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Title: Trouble posting pics
Post by: qguy on March 06, 2012, 05:54:34 PM
Maybe I'm being a complete dumbhead and perhaps I'm missing something painfully obvious, but I'm having trouble posting an image directly into a post. How does one do this? (Yes, 80-some posts and only now I'm trying to figure this out!)
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: Alps on March 06, 2012, 05:55:52 PM
[img]http://location/of/image.jpg[/img]
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: qguy on March 06, 2012, 08:15:51 PM
What if it's on my hard drive?
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: kphoger on March 06, 2012, 08:19:31 PM
Nope.  It has to be uploaded to the web for you to be able to download it to a thread.
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: NE2 on March 06, 2012, 08:56:12 PM
www.tinypic.com works well for quick temporary storage.
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: qguy on March 07, 2012, 07:04:57 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 06, 2012, 08:19:31 PM
Nope.  It has to be uploaded to the web for you to be able to download it to a thread.
Ahh, well that 'splains it.

Quotewww.tinypic.com works well for quick temporary storage.
Thanks, NE2.
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: DaBigE on March 07, 2012, 11:22:49 PM
Fotki also has a free image hosting service: http://host.fotki.com/ (http://host.fotki.com/)
Title: Re: Trouble posting pics
Post by: formulanone on March 08, 2012, 12:37:36 AM
Quote from: NE2 on March 06, 2012, 08:56:12 PM
www.tinypic.com works well for quick temporary storage.

Just a heads up that many images become "something else" at TinyPic after a year or so; eventually, the filename may be re-used for another uploader, if you don't register.

Here's some more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo_sharing_websites

Didn't know Flickr had a 90-day "inactivity limit (http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#66)" for us cheapskates.