Attachment Gallery to facilitate reposts

[Hareon]

I would really like it if, when I make a new post on the forum, I could choose from the media that has already been uploaded so that I don't have to upload a new file again. This will save disk space, and other users can use the same image and repost it on the forum, eliminating the need to upload it again and again. We have the URL option, but it's a lot more work than simply being able to select the image from a small gallery of attached images from other posts.

My suggestion is that Xenforo could have this option similar to what Wordpress does. With the images already on our hosting, we would have less work in having to optimize the image before uploading too.

A good example is that I made a post on a node restricted to the public. So I wanted to take some of the images that were already there and reuse them in a new post.

The problem with reusing them is that I have to keep getting the URL of each of the images. I just wanted to select what has already been uploaded in an easy way. I don't know if it would be better to have an "Attachment Gallery" button or add this functionality within the Insert Image button. But here's my suggestion. It would make it much easier to avoid having multiple duplicate images uploaded to the server.

 

[Kirby]

I would really like it if, when I make a new post on the forum, I could choose from the media that has already been uploaded so that I don't have to upload a new file again.

That's already possible:

My suggestion is that Xenforo could have this option similar to what Wordpress does. With the images already on our hosting, we would have less work in having to optimize the image before uploading too.

That certainly does make sense for WordPress which is primarily intended for editorial content where the editors know (well, at least they should) what they are doing and might actually reuse images.
It most certainly wouldn't work for a forum that is primarily intended for user generated content as users usually would'nt care to use such a feature.

If you main concersn is so conserve disk space I'd look at deduplication at FS or block layer, there are plenty of options to do that.

 

[Hareon]

That's already possible:
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Not for me.

 

[Kirby]

Thats' strange, really should be possible.
You did take the screenshot in this thread?

 

[Hareon]

Thats' strange, really should be possible.
You did take the screenshot in this thread?

Yes. And I am admin. Do I need a permission to do it? I can try to search.

 

[Kirby]

Yes. And I am admin.

You are most certainly not an admin at xenforo.com

Did you take the screenshot in this thread here at xenforo.com?

 

[Paul B]

Yes. And I am admin. Do I need a permission to do it? I can try to search.

Your license does not have XFMG so that option won't be available.

 

[Hareon]

Ah, so what I asked for in my suggestion is already a function of XFMG? I didn't know. Well, then I think the suggestion can be disregarded.

 

[Kirby]

It somewhat depends on what your suggestion is about.

You initially wrote:

I could choose from the media that has already been upload

Based on term media I assumed you were talking about media uploaded to XFMG.

A feature to select an image or video from arbitrary existing attachments currently does not exist in XenForo, but as pointed out by Paul XFMG has a feature to embed existing media from XFMG into posts (though that could be a lot more powerful).

 

[Seeker-Smith]

Thats' strange, really should be possible.
You did take the screenshot in this thread?

I had to add that icon to my toolbar.