Instagram!

[Stevievee]

Same here, not my cup of tea.

I can't even click into the instagram photos to view them without having an instagram account

I agree, it’s a shame they don’t allow views without joining. Lots of people do join, just for that reason though, to have a nosey! The Instagram ninjas... they’re there, but in the shadows!!

[Doone]

Social media has its place, there's allsorts to cater for all sorts! So Instagram will be useful.

The forum itself could become more lively (which would also drive more traffic to Ian's business), if it had better photo capability on the forum itself.
Is there any way of achieving that?

[Ian]

Posting a photo here in the Forum is achievable, but we turned the feature off a long time ago because of server bandwidth issues. But that may not be the case now. I'll perform some checks when I've got some spare time (looks in diary: Sunday is a good day for odd IT jobs.....)

[Doone]

Fingers crossed for you. I can see this forum has a click button to add an image, which seems easier than it used to be way back when.
If the link is to an image that's on social media, it can only be seen if someone's a member of that SM.
(I dont know if there are any free and open image hosting sites now.)
Edit: I found this which may be useful advice if the forum can't host its own photos. https://makeawebsitehub.com/free-photo-hosting/

[Stevievee]

Social media has its place, there's allsorts to cater for all sorts! So Instagram will be useful.

The forum itself could become more lively (which would also drive more traffic to Ian's business), if it had better photo capability on the forum itself.
Is there any way of achieving that?

Exactly, that's the aim (as well as me quite enjoying myself), gain more club members, advertise Bongoland and benefits of membership.
I have just been offered a members discount code from Fuel Lagoon, who provide the blackout windscreen blinds. This is what I was hoping would happen, the more popular it becomes. The more people notice things like 'member discount codes' on whichever platform, it will hopefully drum up more interest.

[Ian]

Fingers crossed for you. I can see this forum has a click button to add an image, which seems easier than it used to be way back when.
If the link is to an image that's on social media, it can only be seen if someone's a member of that SM.
(I dont know if there are any free and open image hosting sites now.)
Edit: I found this which may be useful advice if the forum can't host its own photos. https://makeawebsitehub.com/free-photo-hosting/

I've started a new discussion about this at viewtopic.php?f=4&t=77306