technical questions on attachments

[carrychris2009]

Hi. Could anyone please tell me how to post a video as an attachment from my computer on here so when someone clicks it it plays a windows video. It would be a lot easier for me to post videos as it would be even easier for people to view them then a shared file program .
I have seen them posted on here before and I am a big fan of it.

Thanks

[jambur77]

You probably have to upload it on some web site. Google "upload videos" or something like that.

Wen you finish, you'll see link that you can just copy here.

[TheWolfe]

Do you have Dropbox? If you do, you just open a Dropbox folder and drag the file into it, then once it's ready you can get a link that anyone can download it through. It's more secure and anonymous to use a 3rd party service like Mediafire or RapidShare but I doubt anything would be compromised using Dropbox anyway.

[carrychris2009]

Originally Posted by TheWolfe

Do you have Dropbox? If you do, you just open a Dropbox folder and drag the file into it, then once it's ready you can get a link that anyone can download it through. It's more secure and anonymous to use a 3rd party service like Mediafire or RapidShare but I doubt anything would be compromised using Dropbox anyway.

Thanks Wolf . I already just started using dropbox and it does let anyone see the clip without having to download it. I will stick with that. Thanks

CarryChris

[carrychris2009]

I don't know if this is The Place to do it but i have a request for the moderators.
Since mediafire has changed its format and I now use Dropbox for file sharing ,
I was wondering if I could Pleas go back and edit in Dropbox in place of mediafire files (that now make people download videos to see them ) . The new format for a thread only allows me to go back two posts or two days to edit a post on my thread. I don't want to create a new thread or make major Changes I just want to substitute dropbox for the Mediafire links I posted so I would need the capability to go back and edit these old posts and have them accessible to me so i could do that. Then there is my request.

thanks
CarryChris

[dp]

Originally Posted by carrychris2009

I don't know if this is The Place to do it but i have a request for the moderators.
Since mediafire has changed its format and I now use Dropbox for file sharing ,
I was wondering if I could Pleas go back and edit in Dropbox in place of mediafire files (that now make people download videos to see them ) . The new format for a thread only allows me to go back two posts or two days to edit a post on my thread. I don't want to create a new thread or make major Changes I just want to substitute dropbox for the Mediafire links I posted so I would need the capability to go back and edit these old posts and have them accessible to me so i could do that. Then there is my request.

thanks
CarryChris

Try it now.

[carrychris2009]

ok will take a few hours but i will do it now
Thanks
and tell you when I am done

[carrychris2009]

ok Phew! I am done replacing mediafire files with the more friendly dropbox sharing system. after Hours of hours of work.
Dp Thanks so much for your help it is greatly appreciated .

[dp]

Originally Posted by carrychris2009

ok Phew! I am done replacing mediafire files with the more friendly dropbox sharing system. after Hours of hours of work.
Dp Thanks so much for your help it is greatly appreciated .

No problem. Thanks for putting in the effort to keep your content alive.

Btw, the reason why we have a time window for editing and deleting old posts is to keep old content alive. There has been cases where a member got angry with admins or other members, and decided to delete all his posts for no good reason. The edit/delete time window helps protect our L&C archive.

Of course, if a member has a good reason for wanting to delete some old posts, all he has to do is ask and we will do it for him.

[carrychris2009]

Originally Posted by dp

No problem. Thanks for putting in the effort to keep your content alive.

Btw, the reason why we have a time window for editing and deleting old posts is to keep old content alive. There has been cases where a member got angry with admins or other members, and decided to delete all his posts for no good reason. The edit/delete time window helps protect our L&C archive.

Of course, if a member has a good reason for wanting to delete some old posts, all he has to do is ask and we will do it for him.

you give A good reason for the time frame. I see what you are saying. Preservation . thanks again