roddy Posted February 13, 2017 at 05:34 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 at 05:34 PM I've installed a gallery add-on for the site - see image. I'm just experimenting with this at the moment, but if we can get a few folk who reckon they'll regularly post relevant stuff I'd be happy to stick with it. I'm thinking 1) Chinese street photos 2) Chinese food and cooking 3) Chinese writing - signs and notes you come across 4) Campus life Ideally I'm thinking fewer photos with a sentence or two of explanation, rather than lots of photos with no context. Anyone interested? Bear in mind you can post directly from your phone now. At the moment it's just private, so you're welcome to post any old rubbish just to get a feel for it. Post in here or send me a pm and I'll add you to the relevant user group so you have access. And if you wouldn't post anything but would love others to post stuff for you to see, say so and that'll encourage 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 13, 2017 at 06:37 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 at 06:37 PM Yes please, would love to see photos on the subjects you suggest. As some one who is interested in all aspects of life chinese or other, one of my favourite subjects is arts and crafts, architecture and cultural art, I would like to see this as a section. I think a lot of forum members are talented and it would be nice to their work too. Not being in China I couldn't contribute but would love to see other's photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickserve Posted February 14, 2017 at 12:15 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 12:15 AM Suggestion: travel tips/advice with pictures specifically to aid future travellers. Perhaps with some tips to see things that ordinary tourists might not usually see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted February 14, 2017 at 04:10 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 04:10 AM Signese was a great feature, but it died because nobody could find it. I think trying this again is a fine idea, but to work -- that is, draw a crowd -- it needs to be integrated into the forum. If it's an offshoot with a small link a few clicks away, it'll just die again after about six months of activity from a few posters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted February 14, 2017 at 06:01 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 06:01 AM 4 campus life Took this photo after lunch today. There was a Tesla car parked on campus, and you can see the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 14, 2017 at 08:46 AM Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 08:46 AM You're right, 889. Gallery posts and comments would show up in the activity steam, and there'd also be a front page block which could show latest images or comments, similar to the new posts block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:08 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:08 AM Do I need to do anything different than what I'm now doing in order to try it out? Is there any special approach or technique? Not sure I understand how to use the gallery add on instead of just posting photos the way I usually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:13 AM Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:13 AM You should have a gallery tab in the header now. If you click that and then 'add images' it'll walk you through the process of choosing a category (there's only two just now, as we're testing) and either creating an album, or just uploading them into the category itself, then adding captions. If you can't see the gallery tab let me know - you should do, as I've put you in the correct user group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:24 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:24 AM OK, I see it. Will check it out further tonight or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:47 AM Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:47 AM Excellent. Current niggles are that images aren't rotating to portrait correctly when they should, working on a fix for that. And while the process works, if you go back a stage you can get stuck and have to start again. I wouldn't try and do anything significant with it at the moment, just upload a few pics, add captions, see what you think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:50 AM Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 at 09:50 AM Oooh, image annotation... Sorting's a problem though. You can't click and drag the photos into the order you want, and sorting by start date means the most recent pic is shown first - but if you're doing a recipe or trip photos, that's exactly what you don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 22, 2017 at 02:15 PM Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 at 02:15 PM This is looking like a resounding no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted February 22, 2017 at 02:35 PM Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 at 02:35 PM It's a menu for Lamb products. Lamb skewer big 1 kuai, Lamb skewer small 0.5 kuai. Lamb 'tendon' big 1 kuai. Lamb 'tendon' small 0.5 kuai. 不用谢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mati1 Posted February 22, 2017 at 03:01 PM Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 at 03:01 PM @roddy I'm sure if there would be a small box on the front page showing (linking to) the latest photo this would draw many clicks and spark comments. Comments can be easily added, can't they? I can't see an example and it hasn't been discussed in depth above. Right now the front page feels a bit bare (no photos), faster though. @somethingfunny You tought me two new words but they are not even Chinese! Try harder please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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