How to Post Images on BLF

Thanks raccoon. This is sure to be invaluable to lots of members here. :+1:

No problem, moose!

Every now and then, someone asks how to post images on the forum...

and I couldn't find a guide with images intact.

Gotta help the newbies!

Did someone say moose and BEER

I’m IN - (Now with working Imgur)

[quote=Zulumoose]

Use Imgur's Direct Link, which in your case will end in .jpg

Thanx Raccoon. I made a simple mistake, clicked on “generate image links” first, instead of on the image itself, which would have immediately given me the jpg link I was looking for. Post corrected, see above, I’ll have that beer now thx.

I left it at MRsDNF's house!

I'm glad you made the mistake.

It reminded me of the quick way to post images in Simple Post Editor.

I always use Advanced Post Editor, and had forgotten the shortcut, which I just added to the guide.

Thanks for the new guide. Even with cutting and pasting, it still took a bit of effort, I’m sure. I wish someone would make a list of free image hosting sites that are as easy to use as Google Images, but also easy to insert into BLF, which Google isn’t.

Thanks “Raccoon city”, very helpful.

I love Imgur, but beware that images uploaded without an account may go away if they’re not viewed occasionally, so make an account there.

It did take some work, but without JohnnyMac's general outline, I would have been lost.

Thanks for the tip!

I’d like to add that the linked pictures shouldn’t be too large in size.
Sometimes you get a post with many pictures with many pixels, which takes a looong time to load.
There’s really little point in exceeding 1000 pixels in width anyway.

my two cents

I try to keep my images under 200 kilobytes (except for my posts in the thread Guess the Place, where image quality is sometimes crucial.)

Just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU! I appreciate the time to make it simple for those of us that are “ok” with technology…but not savvy. Savvy??? (movie reference there i think).

That’s. Well done. :beer:

:smiley:

Can we not use other image sources really annoying you have to sign up etc for something else just to post an image… for instance could we not use flickr?

I’m quite sure there are more roads than this one that leads to Rome.
Perhaps you care to join with us when you have figured those out.

For the moment me, myself, and I are very happy with Imgur
It is fast as lightning compared to Photo(.)ucket, where you have to pay to receive pop-up’s.
Thank you Raccoon, (also) in the name of the silent majority.

I have a hard enough time with just one button on my flashlight.