Why does my "Posting Permissions" say I'm not allowed to post attachments?

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As in the title, why am I not allowed topost attachments?

I started a thread on some coding help, and the pictures I attached from Imgur does not show. That's when I saw my posting permissions didn't allow it....
 
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If it makes you feel any better, neither am I. I guess it's preferred to host images on third-party services and paste other data like autoscans and measurement values in-line. That's not uncommon.
 
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As in the title, why am I not allowed topost attachments?
We generally don't allow attachments.

I started a thread on some coding help, and the pictures I attached from Imgur does not show. That's when I saw my posting permissions didn't allow it....
That's because you linked it imgur pages in IMG tags, rather than actual images. IMG tags work for actual image files, not pages. I fixed that post for you.

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We generally don't allow attachments.


That's because you linked it imgur pages in IMG tags, rather than actual images. IMG tags work for actual image files, not pages. I fixed that post for you.

-Uwe-

Thanks. I appreciate it.

I didn't see a place to upload pictures directly from the computer. How can I do this?
 
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I didn't see a place to upload pictures directly from the computer. How can I do this?
The simple answer is that you can't.
Images use a lot more bandwidth than text, so allowing image uploads would quickly use a lot of hard drive space and bandwidth on the Ross-Tech web servers, pushing up the costs of hosting the (free to use) forums.
 
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So I just have to go to "Insert Image", past the link from, say, Imgur, and then delete the automated "
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Right-click on an image in imgur for example, and "Copy image address" (or whatever similar option your browser gives you).

Then come here and paste it between
tags.


You should only use images you have permission to use though.
Some websites block images being pulled to other sites (or "leeching" as it's known)
 
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