How to Post Images on BLF

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Similar situation with me, I’m always using mobile phone, the screen is small (compared to pc) , it’s difficult sometimes. But it’s always mobile , very practical for almost all situations.
I’m glad too that blf is still free.
Hosting images on another site turned out to be not so scary/difficult at all, with abload.de and postimage.org , it’s quite easy to figure out .

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Thank you so much for helping other blf users :+1:

For basic image posting on most forums I frequent, I use imgur - I know it’s not an option for you, but it is pretty easy to use (on a PC at least) and gives you many options of posting the same image in various sizes.

I also use flickr sometimes - the advantage of flickr is that it doesn’t strip EXIF data from photos, for those times when I want such data preserved and visible, like when discussing photography techniques on photography forums.

I had similar experience with abload.de , I was kinda “scared” at first :person_facepalming:

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I’ve got bad experience before abload.de , I tried imgur, Google Drive, Google Photo, no luck at all for me.
I almost gave up and accepted the (false)fact that I could never be able to do it.

Then flickr, it’s rather complicated, but it works.

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IME, postimage.org and abload.de are simple and easy.

Your tutorial and tips have been really helpful :+1:
Hopefully it’ll encourage more people for hosting+posting images. It makes blf more fun.

No sweat.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s good to know what works best for certain needs/situations.

But I still can’t upload pictures with this method

Have you tried?

Tell us what you have tried and what happens. We need to know what you have done, step by step in order to help fugure out what is not working.

To use correct terminology helps too; at least for me. Ee don’t actually upload images to the forum. We upload images to a host service and then post a link to that in our forum post. So when you say you can’t upload I don’t know if you are having trouble with getting the image to a hosting service or having trouble making that image visible here.

I finally learned to post pictures, thank you for posting

I finally learned how to upload pictures, thanks for the post

I just added the following to the end of the original post:

UPDATE:

I would recommend against using Dropbox as an image hosting site.

Different internet browsers get different image URLs on Dropbox, so just because you can see your Dropbox image on BLF, others that use different internet browsers may not be able to.

Also, some BLF members have trouble posting pics from flickr on BLF.

This is the wrong thread. This is about posting images.
Try a search for catapult V6 and ask people there your question.

When I post on IMGur do i need to make it public or can I make it hidden so only people with link can see the photos?

It can be hidden.

Don’t make it public, then only people with the link can see it, like if you post it here.

Thanks you guys,I’m using imagebb now because it’s even simpler and less buggy than imgur :smiling_imp:

I just added the imgur app to my phone. I am have trouble getting the image to show without having to click a link here on BLF. With the PC it was easier but the phone app is different. Can anyone tell me how this works?

Click the picture in the imgur app and copy the url. Then paste it here. Make sure the image link has the extension at the end.

Try posting it here and I’ll see what’s wrong.

I use android app. It’s possible to copy the url from either a thumbnail image (missing the file extension) or the actual image (uses different url and has the file extension). Try clicking the picture so you see only it, with a black background and then copy that url. Once you learn that little trick the app is great.

Thanks Jason. I will give it another try later. I already spent a lot of time trying after installing the app and it frustrated the heck out of me so I quit.