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Please see this post: It's been this way for at least two years now. I get what you're saying but consider this: One of the main benefits of being a premium member is that it is a semi exclusive group where people can post and share with like minded folks without having to worry as much about their content being re-uploaded, taken down, or shared with the drive by forum viewer who makes no effort to contribute. Those who become Premium Members are generally long time fans who share more and dedicate more time to the community, and thus share better content. It wouldn't be fair to those who have been premium members for a few years now to suddenly make all of their work open to everyone, when they were sharing it with the idea that only a select few would be able to see it. Having a membership fee has the added benefit of being a slight barrier to entry, which means that those who actually do join are generally the people who are the most knowledgeable and share the best stuff. That being said I really can't stress enough that you don't need to be a premium member to participate in this community. There are plenty of forums out there that rely completely on third party hosting for attachments and don't let you directly upload files at all. Personally,I think the system that we have now offers the best of both worlds. You can talk and share with everyone if you want to, or you can talk and share semi-privately with a small group who care enough about the subject to pay the membership fee.

Description: We (CamCaps.Net) do not sell content. The Premium Membership fee gives you access to ad free file hosting that is scanned daily for malware and viruses, it gives you access to members only areas, and our large archive of images and videos. When using third party file hosts you never know how long the content will remain, whether it has been scanned for viruses, or if the host itself can be trusted with your information. The membership fee helps pay for disk space, redundant backups, adding new features, the server itself, extra bandwidth when needed, and support costs. The option is up to you, do you want to pay $1 per month for ad free, virus free, semi-private file sharing, as well as getting access to members only areas? Or would you rather go with a free host that has tons of ads, has no anti-virus capabilities, and may take down your file within days of uploading it? No one is forcing you to use either option, you can still participate in this community without ever spending a dime. Membership Benefits: The ability to disable ads Access to the Gallery The ability to upload and view attachments Access to the members only boards Access to every image and video that has ever been uploaded to the site Extra customization options and additional features Premium member designation and color Benefits of using CamCaps as your file host: All attachments are scanned for viruses and malware Only paying members can see what you upload which reduces re-sharing and adds a layer of privacy We don't sell or share your information We have a professional staff that responds quickly to problems or questions We don't expire or remove content because of non-payment We have a redundant backup system to ensure continuity of service in case of a server crash or catastrophic event

Unfortunately this chat has VERY limited features. I don't know why it's so limited, It might be to try and limit server resources. I am actively looking for a replacement. I hope to have a solution within the next two weeks.

I answered your concern here: What you've said above simply isn't true, and is not how the Attachments Center worked. If an Attachment was deleted from a post it was deleted from the Attachment Center. The best analogy that I can can come up with is this: The forum software is like a file cabinet where everything is categorized in it's own folder, it's easily searchable by date, poster, keywords, etc. While the Attachments Center was like laying all the files in the file cabinet onto the floor and then allowing people to view 20 documents at a time. In both scenarios the files still reside in the File Cabinet (I.e. the forum), the only difference is the way in which you view them.

Please read this post concerning the attachments center: 1. No one ever posted "stuff in the attachments pages". 2. They are still easily accessible where they were initially posted. 3. You may have lost your avatar but your username, posts, attachments, and member group are all the same 4. There was a notice in big red lettering explaining that there was a change coming, you can still see it at oldcc.info 5. As explained here below you can still access the old site if you want to download old attachments, even though they are all here.

Please read or re-read the post that @StnCld316 linked to. It should answer most of your questions. The highlighted text in this picture is how video files that have been uploaded to the server will appear: Here is a link to the above post: When you go to that post and click on the file it should start downloading.

Try hitting enter after pasting the code and giving it a second or two. Or just leave it as a link as Foamy suggested.

I am trying to get to the bottom of this. I am not experiencing the issues that you've described, and I think the only two complaints I've gotten about site speed are from you two. However, last Sunday the site was completely unreachable for me for about 3 hours. I was told by the host that there has been an on going attack against them and one of their major ISP backbones, and that this attack was why I was unable to connect. It appears that this particular issue is effecting people going thorough CloudFlare Atlanta. I've run several site speed tests and they are all consistently within normal ranges. I did make a slight change that may help, let me know if things seem to have improved at all. You can see which data center your going through by going here: http://www.camcaps.net/cdn-cgi/trace The colo value tells you the city You can find out what the city is here: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200169986-Which-CloudFlare-data-center-do-I-reach-

The server load is fairly high right now. There is always a spike in traffic when new tenants come. I will keep an eye on it, this new software is doing more so it may require more resources, that being said the old software was terribly inefficient with system resources. Overall, I think this is much faster than before, even on the old site now it's still slow with pretty much no traffic.

Are you able to see the Chat and Gallery now? Where did you find the Emoticons for the old forum?

I am not sure. Was there an error message? Had you been in and out? Or idol for awhile?

Please test this again. I made a few configuration changes.

Are you referring to your inbox? You likely just need to delete some messages.

The Video Player is working in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on Windows. I have not yet tested it on Safari. The video section is not Mandatory, users can still upload videos to the forum as they did before. This is an extra feature, even if the videos don't play you should still be able to download them. The vast majority of people who access this site do so from Windows Desktops, so for the vast majority of people it should work without issue. That being said I appreciate your feedback and I will try to figure out if there is something that can be done to fix it. We are still in the the tuning and tweaking phase here, not everything works like a well oiled machine yet. Thank You,

Good to hear. Was it this: Right click --> Download It works on Windows at least. I am not sure what the Mac equivalent is.

