How to Post Images on BLF

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.

Subscribed
Thank you Raccoon.

You can use any source you want to host the pics. Some are better than others.

Just use postimage.org like I do.

Works very well :slight_smile:

is the pic posted only on here?

Are you saying posted or hosted?

The picture has to be uploaded and stored on a website other than BLF.

The BLF website is small and does not have storage space for people to upload a lot of pictures to.

no I meant is the picture only visible on here?

Yes. It will be seen wherever you copy and paste the picture link.

Thanks for the info, racoon city. I was just trying to post my 1st picture on BLF using my free Photobucket account which I’ve had for several years and which has always worked fine for posting pictures in forums. Unfortunately, it seems that STUPID Photobucket has changed their policies and they now watermark pictures with a big, unsightly Photobucket watermark if you have their free account and not a paid one. Had to delete the photo because the friggin watermark is huge and covered a key element of the photo. I’ll for sure need to find another free photo hosting site, and will likely try one of the ones previously mentioned here.

On a side note, I wonder if pictures that I’ve posted on other forums over the years now have a watermark on them. Anyone know offhand if that might be the case or not?

There will be a notice instead of a photo now. F&@$ photobucket

Free accounts on Photobucket should work, just with a watermark. As opposed to not working at all.