Importing images to forum posts

Discussion in 'This Site' started by Lloyd, Mar 20, 2015.

  1. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    Can anyone tell me how to import images in to the message?
     
  2. whalebait

    whalebait Reservist

    This thread definitely said Michael Chopra. Am I going insane?
     
  3. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    Ha ha - no I originally tried to post an image of Chopra but it didn't work!
     
  4. Cyxs

    Cyxs First Year Pro

    No dude, you're losing/lost it
     
  5. whalebait

    whalebait Reservist

    The "Insert Image" tag is the third from the right on your Quick Reply toolbar. Use the URL of whichever image you want to post.
     
  6. Meh!

    Meh! Pre-Dictator

    I usually just upload the image to tinypic.com and copy and paste the [for forums and message boards] URL into the message.
     
  7. Meh!

    Meh! Pre-Dictator

    p.s. was this going to be the image of Chopra and Bumblebee Man?!

    ;)
     
  8. Godfather

    Godfather bricklayer extraordinaire

    probably why only you can see them
     
  9. Meh!

    Meh! Pre-Dictator

    Ha, you can't fool me. I can see them when I'm not logged in from a different computer.

    Nice try Godmother.
     
  10. Irishorn

    Irishorn Gael Force

    Can't help you my friend. I am not even close to understanding what the question means.
     
  11. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    The important thing to realise is that on the vast majority of sitesyou can't link a picture which exists only on your own hard drive. The picture needs to be hosted on an existing internet-available website, and you need to link to that version of the picture.

    Once of the easiest sites to use is postimage: http://postimage.org/

    1. Go to the Postimage website.
    2. On "select files to upload", hit Browse.
    3. On "resize" hit "do not resize my image" (unless you want to resize it, but you generally won't want to unless it's huge...that's what she said).
    4. Image content: family safe, unless you're uploading pr0n.
    5. Hit "upload it". The image should then upload. Wait for it to finish.
    6. Once the upload is complete, you should see a confirmation page. Under a thumbnail (aka small, shrunken version of your picture), you'll see a list of links. Click on "Copy to Clipboard" next to Direct Link to copy the URL of the uploaded picture onto your clipboard.
    7. On the wfcforums post you want to insert the picture into, click the "Insert Image" button on the top menu above the post. It looks like a tree inside a black square outline with the four corners strongly identified.
    8. Paste the URL from your clipboard into the box that popped up after you clicked "Insert Image" by either right clicking > paste, or use the Ctrl+V shortcut.
    9. Hit "OK".
    10. Finish your post and submit as normal.
     
  12. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    Do you need to pay duty when you import these images?
     
  13. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    No, but Farage intends to block foreign hosted images from entering the country if he gets elected. They've been using up our bandwidth for too long.
     

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