The old forum used to have a "preview" button on the posting window. Useful to check out pictures etc, before posting blanks.
I can't see a preview button any more on the new forum. - Am I being dumb?
No preview button but there is a search function 😉
Nope but there is and edit button, for brain farts.
No preview, but you can Edit for about 15 minutes after the post...
IT does make me laugh, the number of times I've see....
Bla bla spelling mistake bla bla
and then a "why is there no preview button" on another post 2 minutes later, while the original was still editable 🙂
Agreed, but if you post a picture, you see nothing except the URL. It's kind of reassuring to see the correct picture (via a preview) before posting.
So that's how it is, OK.
1) put the URL, less [img ] tags into browser address box to confirm it works
2) once you post you have 15 minutes to mess around till you get a working version
And even a preview wont fix the "gay porn" redirect issue you're worried about mountaincarrot, if you're worried about that I think a ctrl+F5 will clear your cache and check again for your hotlinked image.
No, I tried that, and it still gave me the Hellraiser pic I thought I was posting... 😯