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Digging up the dead as I'm testing a new free hosting option....
That one appears to be a poor choice since it won't produce a reasonably sized link to an actual image (a file that ends in an image file type just as .jpg, .png, etc.).

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That one appears to be a poor choice since it won't produce a reasonably sized link to an actual image (a file that ends in an image file type just as .jpg, .png, etc.).

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Agree... I was hoping it would allow me to do hot links to thumbs, etc, but no dice... I was all hot for the 10gb cap, but I'll have to use a better alternative.
 
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The best way to post pictures is to upload them to some photo-hosting site. If you don't use a photo-hosting site, try thinimg.com or imgur.com, you don't need to create an account there, you can just drag & drop pictures to it, and they have apps to upload pictures straight from your phone as well.

Once you've uploaded a picture, you'll have a URL for it. Put that URL in between IMG tags in your post, like this:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/ovthCi3.gif[/img]

Or like this:

ovthCi3.gif


That will give you a nice photo in your post, kinda like this:

mkJC9Oyl.jpg


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Are those links still good neither seem to work to convert to a url first one says bad gateway and second doesn't upload
 
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Are those links still good neither seem to work to convert to a url first one says bad gateway and second doesn't upload
Give this a try!
 
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No idea what you're doing... there are numerous sharing options and types of links to generate from viewer to thumbnails play with it and sort it out.
 
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I posted two pictures in a thread, but I think they ended up very big for the forum..
Do I have to manually resize them before uploading? I'm on a few other forums that autosize pictures, but maybe I'm using the wrong url?
This is the picture..
YxFjnpW.jpg
 
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Do I have to manually resize them before uploading? I'm on a few other forums that autosize pictures, but maybe I'm using the wrong url?
It auto-sizes fine for me, at least right here.

ETA: Both look fine to me in the other thread as well. Caveat: I do this all on a real computer, not some device that fits in my pocket...

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Uwe, did it turn out big?
 
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I'm not Uwe, but it looks perfect on my screen :)
 
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Uwe, did it turn out big?
All I see is: "8uaOVJwA93s.jpg".

Now if I look at what you posted, it's:
[IMG]https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg?size=810x1080&quality=95&sign=e8bb488996c6cbf680925a620f1ffff0&type=album[/IMG]

That's a mess!

And if I try to de-messify and just use the link:
https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg
in my browser, I get a 403 Forbidden error.

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r8v5YY4.jpg

All I see is: "8uaOVJwA93s.jpg".

Now if I look at what you posted, it's:
[IMG]https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg?size=810x1080&quality=95&sign=e8bb488996c6cbf680925a620f1ffff0&type=album[/IMG]

That's a mess!

And if I try to de-messify and just use the link:
https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg
in my browser, I get a 403 Forbidden error.
All I see is: "8uaOVJwA93s.jpg".

Now if I look at what you posted, it's:
[IMG]https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg?size=810x1080&quality=95&sign=e8bb488996c6cbf680925a620f1ffff0&type=album[/IMG]

That's a mess!

And if I try to de-messify and just use the link:
https://sun9-69.userapi.com/impg/aG_dy3xDvNmIv4IscAgyHybPRs6bEjBMgdi87w/8uaOVJwA93s.jpg
in my browser, I get a 403 Forbidden error.

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And so?
 
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I've started using these guys... no signup needed, but I also don't know how long your uploads stay alive.... seem suitable for forum visuals at the moment
 
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I also don't know how long your uploads stay alive
Stuff I uploaded to imgur 10+ years ago is still there. E.g. this is one of my earliest pics:

xTBwq.jpg


However, I do admit I have an account there, primarily because it allows me to find pictures I've previously uploaded.

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Image post test from imgur. Was seeing 'cannot upload passed link' message a few days ago from converted google drive and imgur images.

Still getting 'Cannot upload passed link error' for this image (posted as a link below.
 
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You linked to an imgur album. That's fine if you want to embed multiple images contained in an album.

But a a better way to link single images from imgur is to embed a link to the actual image, like this:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/lcRWpWT.jpeg[/img]

That gets you this:

lcRWpWT.jpeg


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