Terry,
When I copy the image link on one of the non-displayed images and paste it in a text editor, the URL does not end in JPG.
I think (notice the word think) BLF image links must end in JPG. Or perhaps another image file format.
All the Best,
Jeff
I've never used MediaFire, but if they provide what is commonly called a "direct link" that has an extension like jpg, that is the one you want to use.
Some of the images might break BLF's rules, but using Imgur as an image host on BLF doesn't require going to Imgur's home page for the people viewing your images on BLF.
If the problem is with the images posted on Imgur, then from BLF's standpoint, is it a big deal, little deal, or no deal at all?
That's the problem. The links to the first three photos do end in jpg. And their direct link doesn't show any picture at all. None of their share links work anymore (but they used to). I've been back-and-forth with their tech support for several days. They don't seem to understand the issue. They give me different things to try, none of which work.
They changed something recently in their share menu.
I'm not really going to pursue this issue anymore. I'm just going to use imgur in the future. I will still have to pay Mediafire yearly, for a while, to keep all my old posts up.
I've done scrolling screen captures of all my important posts. I have all the original text and photos backed up. I could recreate them if necessary. I'm hoping that will never be necessary.
People were bitching and moaning about the link/site about plasma and bowl-shaped magnets and whatnot (whatever the title was), because while the link and video were both okay and benign, the home page was dodgy, and all links from there should be outright banned.
But if pix on imgur’s home page would violate blf rules (didn’t look, probably can’t, don’t really care either way), then it’s fine’n’dandy for everyone’n’anyone to keep using imgur anyway?
Nah, sorry, can’t have it both ways.
(Ain’t directed at you specifically, just in general to You The Reader.)
This is an answer. I had trouble posting images using imgur because when after you upload an image, imgur says click "copy link" and this is what is given as an example if that's all you do: https://imgur.com/pkT74yihttps://imgur.com/pkT74yi <-- Note that it's a link and does NOT end in .jpg
So I re-read the instructions in RC's link at the bottom of his posts from his tagline "How to Post Images on BLF" and it says that the link MUST end in .jpg and he shows an example. Then I went back to imgur and clicked the " ..... " symbol for the drop down menu and then clicked on "BBCode (Forums)" and voila there is a link that ends in .jpg So i copied that link and it works!
Here's the sample result after I removed the [img] from the front and back of the link provided: