Birder said:
Posting pictures:
If you use Firefox to get a flickr image to show, or any other image on the Interweb, right click the image. If a box comes up select the largest size and then right click on the image and click "Copy Link Location."
If you use Google Chrome to get a flickr image to show, or any other image on the Interweb, right click the image. If a box comes up select the largest size and the right click on the image and click "Copy link URL."
If you use IE8, change your browser.......
If you use a Mac, good for you, best of luck.....
Now go to the forum and open a post, click the img button just above the area you are typing in on the forum. This adds 2 tags
Put you mouse between the 2 tags and and right click to paste the link you copies earlier (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V)
***** ALWAYS USE PREVIEW TO CHECK BEFORE YOU SUBMIT **** as it does not always work.
Yep unfortunately do use a Mac...but whatever OS...it is not an OS thing. So many OS's here from Ubuntu and BSD ..Win2k, XP etc..all have good and bad points.
Do understand the Image tag thing
Code:
[img]Image URL here[/img]
...check out he very first post in this thread...I post images to many other forums, some that allow uploading of attachments with the posts and those that do not. I know how to link to external pictures fine...but thanks for the tutorial anyway..many people do not know...I know...I should have known better..I do part time IT support for a couple of local companies..and the obvious is often the most overlooked option
I does seem to be a flickr thing.
I used the obvious route to grabbing the image link from flickr:
Get the image up
Click the Share button
Click the Grab the link button
Copy and paste the link that appears...but as we have seen in my previous posts...this does not work..so the work around you suggest is required.
Grabbing the link as flickr offers you does not work....Theses did not work:
Code:
[img][url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suh_neilp/6041445520/"][img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6041445520_a1ef089bd8.jpg[/img][/url][/img]
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/suh_neilp/6041445520/[/img]
I see what is happening...they are offering you a link that when you share, brings up a page with the image embedded in it...where as your method grabs the image straight from the actual server farm location...without all the crap window dressing flickr add
Code:
[img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6041445520_a1ef089bd8_b.jpg[/img]
So when I posted
NeilP said:
Ah bo***Cks to it...mus be a flickr thing
I was partially correct...it is a flickr thing...but also i should have seen what was wrong but ( an here is my excuse) it was late..I was on the wrong side of a bottle of red..and annoyed that I could not go back and edit my previous posts after replies had been made
but yes, you are correct...i should use the preview button more often...a big failing of mine....submit..edit...submit..edit...rather than just preview