How do you upload photos to this forum???

[Retro6]

I'm having difficulty uploading photos to this forum.

I tried everything with direct links using the tool bar and without the tool bar links to images from imgbb and I either get a link or just IMG displayed.

Why is it so flaming complicated?

Can somebody please tell me what the trick is?

Thanks.

 

[Retro6]

Ok thanks people I really appreciate it. I've just signed up to Imgur.

I don;t have the rehost option. I'm using the toolbar as described above but all I'm getting is IMG text after I post the link no images are coming through.

I'm different link options but getting the same result as I did with the other photo site I tried.

I'm using firefox and Linux if that is any help?

I'm really puzzled??? I've tried all the options

 

[Retro6]

Like this:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/FcO3OXx.jpg[/img]

How did you do that? I need to know what the trick is step by step because I can't figure it out. Thanks.

 

[Retro6]

Download this.

Right click any image anywhere, click on "rehost image", then wait a second for it to upload. When it's done simply right cligk the image, "copy image address" and then paste it in to this button:





**** yeah, postception

Yep tried that but all I get is

I have no idea where the "rehost image" option is

 

[Retro6]

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[Retro6]

I agree. That's what I do.

But how???

I've just registered and uploaded my pictures and I'm still trying to figure out why my photos are not displaying on this forum. Its far from easy unless its my browser? I don't know but its starting to drive me crazy.

This is the link to my Imgur page: https://imgur.com/a/gMVUkGm

I'm not able to get any images to show on this forum.

 

[Retro6]

 

[Retro6]

Ok @Retro6 I've downloaded Firefox to give it a go. The trick is to click on each image until it can no longer be clicked on, then right click it and select this:

Thanks. Thats what I was missing.

 

[Retro6]

Worst 'check out my imgur account' thread ever.

Maybe so. I did not realize it was a competition. Somebody asked me to upload some photos of the "unfinished" computers that I'm working on.

 

[Retro6]

Narrow road and the school run!

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Very good

 

[Retro6]

Thanks.... Have you had a go at recapping a board? Not as bad as I thought it would be. Kind of therapeutic.

I've done a couple boards before but I've mostly done power supplies and other electrical things, repairing vintage radios and transceivers etc. I love soldering. I have a board I removed from a TINY PC which has over 30 bad caps in it and has no AGP slot. I don't have the right values to replace them all and I don't plan on re-using this board but at some point in the future I may repair it and sell it on.

 

[Retro6]

Of course when imgur goes offline, gets bought, or changes its address all the posts will be full of broken links. We've seen this before. Remember photobucket? Even Google Picassa?

Generally it's better for forums to pull the image then host a version. Quite a few do that these days. Of course you then need the storage.

OCUK has always been a bit oddball when it comes to images.

I suppose that you would only need the photos on the thread for a short time but i know sometimes people read old threads and would like to see photos. I don't understand why this forum can't have direct image uploads.

 

[Retro6]

I can think of many reasons:
-Bandwidth/storage cost.
-Higher security risk of allowing users to upload files
-Risk of being sued for hosting copyrighted or illegal content

Yeah I suppose you have a point. I did think about storage after posting.