How to Post Photos

[Overread]

So as photobucket has died off and I'm having to slowly remake these for another site I figured it would be helpful to have here as a reference as well. Please do feel free to add your own guides to other host services to the list.

How to post Photos from Imgur: thetyranidhive.proboards.com/post/911375/thread


How to post Photos from Flickr:

1) Upload your photos to flickr itself; if you have trouble please consult flickrs own help dialgues/menu options to aid you through this process.

2) Once uploaded to the service click on the photo that you want to embed into the thread.

3) With the photo selected you have two options on how to embed depending on the forum software and what it supports. You can always test this in the forums testing section or a simple off-topic post until you are sure which method works.

Method A
1) On the photo page hover over the photo and a series of icons should appear in the lower right hand corner of the photo. This might take a little time so be patient.
Once they appear click the sharing icon (ringed red below)




2) On the new page that opens up select the size of the image you want to embed from the options and then copy the address bar as shown below (red).



3) Finally paste copied text into your post. The image should now display as desired when you make the post.


Method B - if A fails this is the alternative method to posting. Note that flickr Terms and Conditions does require you to link back to you gallery when you enbed off-site. So do consider putting a link into your forum signature/post/user profile

1) On the photo page hover over the photo and a series of icons should appear in the lower right hand corner of the photo. This might take a little time so be patient.
Once they appear click the download icon (ringed red below)



2) On the new tab that appears select the "view all sizes" option (as ringed below). Note if you click any other option it will start the downloading process for the photo (which isn't what you want for this). Simply cancel the download if you start one and repeat the process.



3) On the new page that opens select the size you want from the range of choices along the top. Original will be totally un-modifed whilst the others will have a degree of editing applied (sharpness) to account for the resizing that flickr has performed on your behalf.



4) Note that this stage will vary depending on your browser of choice, below I've detaild methods for Opera and Internet Explorer. Chrome and Firefox will have similar methods; the key is to the the address/url of the photo itself not the web-page.

OPERA
1) Right click on the photo and select "copy image address" from the menu options.



2) Paste the copied text into your forum post between image tags as follows, without the spaces:

[ img ] Paste the link here [ /img ]

The image will now embed when you make the post.


INTERNET EXPLORER
1) Right click on the photo and either:
a) Click copy (go to step 3)
b) Click properties (go to step 2)



2) On the new window highlight and copy the link as shown in the Address(URL) tab, as shown below.



3) Paste the copied text into your forum post between image tags as follows, without the spaces:

[ img ] Paste the link here [ /img ]

The image will now embed when you make the post.

[Koyori]

Since its relevant (for now), I did sticky it (also for now) ^^

[Remalis]

Imgur - I've noticed people have difficulties sometimes posting embedded images from imgur here.
This is because when you are in imgur and click to copy the link, it doesnt include the .jpg extension on the link.

Simply add .jpg to end when you paste it into the image button on this forum and your picture will appear in your post properly.

[wasteoide]

Jul 15, 2017 9:00:47 GMT Remalis said:

Imgur - I've noticed people have difficulties sometimes posting embedded images from imgur here.
This is because when you are in imgur and click to copy the link, it doesnt include the .jpg extension on the link.

Simply add .jpg to end when you paste it into the image button on this forum and your picture will appear in your post properly.

Not always, actually. There used to be a bot on reddit that did this but it didn't always function. Right click on the image and select 'open in new tab' and you'll get the proper link to the actual photo, not the imgur album.

[butter]

Jul 17, 2017 17:41:05 GMT wasteoide said:

Jul 15, 2017 9:00:47 GMT Remalis said:

Imgur - I've noticed people have difficulties sometimes posting embedded images from imgur here.
This is because when you are in imgur and click to copy the link, it doesnt include the .jpg extension on the link.

Simply add .jpg to end when you paste it into the image button on this forum and your picture will appear in your post properly.

Not always, actually. There used to be a bot on reddit that did this but it didn't always function. Right click on the image and select 'open in new tab' and you'll get the proper link to the actual photo, not the imgur album.

You want the i.imgur/whatever.jpg link, specifically. You get it by right clicking on the image and clicking "copy link". I have found this to be the most dependable.

[Overread]

Imgur

Stage one go to the site and sign up to their services. Once you've got an account setup go to the top right corner where your user name is and hover over it to open the dropdown menu. From the menu pick "Images".
Once you're more familiar you can also use the albums tab if you use them to organise your photos.




Once on the main page it will look something like below. On that page you've two options to upload photos. The first is to click the big "Add Images" icon.



This will bring up a new uploading page for you. You can then click browse to open up a browsing window to find the photos on your computer. You can also click and drag photos from a folder over the web-page, which will copy them to the website.



Note that the second way to upload photos is to simply click and drag photos onto the images page and the upload process will start automatically. This is the quickest method, but if you're not used to click and drag uploading the browse method listed above might be easier for you.


Once your photos are in your gallery simply left click once on the photo. From the page that appears you then simply have to click the blue copy button located next to the BBCode (message boards and forums) to automatically copy the link to your copy/paste.



Then just paste that text into your forum post and it will appear. So long as it appears like:
[ img ] link here [ /img]

Without the spaces it will work. Note that if you want you can copy the Direct Link (listed higher up with the .jpeg on the end) and put the image tags into your forum post manually if you want. You've also lots of other links for other services to aid you in sharing.

[bolk]

Thanks Overread, this is greatly appreciated

[hiveelysium]

is there a way to post photos from a mobile device... im having issues

[mattblowers]

[yoritomo]

You need to copy the url for the picture and paste it in the comment box. That will publish a link to the picture. To show that picture in your post you need to use the img tags.

If your picture does not have a url then you will need to post it on an image hosting website. While I have not done this I’m sure there are mobile friendly versions of image hosting sites.

[Hive Bahamut]

Here I thought the Hive hit capacity. Silly me, just need a Bachelors in Computer Science to post images..

Derp Bahamut.. Derp.

[darkstar143]

Anyway to upload pics on mobile?

[yoritomo]

Oct 21, 2021 0:02:23 GMT yoritomo said:

You need to copy the url for the picture and paste it in the comment box. That will publish a link to the picture. To show that picture in your post you need to use the img tags.

If your picture does not have a url then you will need to post it on an image hosting website. While I have not done this I’m sure there are mobile friendly versions of image hosting sites.