Picture attachments issues

[danheneise]

i don't even know how to use the attachment feature. I just use my personall server and link to that, works fine for me, and AO unfortunatly i don't have a ton of bandwidth so they load fairly slowly.

[MarkM]

Why not simply disable the entire file attatchment system and force everyone to use an outside site? There's plenty of them and all that's needed is a sticky thread with all the possible places. That way the cost of the site goes down, and people still get to host their pics. Win-win situation to me.

That is the point of this thread Though the disabling of the file attachment system isn't my call I do agree it will force users to think a little more as to what they post up as a pic plus many find it difficult to even write a code line to remotely host a pic so the file attachment system takes the guess work out of it so it becomes WYSIWYG however remotely hosted pics will pretty much always work and it then takes away the cost to AO and so will enable AO to survive for longer in the current economic climate of uncertainty.

[mark_1791]

Delete All The Old Bst Threads That Are Already Done, They Are A Waste Of Space. There Is Absolutly No Point In Archiving Them!!!

[JLove]

I am glad to see that you guys are making this effort. Most large forum sites like PBNation have had to take steps to limit image attachments because people use forums as web hosting, instead of other sites that offer it for free. I love seeing pictures of guns, and I don't like the idea of limiting those or even signature images. but we have all seen what happens when someone goes too far.

[Aslan]

Pic Help!

I'm getting this error when I try to upload a pic...what gives?

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs/forums/attachments/fea6870d9b3aee4e772ec0b723618115) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /includes/functions_file.php on line 274

Warning: filesize(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs/forums/attachments/fea6870d9b3aee4e772ec0b723618115) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /includes/functions_file.php on line 286

Thanks!

[luke]

Mark, since the last server problem I get the following message when trying to post a picture. I have tried, bmp, jpg and jpeg files and always get the same message. Yet I see others posting pictures, why are some having problem when others arn't?

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs/forums/attachments/a83b9e4303126cbad6bdfa5be70f3921) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /includes/functions_file.php on line 274

Warning: filesize(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs/forums/attachments/a83b9e4303126cbad6bdfa5be70f3921) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/automags.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /includes/functions_file.php on line 286
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[Aslan]

web hosting

Does anybody know of a safe, easy, free place to post pictures...so that I can link to them? AO has apparently given up on pictures...

Thanks!

[MarkM]

Read the beginning of this thread plenty of options are listed. Your own ISP will in most cases provide you with free webspace so you don't have to use other servers.
The code line you are getting looks to basically mean that attachments have not been enabled since the last server crash, of which there was another today.