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[TGRF]

Originally Posted by cmgames

How do I prevent Facebook links from trying to embed something in the post?

I am trying to provide a link to a game store that only has a Facebook page as its homepage. I only want the link to be the name of the store that links to the facebook page, but instead, the name of the store disappears and a huge white area gets embedded.

~Z

Directly below the body of the post, in miscellaneous options, there should be a check box for 'automatically embed media'. Try turning that off.

~TGRF.

[cmgames]

Originally Posted by The Grim Reaper's Friend

Directly below the body of the post, in miscellaneous options, there should be a check box for 'automatically embed media'. Try turning that off.

~TGRF.

That did the trick! Thanks.

~Z

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Hoping you can help . . .

I cannot copy/paste images from the Gallery into my posts/blog.

Thanks.

[TGRF]

Originally Posted by kolakoski

Well met!

Hoping you can help . . .

I cannot copy/paste images from the Gallery into my posts/blog.

Thanks.

I'm able to do so by copying the image URL and using the 'insert image' button.

We'll need more description of what's going wrong. Are there any error messages? Exactly what is or isn't happening? What's the process you are using to paste the images?

~TGRF.

[kolakoski]

Well Met!

Here's what happens when I do as you did:

[IMG]<img src="/community/gallery/files/5/4/9/9/gr_inne_o_hara.png" alt="Gráinne O'hara" />[/IMG]

At last!

[TGRF]

Originally Posted by kolakoski

Well Met!

Here's what happens when I do as you did:

[IMG]<img src="/community/gallery/files/5/4/9/9/gr_inne_o_hara.png" alt="Gráinne O'hara" />[/IMG]

At last!

Glad it seems to be working. My guess as to what went wrong would either be the 'Automatically embed media' box got unchecked by accident, or html and vb got mixed somehow, which is what it looks like happened. The [IMG] tag won't work with the <img> html in it.

~TGRF.

[Dunedain]

I’m sure this has been addressed somewhere, but how does one go about the process of changing a username?

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by n00b

I’m sure this has been addressed somewhere, but how does one go about the process of changing a username?

Usually pming an admin and asking works. Sometimes they'll change it to something crazy on a whim, though. Just never know We're basically talking about unchecked power here.

[Myriadite]

Is there an easier way to mention users without going to their profile to copy their four-digit "address" and then typing out the code? How do others typically go about mentioning another user?

[Yodaking]

@Myriadite just @ their user name.

[Myriadite]

Wow, is it really that easy? @Yodaking

Great! That saves me some time. Thanks for the response!