Big white spaces after images

[David Mack]

Why does the new forum software insert large blank white spaces after embedded images? Sometimes it means I have to scroll down  a lot after the images to get to the next post in a thread.

Here is an example

[RichM]

6 hours ago, David Mack said:

Why does the new forum software insert large blank white spaces after embedded images? Sometimes it means I have to scroll down  a lot after the images to get to the next post in a thread.

Here is an example

I don't see any large blank spaces except where the user has put a lot of paragraphs, i.e.:

<p>
    its a work of art
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    <a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" data-fileid="11463" href="//cwdf.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cwdf/content/monthly_2017_07/IMG_0168.JPG.50a8b7578bc48a933c9115034ce8aa55.JPG" rel="">

Is that what you refer to?

[Alan de Enfield]

14 minutes ago, RichM said:

I don't see any large blank spaces except where the user has put a lot of paragraphs, i.e.:

<p>
    its a work of art
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    &nbsp;
</p>

<p>
    <a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" data-fileid="11463" href="//cwdf.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cwdf/content/monthly_2017_07/IMG_0168.JPG.50a8b7578bc48a933c9115034ce8aa55.JPG" rel="">

Is that what you refer to?

No - After a photo is posted there is a 6" (ish) gap after the photo before the end of the post - happens on every picture.

Air Ambulance landing in our back-garden.

Edited July 5, 2017 by Alan de Enfield

[RichM]

9 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

No - After a photo is posted there is a 6" (ish) gap after the photo before the end of the post - happens on every picture.

Air Ambulance landing in our back-garden.

I'm not seeing it. What is your screen resolution? Is it possible to take a screenshot? Mine is 1920x1080 on a 15" laptop for reference.

P.S.
Nice garden

[Alan de Enfield]

51 minutes ago, RichM said:

I'm not seeing it. What is your screen resolution? Is it possible to take a screenshot? Mine is 1920x1080 on a 15" laptop for reference.

P.S.
Nice garden

On a 15" laptop - the white space is bigger than the screen - I can only get part of it in a screen shot.

 

Doc1.docx

Edited July 5, 2017 by Alan de Enfield

[RichM]

5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

On a 15" laptop - the white space is bigger than the screen - I can only get part of it in a screen shot.

 

Doc1.docx

That's odd. Not happening for me though. How long has it been doing this? I can't say if it's happening to anyone else but if it was I'm pretty sure we'd have a lot of complaints!

Does it also happen when using Chrome? If not then I'd recommend clearing your browser cache in IE if you have not already done so.

[Alan de Enfield]

2 minutes ago, RichM said:

That's odd. Not happening for me though. How long has it been doing this? I can't say if it's happening to anyone else but if it was I'm pretty sure we'd have a lot of complaints!

Does it also happen when using Chrome? If not then I'd recommend clearing your browser cache in IE if you have not already done so.

Its happened since 'day 1' and it happens on every picture - several people have commented in various threads.

Maybe ask the question - set up a poll to see how many are affected.

Edited July 5, 2017 by Alan de Enfield

[alias]

7 minutes ago, RichM said:

That's odd. Not happening for me though. How long has it been doing this? I can't say if it's happening to anyone else but if it was I'm pretty sure we'd have a lot of complaints!

Does it also happen when using Chrome? If not then I'd recommend clearing your browser cache in IE if you have not already done so.

It isn't happening for me - no additional gaps (using Chrome).

[howardang]

16 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Its happened since 'day 1' and it happens on every picture - several people have commented in various threads.

Maybe ask the question - set up a poll to see how many are affected.

It also happens to me on both my Ipad and also on the PC.

 

It appears as if the poster of a photo has pressed return a number of times before submitting the post.

 

Howard

[MtB]

It's because the forum software is designed to be viewed on a monitor the size of a small football pitch.

If you don't have an enormous monitor, this site is not for you.

Hope that helps....

[RichM]

Ok I now see the problem but only in IE. It does not appear to happen on Chrome or Firefox. I have just applied a skin update which I shouldn't really be doing at this time at night. It fixed a bunch of niggles but it didn't fix the issue you report. I will report it to the people who designed the skin.

 

 

[Alan de Enfield]

9 hours ago, RichM said:

Ok I now see the problem but only in IE. It does not appear to happen on Chrome or Firefox. I have just applied a skin update which I shouldn't really be doing at this time at night. It fixed a bunch of niggles but it didn't fix the issue you report. I will report it to the people who designed the skin.

 

 

Cheers

[howardang]

For a huge example of the white space in question, look at the two posts from Nauti-Cal this morning? They are bigger than I have seen them up to now. For info this is on I.E.

 

Howard

[RichM]

Ok so I've now implemented the fix for this issue. The flaw was actually with IE rather than the forum software but by limiting the maximum size of thumbnails displayed, it prevents the excess white space. The tradeoff is that it means that attachment thumbnails are now limited to 500px across all browsers, though some may argue this is more than sufficient. 

I have also been advised that the forum software is not optimised for IE. That is not to say it won't work nor is it to say it will stop working. For those who wish to use a Microsoft browser on Windows 10 machines, I recommend using Microsoft Edge rather than IE. It will probably supersede IE in time to come anyway.

More about it can be found on the page below.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/microsoft-edge