How to easily replace missing, damaged or outdated pictures - UPDATE 2025! NOW MUCH EASIER!

[Revell-Fan]

Hello fans,

in this tutorial I'm showing you how to easily edit, update or replace a picture in your post. The way I present here is very useful if you have to edit many pictures because the picture is inserted at the exact position of the old one (you save some clicks).

Go to the post which contains the missing or outdated picture.

Click the "Edit" button at the bottom of the post.




Click on the text data or the picture in question:



The edit window pops up. Now you can replace the picture by hitting the center button:



Drag and drop the new picture into the upload field:










The new picture is uploaded and inserted. Then scroll to the botom of the edit window.



Remove the old picture / picture information(s) by clicking the "Delete" button at the right of the picture(s) in question to clean up the post and "Save".

DONE!

 

[Tonino]

Really an useful and, as always, crystal clear guide! Thanks RF!
Anyway, after a quick look at my old threads, a big lot of work if one wants to restore all the contents provided in the past...

 

[Revell-Fan]

Thank you, Tonino!

I know what you mean...

I suggest to tackle one thread at a time, starting with the most actual ones. That's what I do. The file names which are still there are very helpful to determine the position of the pictures. I'm still kicking my butt for not having saved your threads to my personal archive when they were complete. Then I could have assisted you in restoring them. I had never thought that such a catastrophy could happen. :-/

 

[Revell-Fan]

+++ UPDATE 2025 +++​

Hello fans,

by accident I found out that there is even a much more straight-forward way to replace pictures in your posts.

The most significant aspect of this method is that you do not have to edit anything in the "posting" window any longer - no cursor placements, no extra deletions; just do everything inside the "manage attachments" window.

This is how you do it:

1. Open the thread with the pictures to be replaced:



2. Hit the EDIT button at the bottom of the post.



3. Scroll down to the manage attachments window. Choose a picture you want to replace / update. Hit the DELETE button in the top right corner.



The old image disappears.

4. Hit the ATTACH FILES button and upload the new picture:



The new image appears as thumbnail.

5. Hit INSERT:



6. Choose "Thumbnail" or "Full image".



The image is inserted in the exact same position of the old one! No extra editing needed! It's like MAGIC!!!!



7. When you have finished editing, click SAVE.

DONE!

Congratuations, you have successfully edited your post with minimal effort!

 

[zathros]

This is the way I've always done it. Thanks for bringing it to those who may have not known. On forums like these, tricks and tips get pushed down, and sometimes the Search Engines is useless.

 

[Revell-Fan]

It is extremely important to first delete the old picture and then upload the new one and insert it. And only edit one picture at a time. You must not deviate from this sequence or you will have to fiddle around with the posting window again.

 

[zathros]

Definitely. this should encourage people to go back and fix or update their threads, this forum being a repository of so much work. Thank You Revell-Fan!!