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[ManFromGlass]

Every now and then somebody in the know explains how to post pictures here on the forums. Would a definitive How-To be useful to people that includes the sites that work well with SOS? But then the trick might be how to let forum users know where this information is.

[blinddrew]

Could add it to the User Tips sticky? Or even a separate sticky given how frequently they're useful for explanation and problem solving.

Twitter, tweet thy good self, add a pic, right click pic, copy pic location, stick it between SOS’s brackets & Bob’s yer transgender Aunt und Fanny’s yer Uncle.

Just done it...


...& dis is da result, simple innit.

[blinddrew]

[job]

One issue with Twitter images is that that viewer won't see them if they've blocked Twitter's tracking. Another option is imgur, which doesn't seem to care about tracking as they'll display the image to the viewer regardless.

Upload to imgur, copy the the BBCode URL and paste the link where you want said image:

[ManFromGlass]

Cripes, so now I have to join twitter or imgur?
This head of mine is going to explode trying to recall all the passwords!

[blinddrew]

Imgur does seem to be the way to go.

[James Perrett]

Cripes, so now I have to join twitter or imgur?

Unless you happen to have your own webspace - I find putting pictures up on my web server is nice and simple.

[Martin Walker]

Cripes, so now I have to join twitter or imgur?

Unless you happen to have your own webspace - I find putting pictures up on my web server is nice and simple.

I like that approach too, as it means that you're responsible for keeping that image available so the link works, rather than relying on another web site to always be there (this latter approach has backfired on me in the past, when a host of my previously linked images suddenly disappear )


Martin

[ManFromGlass]

This is already a list of useful tips - thanks

[CS70]

if you have dropbox, a link to an image there will work just fine, if you just change the last character from 0 to 1 (i.e. ....link...&dl=0 to ....link...&dl=1).

Of course, if you remove the image from Dropbox the link will become invalid, but at least is under your control.

[ConcertinaChap]

Trying this out ...



Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

[Kwackman]

Trying this out ...



Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

Nice try, but no cigar!
I just see a box and "?"- not an image. If I click on it, it says "Image failed to load".

[CS70]

Hm I am clearly encouraged to stop Boris so it works fine for me

Which browser do you use?

[Kwackman]

Which browser do you use?

Safari. I can't see CC's image, but can see the earlier one from Job.

[Martin Walker]

Boris looks fine here on Chrome


Martin

[Kwackman]

Boris looks fine here on Chrome


Martin

I loaded up Firefox, and it works there.
So, maybe a safari only thing, or maybe just the way I've safari set-up?
So, I guess I owe CC a cigar!

[job]

Yes, it's a Safari thing, but dl=1 is indicating a forced download as it basically means download = true, whereas the 0 is false. Dropbox suggests raw=1 to force a render if i remember correctly.

[ManFromGlass]

Trying this out ...



Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

Not working on the ipad.

[ManFromGlass]

but working in Firefox on the tower

how's this one?