What browser are you using? They are all working for me.

Both of you should be fixed now. You were in both the Premium Member group and Member group which meant that you inherited both sets of permissions.

You are not in the premium member group. If you have paid for the Premium membership upgrade please PM me the e-mail address that you used to pay with and I will activate your account.

Description: There seems to be a lot of confusion over attachments and how they work so I want to explain a few things. (This document may be edited at anytime as features change). Where did the Attachments Center go? The "Attachments Center" was a custom mod that is not available on this forum software or any other that I know of. In other words, it is gone and there is currently no replacement for it. What did the Attachments Center do? The Attachments Center essentially created a searchable gallery from all of the attachments stored on the server. When you uploaded an attachment to the forum it went into an attachments folder, the Attachments Center mod displayed all the items in that folder in a large searchable gallery. Added 3/21/16: The best analogy that I can can come up with is this: The forum software is like a file cabinet where everything is categorized in it's own folder, it's easily searchable by date, poster, keywords, etc. While the Attachments Center was like laying 20 files in the file cabinet onto the floor and then allowing people to view them all at once, once they were done with the first 20 they were put back in the file cabinet, and then another 20 were taken out and so on. In both scenarios the files still reside in the File Cabinet (I.e. the forum), the only difference is the way in which you view them. Who could post to the Attachments Center? No one. The attachments center was simply a gallery of images and videos that had already been uploaded to the server via posts. There was no way to post directly to the attachments center. Think of it like a window into the attachments folder. Where did the Attachments Go? All of the attachments are still here. They are in the same place that they have always been, which is in the threads and posts that they were initially posted in. Why didn't I see the Attachments Center? The attachments center was only visible to Premium members. If you were not a Premium member the attachments center would have been completely invisible to you. Why do I see this message? If you are seeing this message it means that the system is blocking an attachment that is stored on this sever. Only Premium members and staff can see attachments, so if you see this you are not a Premium Member or staff. Why didn't I see this message or one like it before? The reason you didn't see the above message or one like it before is because the system simply hid attachments from you. If you were a Premium member the attachment showed up, if you were not a Premium member you wouldn't have known that there was an attachment included with the post. Did the rules or policy change with the new software? No. These rules have been in place for more than two years. The only reason why this is seemingly a change is because you are now presented with a message saying that there is an attachment that you can't see, when previously unless you were a Premium member you wouldn't have known that there was one. Here is the initial post from January 2014 explaining Premium Memberships: Why don't you just make the attachments invisible to non-premium members like before? Update: Attachments are once again invisible to non-Premium members. Why can I still see some images? You can still see some (a lot) of images because those images are being hosted by a third-party host, in other words they are not being stored on this server. In the above example I used imgur.com to host the image, which is why non-premium members can see it. What happened to the "Add image to post" button? The "Add image to post" button, otherwise known as the postimage.org mod, was a third party mod that enabled users to upload images directly to Postimage.Org (a third party image host), and then inserted the embed code into the post box automatically. In other words, it automated the task of having to go to a third party image host, upload your image, copy the embed code, and then paste it into the post box. The PostImage.Org mod is not available for this forum software. Update: There is apparently a mod for this software in development but it likely won't be released until April. How can I post images if I can't upload attachments? It's simple, and if you've never been a premium member it's the same as it has been for more than two years now. You just have to use a third party host such as imgur.com or anony.ws. Upload your image, copy the embed code or link, and then paste it into the post box. Are you going to replace the attachments center? Sort of? We've added a new image gallery and a new video gallery that are both huge improvements over anything that we had on the old forum. While the new galleries don't search the attachments folder, if people upload directly to the galleries (as opposed to attachments in posts) they will find that there are a lot more features and options. For instance you can create albums for different topics, If you happen to like black cats you can create an album of black cats, and then any time that someone else has a picture of a black cat they can upload it to the same album thereby creating a large album of black cats that is easy to manage and search. With the attachments center, sure several people might share an interest in black cats, but the only way to find those images was to search through hundreds or thousands of images in hopes that you might run across a few pictures of black cats, this was rather time consuming and not an efficient use of system resources. The new Galleries are professional products that are designed for their respective functions, the attachments center couldn't stream most videos and it didn't handle images very well, not to mention that it only had the ability to sort (as opposed to search which allows you to define the search terms). That being said I am actively talking to developers to see if one can be made for this software. Update: I am talking with a developer about making a custom mod for this. No promises as of yet, updates to come. What about these complaints about premium members not being able to see attachments? There was a short period of time earlier this week where premium members were blocked from seeing attachments. That issue has since been resolved. The vast majority of complaints are from people who don't know about, or don't understand the Premium Member upgrade option. How do I know if I am a Premium Member? The fist question should be "Did I pay the $12 membership fee?" If the answer is yes, then you should see "Premium Member" listed under your name when viewing your profile, you will also have a yellow Premium Member banner below your avatar when you post. I've paid but I am not listed as a Premium member? In the rare case that you've paid but your membership is not active, please PM me the e-mail address that you used to pay with, and I will activate your membership. Test: If you can see an image of a black cat you are able to see attachments. If you don't see an image below you are not able to see attachments.

Can you try uploading one of the videos that isn't working to the "Videos" section?

How about now?

I am working on it.

This is a completely new forum software not every feature that was on the old forum is available here.

If you're able to login and post you're not banned from the site.