Picture Quizzes on JetPunk

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Last updated: Saturday July 13th, 2019

"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
- Hofstadter's Law

Originally promised by the of the year, and then "in a couple weeks" ever since, the JetPunk photo quiz editor is finally here!

Please give it a try and let me know what you think.

Warning: we are a one-person shop, and this was a pretty massive undertaking, so there will be bugs.

Level 68

Mar 7, 2018

Also, after submitting a quiz, slightly changing the title, and then attempting to resubmit, it just never finishes trying to submit?

I am really loving the whole interface for the editor though, really really cool and intuitive!

Level ∞

Mar 7, 2018

This has been fixed. The changes should be live now. Nice quiz, BTW.

Level 66

Jun 28, 2018

"Originally promised by the of the year, and then 'in a couple weeks' ever since, the JetPunk photo quiz editor is finally here!" I notice something wrong in this sentence. Answer this question: When does the "the of the year" occur? Just wondering

Level 11

Apr 4, 2018

whats the craic lad

Level 70

Mar 7, 2018

Wow, I need to make picture quizzes again, that looks fantastic. P.S. I like the idea of allowing to define a thumbnail on your own :)

Level 82

Mar 7, 2018

So you got over your fear of people using copyrighted images? How do you get around that?

Level ∞

Mar 7, 2018

We only allow images from sites that grant explicit permission for reuse. Check it out and you will see.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I just found out.. :-( found and sorted a bunch of pictures I wanted to upload. Got into the quiz editor and started making the quiz. Went to upload the pictures and... nope...

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I guess I could upload pictures there

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

They only allow me to upload 5 images as a new member. Have to wait until those are approved. I wonder how difficult it will be to search for them once uploaded.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I would tag them with my name so that they would be easier to search up but that's against the rules there so might lead to photos not getting approved.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

well that didn't work. Community voted to not accept any of my photos.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I used Wikicommons instead of the other site. It was much simpler and it worked. Though... I named all the pictures with things that give away the answers. Is it not possible to hide the attribution while taking the quiz?

Level ∞

Mar 8, 2018

We do plan on offering a direct upload option in the future, but it will be only available to approved users. It's not possible to hide attribution, sorry.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I made a 2nd quiz. This time the pictures I uploaded I did not title with such give-away names. But... when I go to preview the quiz none of the picture or answers show up. Some help?

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

nevermind

Level 11

Apr 4, 2018

ye well?

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

Is there any way to make the zoomed images larger? When I try it and click the pictures to enlarge they are barely larger than they were in the first place.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

I tried to increase the image size by making it variable and it seems exactly the same.

Level 82

Mar 8, 2018

Got it to blow up the pics a little in the regular view, so there are 2 per line instead of 3, but still the zoom seems inadequate.

Level ∞

Mar 8, 2018

When you upload an image we create a few different sizes the maximum of which is 450px. So that's the size that is displayed on a click, and it's also the largest size allowed in variable sizing. We're a low profit / low ad site so we have to keep server costs reasonable.

Level 82

Mar 11, 2018

If they take the time to click on the attribution link, go to WikiCommons, then click on the picture, then zoom... they can see some extreme detail.

Level 66

Mar 8, 2018

One problem I've noticed is that picture quizzes that are not featured have the recommended quiz is called "Suggested Quiz" which then brings you to the "File Not Found" page.

Level ∞

Mar 10, 2018

Fixed, thanks.

Level 40

Aug 1, 2018

Another problem is the humongous time it takes to upload a quiz. If things could be moderated quicker, it would definitely help.

Level 68

Mar 8, 2018

A problem I've noticed, sometimes "preview" doesn't work properly and won't update. Copying the quiz helped to update, but then it wouldn't update again. Upon posting the quiz, it did actually update though.

Level 70

Mar 8, 2018

Same here!

Level ∞

Mar 8, 2018

This has been fixed. It was a bug in our caching algorithm.

Level 59

Mar 8, 2018

Originally promised at the of the year... I think you’re missing an “end”

Level 77

Mar 8, 2018

I made my first quiz using the picture quiz editor (Painters by Self-Portrait). Preview does not work, it shows only the first picture of 16 and I can not change from yellow box to without yellow box. i mean I can, but when I resubmit the quiz it is the same thing like before the change.

Level 21

Mar 8, 2018

I made a quiz with this, but when the preview shows, there were no photos in the quiz, not even by the answers. what am i doing wrong?

Level 68

Mar 8, 2018

The quiz will work when you click submit, it appears that preview is broken somehow though. As long as it looks right in the editor, then it should look right when you click submit!

Level 43

Apr 8, 2018

Its fixed already.

Level 59

Apr 9, 2018

...said one month after it was fixed

Level 45

Mar 13, 2018

This is nice! You should also add foods, so we could do like a guess the food quiz or something. But still, I love this new edition to Jetpunk.

Level 59

Apr 4, 2018

A multiple choice quiz would be nice