Reverting post edit with inline images

[TheOtherGuy]

I am trying to use the Post History feature to restore an earlier edit that included inline images. After copying the old post and pasting into a new edit, the images are broken.

The code in the history of the images looks like this:

[ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","data-tempid":"temp_4141_1499361420743_485","title":"Post1_2.jpg"}[/ATTACH

Is there a way to restore the images without re-uploading them? I am running version 5.3.4.

[Carrfixr]

This may be the same problem that I reported. Attachments disappear after copying them to another thread

https://tracker.vbulletin.com/vbulletin5/issues/VBV-16408

[Wayne Luke]

If the images were deleted from the post and not reused within 12 hours, references to them in the database were deleted. You would have to reupload the images.

If you copy a topic, you will probably have to reupload the images. Though we did do a fix in 5.4.4 to make this work better in some cases.

If you merge a topic, any images in its replies will be dropped due to the conversion to comments. Comments cannot contain attachments.

[TheOtherGuy]

That's what I was afraid of. The images can be re-uploaded but it will be a pain.

In future releases, could the references to the database be kept? I don't understand why image history would not be kept.

Also, with the Post History, could there be an option added to simply restore to the earlier point? Right now, it is a matter of copy and paste.

[Wayne Luke]

In future releases, could the references to the database be kept? I don't understand why image history would not be kept.

Also, with the Post History, could there be an option added to simply restore to the earlier point? Right now, it is a matter of copy and paste.

Both of these would require feature requests in our Issue Tracker. The link is at the top of the page.