Thanks very much Johnny! Sticky’d.
Don’t forget that relative width images also work with the simple post editor.
Don’t see the option to tag that, gotta be missing something…and now I’ve found it! Geesh, wish my bifocals would get here…
Tip: Using Photobucket, copy the "direct link" to use for the URL of the photo.
-Garry
I’m trying to do the mouseover and can’t seem to get it. Do you first have to post the standard pic then add the advanced tab mouseover instruction?
I do, yes.
Wow :bigsmile:
That’s really helpful, eapscially for people just join in.
PS: the eyes in your signature is awesome >)
Very enlightening post, much appreciated!!
Test Picture.
thanks.
Cheers for the ‘how to’, seems easy enough. The bit I cannot figure out though is on the imageshack page there are loads of options for links to the photo…which link should I use?
Is it really obvious, should I use the “forum code” option?
Sorry, bit crap with ’puters
Woody
I just tried this from Photobucket and I had to use the “Direct” link (starts with http) because the “IMG” link (starts with [URL) wouldn’t work. Is that the one I’m supposed to be using?
Yes! That's exactly what I do.
-Garry
Thanks Garry. I tried a bunch of times using the URL link and just could not make it work. I blame JohnnyMac! 
To add pictures to posts, I use a stapler. Also works for poles, fences, walls, etc. Works better than tape. J)
I tried adding photos to a discussion. Pictures are in Picassa. The folder is not ‘public’ but can be viewed by those having the link.
It didn’t seem to work. I’m on this page since I did read directions.
In [Simple PE] I click on the [Insert Image] and paste the https://picassaweb.google.com/restofaddress in the menu box that pops up.
No work.
Does Picassa not work?
Was I too impatient? I didn’t see the pictures in a couple minutes and several different tries. Does it take 5-10” (more) to ‘load’?
I’m not familiar with Picassa - does it provide you with a variety of links to choose from? I use ImageShack and it provides “Web”, “Forum”, “direct links” and a few others. The only one that works here on BLF is the “direct link”.
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If I click on the picture in Picassa the address bar in the browser gives this:
[https://picasaweb.google.com/105462383495128044995/OMSLight_breakdown?authkey=Gv1sRgCLTqyOeQoKiy2AE#5925148916301574050]
Off to the right it has an option under [Tags] with a little chain that says[link to this photo]
Click on that and I get 2 options:
- [Link] with the following in a menu box: [https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xXN_CLqXlO7FClRTjcP4iCuZUCL4F5PCrzWsWSsGpbg?feat=directlink]
I tried clicking on the [Insert Image] icon in BLF and pasting it in the first box. Click OK > Save > Nothing happens.
2. OK, Edit again.
Option 2 in Picassa is [Embed Image]. In that menu box I get this [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WQCsJX2wxgk/Ujpbi-1yL6I/AAAAAAAAA08/n6cKFT7kySY/s144/Dive%2520pill%2520mod1.JPG]
I’m trying that Option 2 URL (seems to work below?):
I just posted the option 2 link into the box when using the “Sunset” icon (2 icons to the right of the Link icon).
This is the string I posted:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WQCsJX2wxgk/Ujpbi-1yL6I/AAAAAAAAA08/n6cKFT7kySY/s144/Dive%2520pill%2520mod1.JPG
I tried that at LEAST 4-5x. NEVER works.
NOW it works. Sometimes computer can REALLY piss a person off.
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You’re a good man Johnny.
… but we had this conversation already.
The “Insert Image” button requires the URL of the image itself, not the page where the image is displayed (with ads, etc.) by the host (Imagebox, Picasa, Postimage.org, whatever).
The “Insert Link” button is used to create a link to a page. That’s all. That Link you make will be any page, including the one where the host shows your image, or the URL of the image itself. This merely makes a Link and does NOT allow BLF to scale the image in any way, and throws the whole “image” concept into the trash. Not to mention wrecking everyone’s page display!
When your host shows you your image full size (specific steps depend on the host’s middleware), meaning not a thumbnail, right-click on it & see if there’s an option to “View” the image or “Copy” the shortcut or link location. If your browser is configured to show you what’s going on, you can simply select the URL from the Address Bar…
When you have the URL for the image itself, then the “Insert Image” link will work perfectly for you.
Lastly, look at the bottom of the “Insert Image” dialog… That URL is what will come up if you click on the picture. If you want to be nice to us, just paste the same URL in both; but if you want to “drive click traffic” to your host, put the URL they give you in the “URL” box of the “Insert Image” dialog. If you don’t fill in the “URL” box, the cursor won’t make the hand when you point at the picture. BUT, we can still use the right-click=>View Image method to see the full monty.
Don’t forget to set the relative width to 100% or less, PLEASE?
The “Insert Link” button should probably be only used for links like this one to Google’s search for ‘URL’…
Clear as mud? Go back & re-read the OP, with this new knowledge of Uniform Resource Locators and how some URLs point to images and some point to pages that show images. The ones that point to the actual images (they’ll end in “.jpg” or “.gif” or some such, not “.htm”) are the only ones that work in the “Insert Image” button; and BLF’s middleware is not able to successfully display any image via the “Insert Link” button. Just the opposite of what you said.
Whew!
Dim