use to, but i THINK i like it. ;)

Very nice upload !

I really think you're going to enjoy this Nechesh . :D

[Andrew]

Well, let's see if this works. :)


Nice pic, Nechesh. You're not bad at photography. ;) :D

[Mare Rosu]

TEST Just checking on some of your new toys to use in posting.
Will post more of this dagger later :)

[kino]

This is a great place to be...

[Jeff D]

Just a Test!

[kino]

photo test

[moose]

well I'm in. :D

Never posted a lot before. But have enjoyed the forum and look forward to the new one.

I'll get around to posting some photos. :rolleyes: It will be great not to have the pictures in a thread die.

moose

[rasdan]

Testing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rasdan1977/Badik%20Bugis/Dscf0165.jpg

[John]

Testing pic attachment...

[Raja Muda]

Congratulations on the nice new layout. Pics size for upload is a bit limited though. And John, how about a peek at your Madure blade. :)

[Rather]

Very nice layout, indeed! Have to try all functions. Lovely old photo of German Naval officers approx. 1885. Third from left, lower row was the great collector of ethnographic weapons I do own today. Hope you enjoy it. :)

[Marc]

Testing posting and uploading...

Hey, in a sense, it IS ethnographic... :D

[Marc]

And another test, this time with, say, more "mainstream" images... :D

[inveterate]

Just a test to see if this all works.

[BluErf]

Keris kris kriss... ;)

[zelbone]

Just checking...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=&stc=1

[zelbone]

Try this again... :cool:

[Mick]

Just trying to see if I can get on the new system.

The cotton picking picture didn't show up the first tme. Let's see if it will this time.

I guess that I didn't get it below the allowable size. Let's try one more time.

Even though I can get the max pixel size below those listed, I can't get the total file anyway near the 200Kb required. I'll mess around with my photo programs awhile and try again.

Last try today. Got it down to 200.2Kb. Program allows only 195.3Kb. Try again later.

One more time

[VANDOO]

jul11_02.jpg dec1_06.jpg I am just guessing how to do this not being very computer savy and not having a list of instructions for step by step. fingers crossed and here goes :D

PHOOIE!! I guess that wasn't the way to do it. time for more head scratching and guessing.

THIS IS PART OF ONE OF MY WALL DISPLAYS, SUCESS YEA!!

[Ian]

Test posting

[RSWORD]

Testing, testing.
http://members.aol.com/rsword007/austrian1.jpg

[Rick]

jul11_02.jpg dec1_06.jpg I am just guessing how to do this not being very computer savy and not having a list of instructions for step by step. fingers crossed and here goes :D

PHOOIE!! I guess that wasn't the way to do it. time for more head scratching and guessing.

When you want to post a picture upload it directly from your hard drive .
Below the posting text box there is a bar that says 'Manage attachments'
click on that and another window will open with a 'Browse' bar , click on that and find the folder on your computer that holds the picture you want to upload , put your cursor on it and click you should see an option that says 'Select' click on that and the filename should appear in the box , then click on the 'upload' bar . If the image is not too large it should appear in your post , if it is too large it will not upload and tell you that is the problem .
If that is the problem you must downsize the picture to meet the file requirements .

BTW Lee , when I open the manage attachments bar I get about 5 browse buttons , is this for multiple attachments ?

[Ian]

Need a few dha in this thread. :D

[Lee]

You should now get 6 boxes. I changed it so one would not have to wait for them to cycle 1 by 1 when adding multiple pictures. (I can change it back if this is confusing). The limit for number of attachments per post is 12. Attachments cannot be wider than 640 pixels - we can change this if we need to - and there is a 200,000 byte limit - which is more than sufficient for a properly optimized jpg image.

[Rick]

Good idea , I'm for leaving it .
Anything that makes it easier .... :D

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Formerly known as Smilodon Fatalis
Test image :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/BATAGLIA/BowieComposition.jpg
Its gonna take me a while to get used to this ...

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Does my coat of arms show ?

[Radu Transylvanicus]

How do I upload my own "avatar" ?

[Rick]

How do I upload my own "avatar" ?

Hi Radu , you can submit your avatar to Lee .

The best feature of this forum is that you can directly upload images from your computer . We encourage members to do this for continuity's sake . If photobucket crashes we lose all of your valuable pictures . If you upload them to the site directly they wil last forever !! :D

Please read the Photo Posting thread also , that would be the best place to post photo questions .

Meanwhile welcome aboard, enjoy our new toy !! :D :D

[LabanTayo]

gumbo

[Ria]

Photo send for testing

[VANDOO]

:) THINK I WILL TRY ANOTHER. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A ESPECIALLY NICE MAORI SHORT CLUB.
(WAHICA )THAT IS IN THE PEABODY MUSEUM ENJOY

[John]

... And John, how about a peek at your Madure blade. :)

Sure, here it is...

