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·It's common for new users here to have difficulty attaching images due the two-step process: first upload, then insert.
Suggestion: if, when making a post, the user has images they have uploaded which they have not yet inserted, when they click [Create Thread] or [Reply], warn them "You have added photos which have not been inserted, they will be discarded if you post anyway.", with three buttons "Cancel" - which returns to editing; "Post Anyway" - which posts and discards un-inserted photos; and "Insert All and Post" - which would insert all un-inserted images at the end of the post and then proceed to post.
Refinements / alternate suggestions:
1. Don't offer "Insert All and Post" - easier to implement
2. Don't allow people to discard un-inserted photos at post time: if you uploaded a photo which you don't want to put in the post, you would have to explicitly delete it. - further reduces error likelihood
3. Both 1 & 2: if attempting to post with un-inserted images, you just get an error saying "You have uploaded photos which you have not inserted into your post: either insert each of them or delete them before posting".
FWIW.
Suggestion: if, when making a post, the user has images they have uploaded which they have not yet inserted, when they click [Create Thread] or [Reply], warn them "You have added photos which have not been inserted, they will be discarded if you post anyway.", with three buttons "Cancel" - which returns to editing; "Post Anyway" - which posts and discards un-inserted photos; and "Insert All and Post" - which would insert all un-inserted images at the end of the post and then proceed to post.
Refinements / alternate suggestions:
1. Don't offer "Insert All and Post" - easier to implement
2. Don't allow people to discard un-inserted photos at post time: if you uploaded a photo which you don't want to put in the post, you would have to explicitly delete it. - further reduces error likelihood
3. Both 1 & 2: if attempting to post with un-inserted images, you just get an error saying "You have uploaded photos which you have not inserted into your post: either insert each of them or delete them before posting".
FWIW.
