Imgur

alan whitaker · 28 Oct 2015 at 08:02

Hi All
Can some one post how to up load images from Imgur to this site please. Have the pictures in Imgur but don't seam able to upload to overclockers

Thanks

Alan

Captain · 28 Oct 2015 at 08:09

Copy the IMG code and paste it here, the picture will show automatically.

Cosimo · 28 Oct 2015 at 08:11

Click on image and you get:

Copy link and paste forum link from BBCode (message boards & forums)

Or without login, select share this image on right of uploaded image.

russell664 · 28 Oct 2015 at 10:56

^ Spot on!

ScarySquirrel · 28 Oct 2015 at 11:05

Also worth noting that changing it to 'Large thumbnail' is usually your best way of making sure your images aren't huge when posted here.

mrk · 28 Oct 2015 at 11:26

Do people not know how to right click?

Edrof · 28 Oct 2015 at 11:52

I was kinda hoping this thread was going to be about OcUK Imgurians.

twist3d0n3 · 28 Oct 2015 at 11:58

metronomik chrome extension, rehost image with rightclick menu then it'll automatically copy link to clipboard, paste in

Sandycheeks · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:02

Only just noticed the size options myself yesterday.

randal · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:09

Question regarding Imgur and the forum's hotlinking policy. Seeing as Imgur generates a random link each time you upload, is it basically unwritten that it's "ok" to use someone else's upload URL rather than reuploading it as your "own"?

mrk · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:13

Imgur is an image host, you're not stealing anyone's bandwidth by linking to their uploaded image, so yeah all is good.

twist3d0n3 · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:13

randal said:
Question regarding Imgur and the forum's hotlinking policy. Seeing as Imgur generates a random link each time you upload, is it basically unwritten that it's "ok" to use someone else's upload URL rather than reuploading it as your "own"?

you'll never be able to find out either way

grudas · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:21

randal said:
Question regarding Imgur and the forum's hotlinking policy. Seeing as Imgur generates a random link each time you upload, is it basically unwritten that it's "ok" to use someone else's upload URL rather than reuploading it as your "own"?

I think you misunderstood the concept of "hotlinking"

the reason they prevent it is because of high use of bandwidth not because someone else uploaded it.. imgur being an imagehosting service they do not count in that sense..

if you were to pick an image from some random place like say, a pic from ocuk website and hotlink(bb tags for img) on a forum that'd be wrong and that'd be using bandwidth from ocuk servers.

randal · 28 Oct 2015 at 12:23

Neat, thanks chaps. Always wondered about that.

bsoltan · 28 Oct 2015 at 13:28

The only issue would be that you don't 'control' the image. So if the original uploader deleted it it would go. Or (I don't think it is possible on Imgur) they could replace the image with a different one but keep the link the same.

Edrof said:
I was kinda hoping this thread was going to be about OcUK Imgurians.

Heh, me too.