Post by CTGull on Jul 4, 2017 17:36:24 GMT -5
The easiest way to post a picture is using the "Add image to post" button. It hosts you picture on imgbb. But you have no control over the picture afterward, you can't view it again or use it for another post or forum. Hopefully they're around for a long time and don't suddenly vanish with our pictures!!
A dedicated image hosting site is the the best way to store and refer to your pictures. Photobucket has been around for years and is easy to use. Unfortunately they changed their terms recently and now they will want $399 per year for 3rd party hosting, which is what you do when you post a picture in a forum from PhotoBucket. There are probably now millions of picture links broken in forums all over the world.
I use Google Photos to save my pictures but I haven't found a way to insert an image from them, only a link. Nobody wants to blindly click on links to view unknown pictures.
BUT!!! I found a way to insert pictures from DropBox!!
When in your DropBox, click on the "SHARE" button for the photo you want to share.
Then click "Create a link". A link is copied to the clipboard.
Then, in our forum, click on the "Insert Image" icon.
Paste the link from the clipboard.
NOW THE IMPORTANT PART! Change the end of the file name from ?dl=0 to ?raw=1.
Then click "Insert Image".
The full image will now show in your post.
Was that easy?? NO!!
A dedicated image hosting site is the the best way to store and refer to your pictures. Photobucket has been around for years and is easy to use. Unfortunately they changed their terms recently and now they will want $399 per year for 3rd party hosting, which is what you do when you post a picture in a forum from PhotoBucket. There are probably now millions of picture links broken in forums all over the world.
I use Google Photos to save my pictures but I haven't found a way to insert an image from them, only a link. Nobody wants to blindly click on links to view unknown pictures.
BUT!!! I found a way to insert pictures from DropBox!!
When in your DropBox, click on the "SHARE" button for the photo you want to share.
Then click "Create a link". A link is copied to the clipboard.
Then, in our forum, click on the "Insert Image" icon.
Paste the link from the clipboard.
NOW THE IMPORTANT PART! Change the end of the file name from ?dl=0 to ?raw=1.
Then click "Insert Image".
The full image will now show in your post.
Was that easy?? NO!!
