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?
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”.
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?
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.
That is messy.
Guess I’m used to forums that I simply upload the picture from my PC. Easy, no mess.
Links, URL’s, direct links, embedded, 2 separate drop down menus with a dozen option.
KeeRist, I just wanna load a picture.
I think I did that. I’m pretty sure I did that….and it simply didn’t work. That confused me so I tried variations, which didn’t work also. Thus my frustration.
FWIW I even made a folder in Skydrive, copied the same pictures there, and tried that…without success. But by that time it was late and I was flailing….and failing….and frustrated.
Thank you for the ‘enriched’ lesson.
Seems to work now.
Now, why is that other guy having issues with Dropbox? He obviously knows how to post.
Is is not possible to [Edit] a post and put pictures in?
I just tried to use EXACTLY the SAME process I use to post the test picture above, but it was in the original post of a couple days ago.
I use the EXACT same URL for the image itself, pasted in the “Insert Image” link and it did not work perfectly for me. It didn’t work at all.
When I click [ok] a box pops up that Says [This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved.] and asks me if I want to [Stay on……or……Leave the page].
Neither choice works. Stay does nothing, just sits there with the [Insert Image] menu open.
Leave makes the box disappear, a ghost icon shows up in the post that appears useless.
That’s what I was dealing with the whole time yesterday.
So, I cannot edit that post to add pictures like a new post?
Addendum-a little later:
OK. I [Saved] this posting. Now I came back later (actually closed the forum to make sure) and did EXACTLY the same thing I tried in the original thread.
I think I’ve demonstrated I can make it work here. I’m not doing anything different there.
Since I COULD do it here, and NOT do it there, including editing and adding pictures in this thread I came to the conclusion there must have been some ‘hidden code’ mucking it up from my early failed attempts.
I copied the text, deleted the post, and made a new post….It worked.
Stuff like that is crazy making.
Have a little too much coffee this morning? :bigsmile:
Yes, we’ve had the conversation before, and we doubtless will again. Hopefully your post will help a few of them avoid the frustration flydiver experienced.
LOL! No, you haven’t had it with me. Perhaps I should have been more specific. I used “we” to refer to all of us here on BLF. The “how to post an image” question is one of the first ones I ever answered on BLF, and it’s likely one of the most often asked questions. It continues to pop up regularly, despite the many good how-to posts on the subject.
and again, Thank You Dim! It's been very helpful to be able to control the addition of pics, I have yet to get a mouseover to work, but am fixing to try yet one more time....
Edit: It's always something though. I can use the simple post editor and post a picture with the percentage sizing, adding a direct link for a click to enlarge option OR I can use the advanced editor do a mouse-over. But I cannot do both. And once I have switched to advanced, it's not letting me easily switch back to simple. I logged out. I cleared my cache, logged back in (twice) to no avail, still stuck in the advanced editor and cannot add the optional link to enable a click to enlarge functionality. Why must it be so mindboggingly difficult?