Recently, the forum that I’m part of got an image deletion, and I have the files still. I’m trying to upload them, but it’s not working, because it uploads the same URL, which renders as deleted. So how do I change it?
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Toxic reported an issue where images deleted in a forum purge could not be re-uploaded correctly, as the system retained the original deleted URLs. pfaffman inquired about the deletion process, noting that file hashes typically allow for replacement by uploading to a new topic. Toxic clarified that the purge was conducted to free up space and that they were struggling to change the file URL to resolve the broken links. After finding a workaround, Toxic was prompted by Jagster to share the solution. Toxic explained that since they still possessed the original file, they took a screenshot of it as a workaround.
How were they deleted? Can you say not about what happened and what you’re trying to do?
Yes files are named a hash of the contents. Usually this makes it possible to replace missing uploads in existing topics by uploading to a new one.
They were deleted in an image purge, because the forum had WAY too many old and useless images and they needed to free up space.
I’m trying to change the URL of my file that I’m trying to upload to the forum, but I can’t, so the image shows up as deleted and cannot be acessed.
Nvm, I found a solution.
Do you want to tell what your solution was?
So, I had the file, so I took a screenshot of the file.