FAQ: How To Post Images In SOS Forum

by **ManFromGlass** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:47 pm

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.

by **blinddrew** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:45 pm

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

by **Guest** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:45 pm

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.

by **blinddrew** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:28 pm

:thumbup:

by **job** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:17 pm

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:

by **ManFromGlass** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 1:07 pm

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

by **blinddrew** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:22 pm

Imgur does seem to be the way to go.

by **James Perrett** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:38 pm

ManFromGlass wrote: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.

by **Martin Walker** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:08 pm

James Perrett wrote:
ManFromGlass wrote: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 :headbang: )

Martin

by **ManFromGlass** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:45 am

This is already a list of useful tips - thanks

by **CS70** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:22 pm

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.

by **ConcertinaChap** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:26 am

Trying this out ...

Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

by **Kwackman** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:29 am

ConcertinaChap wrote: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".

by **CS70** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:43 am

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

Which browser do you use?

by **Kwackman** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:16 am

CS70 wrote:Which browser do you use?

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

by **Martin Walker** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:47 pm

Boris looks fine here on Chrome :thumbup:

Martin

by **Kwackman** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:03 pm

Martin Walker wrote:Boris looks fine here on Chrome :thumbup:

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!

by **job** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:20 pm

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.

by **ManFromGlass** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:31 pm

ConcertinaChap wrote:Trying this out ...

Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

Not working on the ipad. :frown:

by **ManFromGlass** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:18 pm

but working in Firefox on the tower

how's this one?

SOUND ON SOUND

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FAQ: How To Post Images In SOS Forum