[Naga Basuki]

105kb size

[Freddy]

Test,test,test,.......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/keris_hanuman/Afbeelding352.jpg

P.s. Vandoo : great room, I would like to be in it :p

[Rick]

test

[Aji™]

testtesttesttestTest Text
testing

[Rick]

testing

[zamboanga]

got my avatar! thanks.

[donutsrule]

test

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Need a few dha in this thread. :D




...with these new features. As for the lack of dha, well hears a new Bangkok era blade I picked up last trip.

Hmmm! Well that's not working back to the FAQ page!

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Ok, guess the files were too large -didn't have that problem before but let's give this a run.

OK now having looked at this I'm not real pleased with the result. I had to shrink the pics to around 240 pixels wide with a resolution of 32 ppi just to get them to upload. Not enough detail in these to get a good look. What am I doing wrong? HELP
Also everything is loading real slow - it that the new software?

Also how can we insert text in between the images?

For the answers to these and many more questions ...

[Andy Stevens]

" Ready Aye Ready" Great new forum , I like it a lot.

[Lee]

Not enough detail in these to get a good look. What am I doing wrong? HELP

Please take a peek at:
http://http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25

Also everything is loading real slow - it that the new software?

The server seems to be a bit slow, but is slow in the old forums too.
Really slow may be a narrow internet connection and posts with large images.

Also how can we insert text in between the images?
If you are loading the images to the server as attachments, I do not believe that you can intersperse text. If the images are on your own server space and you are placing them with the image tags (little picture icon in the editor) then you can. This limitation is inherent in the software package.

[ibeam]

Testing :D

[Flavio]

Ok guys, now i'm trying!!!

[Rick]

Still testing

[Rather]

Just an other test with the font.and colour! :D

[cylord21]

Congratulations on forum improvements, well done. Lee, many thanks for all the posting done before. This is a test for posting three quality contemporary silver dha.

[kino]

Ibeam, that is a knice Barung blade. What did you etch it with. Nice job on the etching. Can you post photos including the hilt.

[zamboanga]

lee, i guess you have a similar vinta. hope you find it. thanks for uploading my avatar.

[ibeam]

Ibeam, that is a knice Barung blade. What did you etch it with. Nice job on the etching. Can you post photos including the hilt.


Thanks Kino,
I have not cleaned nor etched the blade. This is how I got it. Unfortuantely, the plume on the kakatua is broken off but I do have the piece and have to put it back together. Here's da pic. :D

[Yannis]

Please use this thread to test out the new forum features (e.g. uploading photos, avatars, etc.).

Test

Test

[wolviex]

testing WIDTH of pictures

[Yannis]

That was width of letters :D

[Mare Rosu]

Is this a picture of a member of this forum? :D
Lost picture! :mad:

[Mare Rosu]

Found this picture and it sure looks like what Mr. Radu will look like in future :D

[Radu Transylvanicus]

hahaha ... youre hilarious !!! But did you knew that national TV has a footage of you just seconds prior to last time you voted ? :D :D :D Here it is :

[Andrew]

Very funny, guys. But let's avoid any discussion with political overtones, please.

[Radu Transylvanicus]

:D Sorry, big A. , we just got carried away by laughter for a minute, ahem, I mean we were doing a test ...

[wolviex]

another test
ążźćń

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/wolviex/DSCF2952.jpg

[donutsrule]

test

[Mare Rosu]

Jambiya :)

[Mare Rosu]

I think I got it!! now to post it in a thread.

[M ELEY]

Testing. My first post on the NEW site. :) :D

[zamboanga]

taming

[zamboanga]

spiny!

[B.I]

test

[Spunjer]

test...

[Spunjer]

again :mad:

[kino]

Spunger,

Nice looking hilt. What is it attached to?? Can you post photos of the whole sword?

[Tatyana Dianova]

test

[Paul de Souza]

TEst TEst

[cylord21]

Just a try

[BSMStar]

Here is some pics of a Balinese Keris of mine.....

[BSMStar]

If anyone can tell me something about the above keris and hilt, it would be great! :rolleyes:

[Rick]

Make a new post on this piece .
I'm sure we'd all love to discuss it.

This is just a test thread .

[BSMStar]

Sorry Rick. :eek: I didn't mean to start a thread here. I have followed your advise. It is so.

[carlos]

I HOPE I CAN PUT PICTURES!!

[kino]

:( Carlos what happened to the Kampilan's blade. It looks like a clean cut. Can you post more photos of it.

[Rick]

Kino , optical illusion .
You're looking at where the munsala lays across the blade . :D
Nice looking kampilan !
Lets see more pictures please .
Why not start a new post about this sword . :)

[kino]

:) You are so right Rick. I have to clean my spectacles. Thanks.

Yes, let's see more photos of the Kamp.

[Spunjer]

test...