Posting Images from the InterWebz

[Teasing the Korean]

Why do some images post correctly, while others are elongated?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

14 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Why do some images post correctly, while others are elongated?

Damn good question.

MG

[BFrank]

I used to be able to copy and past photos from my Google Photos web drive into threads here, no problem. But recently it's not working. I paste the photo into the submission box, it looks fine at first, but later converts to a bunch of text-based code for some reason.

Anything change? Or any suggestions?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I've also started getting error messages for album covers I copy over from discogs with the error being that they are too big. Pulling in a photo from an outside web source never gave an error like this before. It used to happen when you tried to upload a file from your own PC, but not from a web source.

[JSngry]

Get the image URL. If it's a supported file, that what will work, using the Other Media/Insert Image From URL process.

Same as it ever was. 

 

[BFrank]

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

Get the image URL. If it's a supported file, that what will work, using the Other Media/Insert Image From URL process.

Same as it ever was. 

 

Testing >>>>> Huh ... seems to work! Never did it this way.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

6 hours ago, BFrank said:

Testing >>>>> Huh ... seems to work! Never did it this way.

Except that I can't see any picture.

[JSngry]

The image file needs to end with an extension like .jpg or .gif and needs to be copied in as well. 

[BFrank]

On 9/16/2023 at 4:41 AM, bresna said:

Except that I can't see any picture.

Jeeez! Again ... it looked fine when I posted it, and then checked back later. What's UP with that?

[medjuck]

I've scanned a book cover, dropped it into Post Image and get this; [url=https://postimg.cc/jLdZnT6H][img]https://i.postimg.cc/jLdZnT6H/Scan2024-06-22-163953.png[/img][/url]. which doesn't seem to open.  What am I doing wrong?

[HutchFan]

@medjuck,

To post your image above:

1. I copied the following URL: https://i.postimg.cc/Wb0KKbhH/Scan2024-06-22-163953.png (from the site where you uploaded the image)
2. I clicked Other Media > Insert Image from URL 
3. I pasted the URL (from step 1) in the dialog box 
4. I clicked Insert into Post

 

Edited June 23, 2024 by HutchFan

[mjzee]

Note that "Other Media" is in the lower right corner of the reply box; it's not in the toolbar above the reply box.

[medjuck]

I see , think.  The secret is to remove what's before https at the beginning and after pmg at the end.  Thank you guys. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I've been using this website for about 6 months now and it's been working OK for me.

https://imgur.com/upload

[Stompin at the Savoy]

This one is good too:   https://imgbb.com/

[Dave Garrett]

8 hours ago, medjuck said:

I see , think.  The secret is to remove what's before https at the beginning and after pmg at the end.  Thank you guys. 

I haven't used PostImage before, but looking at the site, you shouldn't have to manually edit anything. I'm guessing that you were attempting to use the links provided as "Thumbnail for forums" or "Hotlink for forums", both of which contain HTML code that isn't needed here. You want to copy the link provided as "Direct link", and plug that in via the Other Media > Insert Image from URL button here.

The Direct Link should be used because it contains the image file extension (like .jpg or .png), which "Link" does not, and a lot of forums won't post a picture properly unless the URL contains an image file extension.

[medjuck]

2 minutes ago, Dave Garrett said:

I haven't used PostImage before, but looking at the site, you shouldn't have to manually edit anything. I'm guessing that you were attempting to use the links provided as "Thumbnail for forums" or "Hotlink for forums", both of which contain HTML code that isn't needed here. You want to copy the link provided as "Direct link", and plug that in via the Other Media > Insert Image from URL button here.

The Direct Link should be used because it contains the image file extension (like .jpg or .png), which "Link" does not, and a lot of forums won't post a picture properly unless the URL contains an image file extension.

Thanks.

[Dub Modal]

I don't have problems with posting linked pics via a laptop here, but for whatever reason that same functionality doesn't exist with cell phones, at least for me. Any ideas why that is? 

[mjazzg]

Same here

[JSngry]

Cell phones....for most images on miine, you can right click on "open image", then do the Share thing, and then get the URL out of there.

[Dub Modal]

Ok, trying that via discogs

https://www.discogs.com/master/161400-Joe-Gibbs-The-Professionals-African-Dub-All-Mighty-Chapter-Two/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg3NDA5MDg=

So that's what happens, and I'm guessing bc the link doesn't have a png or jpg suffix..? The same thing happens if I try to share a pic from my photo bucket by creating a link.

[JSngry]

https://www.discogs.com/master/161400-Joe-Gibbs-The-Professionals-African-Dub-All-Mighty-Chapter-Two/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg3NDA5MDg=

That's right 

But Discogs images should allh have those extensions.

Try clicking on the image on the page. That will open up multiple images if there are any. Then open/share each one individually rather than as a group 

https://i.discogs.com/wQhnw65CLb9uhG24fzhMy9o-bGatnkzKW-1UVee0H_Y/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:320/w:316/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDQ3/NzQtMTI2OTU2NDI2/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

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[Dub Modal]

Boom. Thanks Jim! You've helped me solve a problem I've been trying to solve for some time 🍻

[JSngry]

Happy to help. It took me a while to figure it out myself.