Can't post a How2 because it has too many links...

Having seen Paul on YouTube with his Fluke PV350 measuring spark timing with respect to compression, I found myself wanting one.
Having just bought a Verus, I'm temporarily too poor to buy the Fluke or Snap-On transducer (or food or petrol, come to that).

So, I've done a bit of research and I now understand how the Verus and Vantage Pro work with regards to pressure transducers.

I've built my own and got it work perfectly, for about £31 all in.

I thought that people here might be interested, so I spent ages writing a comprehensively detailed 'How-To' with loads of pictures and links to where I bought the parts, and tried to post it as a topic under the Diagnostic Tools and Techniques section.

After an hour and a half of not being able to get it to work, I finally spotted the "Error - your post has too many links" (or words to that effect), which appears off-screen at the top of the page.

Really?

Seriously?

It's got a dozen pictures linked in from Imgur and apparently that's too many so I can't post it.

I've got another How2 that I've prepared, but again I know I'll run into the same problem.

For now I'll post them as a brief description and an attached .PDF file, but it would be nice to have them as normal forum posts.

It strikes me as a fundamentally pointless and arbitrary restriction. Is there any chance that this can be changed?

Hey Paul. I understand. But we're constantly trying to improve the website. After all it has only been online for a month And we definitely like suggestions. Let me talk about this 'issue' with onyx, website administrator. PDF shouldn't be a problem. The links, I don't know but he will.

Thanks - I'll keep an eye out to see how things turn out.

In other news.... So I successfully managed the pressure transducer How2 in a roundabout way (PDF file) , and I tried to post another How2 (modifications to a CalVan 76 / Sealey TA130 relay circuit tester), again as a brief topic post and a PDF.

Perhaps it's not my day for technology today. When I try to submit the post as a new topic, it gives the impression that things are working (Uploading 10%, 20% etc) but then drops me back to the topic index page, with my upload nowhere to be seen. I've tried a number of times and it's always the same. Hey, maybe I've just upset the Forum hosting software somehow.... Any ideas on this?

Cheers,

Paul

I now understand why I can't get the second How2 to work. "Error - The file size exceeds the maximum set by the administrator", or so I'm told. Perhaps this size limit could be adjusted? For now, I've done it as a link to my Google Drive account.

Cheers,

Paul

IF there is a huge post like that it can be an utter PITA to load that many pictures/ content on that small of a screen in the forum. That is why there are default settings for this. 12 photos? how many links did it have and yes there is a size limit for pdf well any content. try and reduce the side of the pdf.

>IF there is a huge post like that it can be an utter PITA to load that many pictures/ content on
>that small of a screen in the forum. That is why there are default settings for this.
>12 photos? how many links did it have

One ebay link and twelve picture links to Imgur.
It's a reasonably involved process, so I tried to clarify with the pictures to encourage other people to give it a try..


>and yes there is a size limit for pdf well any content. try and reduce the side of the pdf.

I tried to, but even with re-sizing the pictures I couldn't get the second PDF much below 2.5MB. I'm not sure why, because I did manage it with the first one.


It doesn't really matter, in that the Google Drive link is a workaround. My motivation for the two How2's was that I'd learned a lot from the ScannerDanner videos on Youtube and in return I was trying to give something back via the forum. In the past I've done similar posts on VXON (it's a Vauxhall / Opel forum for the UK) and they've gone down quite well there.

Cheers,

Paul

Ok I see onyx posted a reply to your question.

I tried to, but even with re-sizing the pictures I couldn't get the second PDF much below 2.5MB. I'm not sure why, because I did manage it with the first one.

Hmm I'll ask onyx sir.

I just opened the link to your PDF. It's about 4.07MB.... You're sure the 2nd file isn't bigger?
If you want you can send it to me.

When I try it, the first one (DIY Verus Pressure Transducer) is 943KB (this one did upload, and you're hosting it).

The second PDF (Calvan 76 / Sealey TA130 Relay circuit tester.) that I've linked to is 4.17MB

I tried squashing it down, but could only get to 2.3MB with smaller pictures. I couldn't get that to upload - got the file too big error. As Google are hosting it, I stuck the full-resolution version in with the Google Drive link.

I don't really understand why I can't squash it down as small as the first one, in that I think the first one had more pictures in it. Computers.... meh...

I think I've still got the 2.3MB version on the computer in the kitchen (I'm out in the garage at the moment). I can email it to you if you wanted to tack it on to my topic post...

Cheers,

Paul

did you name it the same thing as the old one? that may be the issue.

I've just tried it with a renamed version of the PDF. No error message, but still no success...

Cheers,

Paul

The second PDF (Calvan 76 / Sealey TA130 Relay circuit tester.) that I've linked to is 4.17MB

Aaah ok. Well that's the one I was talking about. The Google Drive link works fine Paul.