2024: Viewing Old/Broken Forum Images How To Guide.

[Chief]

Manual Method - Requires no changes to your web browser.

1) Right click on either the word 'image' or on the broken image green hill/blue sky icon (not always displayed) as shown below:

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2) Choose to 'Open image in new tab'.

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3) The image will not load until you edit the url to add the word "board." before mmoc, e.g.
http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php
https://board.mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php

4) Then just hit enter/return to load the image.


Automatic Method - Requires installing an add-on/extension to your web browser.

1) Install the required add-on/extension for your browser:
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... oxreplace/
Google Chrome/Chromium & Microsoft Edge: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detai ... llidfamfgm
Safari: I do not have access to a mac so if you know of an add-on please post in the thread. Alternatively install one of the other browsers to use this method on macOS.

2) Please note that the red outlines denote a left mouse button click area.

2A) Firefox Foxreplace Settings (Please note this will stop your ability to add attachments to a thread, disable the extension until needed or set it to only run manually as opposed to the 'Auto & Manual' mode shown below).

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2B) Chrome/Chromium/Edge Regex-Replace Settings:

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3) Now every forum thread linking to old images will display them automatically. You can also test this by looking at step 3 in the Manual Method section as the two urls will now display as being identical.