maybe we could introduce a sticky thread for new members to post any questions in and make a sort of safe area for them to start posting without getting shot down for asking "stupid" questions, introduce themselves etceteras???

Hopefully they woud read the sticky. I really doubt that new people would.

I completely agree. I have no problem answering a question or giving feedback, but it's obvious when a new member has put forth little to no time into reading past threads. When I joined I jumped off the handle when I saw a member's comments regarding the Romeo 1.0 spider-cracking problem. Did I ever apologize to you BrianJ1888? This would not have happened had I taken the time to bring myself up to speed on things. Newbies everywhere take this for what it's worth - Read as much as you can before posting.

Fair enough guys, I know what you are all saying. Personally, when I joined it took me three and a half days to read through all the posts before I posted myself (including the one about Saab drivers and Oakley). However, in case you havent noticed we arent exactly a long way off a million posts and depending on what you are looking for the search facility can bring up an awfull lot of stuff to look at. I think a lot of us can get complacent about that because we can do very directed searches because we already know what we are talking about and can often even remember a particular thread. That is obviously a bit hard if you have just joined. I am pretty certain there would be some members who wouldnt mind answering "stupid" questions every now and then. Also, instead of allowing them to litter the main thread, we could just direct them to the "new guys" thread.

And besides, that wasnt the only aim. Like I said, a safe area where new guys (and girls) can intro themselves without thinking they will get shot down. Might make some genuine people more able/willing to make their first post.



Again, it was just a thought;-)

Well worded post as always William, like others, I dont mind answering "stupid" questions but some come from members who dont bother to search at all and are just happy to it the reply button as soon as they can.

When you have been here more then a few weeks and doing that, that means you dont get it, and dont understand the vibe of this site.

I would like to see a noob area where new members could be for the first week or 2, so they can ask questions and read and look around. They could not post in the main forum in the meantime.

we do have a welcome page up in the stickies where newbies can introduce themselves. it was actually there where i posted my first post.

http://www.o-review.com/forum_detail.asp?ID=1

but perhaps it should be revised where newbies can get more introduction information.

Hey guys. I think it goes without saying that there are certain questions which are beyond the pale and I would imagine it would be up to each member as to whether they would want to answer them or not.

As mentioned earlier there are a whole bunch of things that can be quite difficult to research. I certainly think that most people who have been here a while can be very good at searching for and posting links in reply to questions. It does however get quite tiring when they pop up again and again. Thats why I thought it could be confined to one section where the rules would prevent flaming of/shooting down down people who, as far as they are concerned, are asking a perfectly reasonable question.

I dont think we are in danger of becoming like some sites with a fixed community of elitists who sneer at anyone with less knowledge than they do so this isnt a comment on the way we treat new guys. It is just a suggestion as to how to improve the site by giving these people a place to ease themselves into the way of the O.

Eric, I know exactly what you are saying about the "vibe" of the site and completely agree. God knows there have been some people join who have been beyond salvation.

I think it might be difficult to confine new guys to posting in the noob section to begin with because there would have to be some sort of release mechanism. I dont think self nomination would be any good and I dont think a certain number of posts would be a good indicator of acquired knowledge. Besides, I would probably want to post my own stupid question every now and then.

For example, I had been a member here for about 6 months before I knew what OPD stood for. :-)

Yeah a sticky thread for Noobs that would stay at the tops with links to the major points and threads would be the best like you said.

this thread is perfect for me and for this question. Is the only way to upload a picture with new glasses in the database with a site like Imageshack? Pictures added to my gallery or forum pictures can’t be added in this field, I guess not since both generate errors?.

They have to be of the right file format .Jpg and named correctly.

When naming the image use this naming convention

Example:

Sutro_MatteBlack_PrizmRuby

Do not leave spaces, use underscores where spaces would be. If you go to the edit screen of an existing sku that has a picture, that box will have the file name of the image used so you can see how it was named

Here's an example

I tried it again:
1. Put the picture in my gallery with this description: Leffingwell_ChrystalBlack_DeepWaterPolarized.Jpg
2. Then go to the glasses colourway, edit and put that description in the Image field.

Then no error but this:
http://www.o-review.com/database_detail_colorway.php?ID=12619&table_name=glasses

What did I do wrong. I'll try to set up a noob thread with questions like this after I figured it all out. I feel like such a fool.

I tried it again:
1. Put the picture in my gallery with this description: Leffingwell_ChrystalBlack_DeepWaterPolarized.Jpg
2. Then go to the glasses colourway, edit and put that description in the Image field.

Then no error but this:
http://www.o-review.com/database_detail_colorway.php?ID=12619&table_name=glasses

What did I do wrong. I'll try to set up a noob thread with questions like this after I figured it all out. I feel like such a fool.
- mensma

Leave a copy on your desktop and drag and drop it into the box on the edit page. Or click on that box and navigate to it like your opening a file and it will upload it

I tried it again:
1. Put the picture in my gallery with this description: Leffingwell_ChrystalBlack_DeepWaterPolarized.Jpg
2. Then go to the glasses colourway, edit and put that description in the Image field.

Then no error but this:
http://www.o-review.com/database_detail_colorway.php?ID=12619&table_name=glasses

What did I do wrong. I'll try to set up a noob thread with questions like this after I figured it all out. I feel like such a fool.
- mensma

I made this video a little while ago but never managed to upload it. Its currently unlisted. Let me know if it helps.

https://youtu.be/zb2nU7QvwjE

Sorry, I really should remove that field. The text box is meant to rename the image file on the server, and it's generally for my benefit in order to keep things tidy. You can't paste URLs or image names in there. The uploader to the left is the only way to get images up.

Rules of thumb:
-Keep images small. Resize them to 640px beforehand if possible.
-I do try to find out what format it is beforehand and convert it, but generally if it's a JPG, then there's less translation that needs to happen.
-Avoid long filenames with weird characters.

Haha, so that’s the problem. Maybe something with cookies then. When I want to add pictures to the forum there’s no problem, the drop files box is there. When adding glasses to the database I don’t have the box to drop files like here and in MicahS YouTube tutorial. Not in my iPad, iPhone or windows laptop.