Posting pictures on the forum.

[footgoose]

got it. won't work for me either

[swooshdave]

I'm gone from Photobucket (die in hell), Flickr (join them) and now on Imgur.com. I'm hoping that billions of memes will not be suddenly blacked out. The internet might stop working...

[docc]

Looks like if I want to re-post existing image attachments  that are stored on (or for) V11LM.c, I should re-source them and host them externally, on like imgzeit.

 

Unless a thumbnail will do . . .

 

Perhaps the Admins have a procedure that an existing image "attachment" in the profile can be re-posted . . . .

[bbolesaz]

OK, how to I place an image in a post. The image is hosted on another website (not imgzeit).

 

FOUND IT.  Click "Other Media" in the lower right corner, select "Insert image from URL", put your https (must be https) link for the image in the box.

[docc]

Yeah, somehow this forum's image management system no longer uses "BBCode" like it used to, but displays "direct" links beginning  with "https", but NOT beginning and ending with [img] as BBCode does.

[docc]

On 6/16/2021 at 6:22 PM, bbolesaz said:

OK, how to I place an image in a post. The image is hosted on another website (not imgzeit).

 

FOUND IT.  Click "Other Media" in the lower right corner, select "Insert image from URL", put your https (must be https) link for the image in the box.

Reviewing this thread, It is probably worth emphasizing what @bbolesaz posted about "https." Not just "http", the "s" is required to post a link. Think "s" = "secure."

And, again, "BBcode", that begins and ends with "[img]", will no longer display.

Paste "Copy Image Link" to posts or use "direct" (https) links to display images.

 

[swooshdave]

On 9/1/2021 at 5:29 PM, docc said:

Reviewing this thread, It is probably worth emphasizing what @bbolesaz posted about "https." Not just "http", the "s" is required to post a link. Think "s" = "secure."

And, again, "BBcode", that begins and ends with "[img]", will no longer display.

Paste "Copy Image Link" to posts or use "direct" (https) links to display images.

 

Copy Image Link is not working for me. Am I doing something wrong?

[swooshdave]

8 minutes ago, swooshdave said:

Copy Image Link is not working for me. Am I doing something wrong?

I used the gallery feature and it went pretty good.

Also pasting the image URL directly in the post worked. Not sure why the Insert image from URL didn't.

[docc]

1 hour ago, swooshdave said:

I used the gallery feature and it went pretty good.

Also pasting the image URL directly in the post worked. Not sure why the Insert image from URL didn't.

Pretty sure putting in the post directly to the post will add it to your Attachments.

Some sites block the "Copy Image Link" (sometimes called "Hot Linking") from displaying them elsewhere.