Uploading a photo to the forum

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Uploading a photo to the forum

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Hello. I can't seem to upload a photo to the forum, it keeps saying that the image is too big. I searched the forum but didnt find anything other than using a PC or paying for some special app. Does anyone have an easy way they do it from their phone?

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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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www.imgur.com/upload

click browse
select your photo
let it upload
after it finishes uploading, tap and hold on your image, and select "copy link address" or similar

https://i.imgur.com/tWDewzp.jpg

your link will look like that. From there just place it in image brackets

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Ok, I'm following so far with the imgur. And I have a link. (https://i.imgur.com/9gy0eah.jpg)

I've tried using html image brackets, no success. So I'm forced to ask what are these image brackets your referring to. Thanks
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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Vivi wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 7:31 am
www.imgur.com/upload

click browse
select your photo
let it upload
after it finishes uploading, tap and hold on your image, and select "copy link address" or similar

https://i.imgur.com/tWDewzp.jpg

your link will look like that. From there just place it in image brackets

Image

Sorry, should have tagged you in that last post
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I use the website and pull up the bbcode link then just copy and past.

Here's a Screenshot of what it looks like
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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VashHash wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:37 am
I use the website and pull up the bbcode link then just copy and past.

Here's a Screenshot of what it looks like
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Will the photo show up on the forum. Or just the link to the photo?
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You just paste the bbcode link and it does it itself.

[IMG]. http://i.imgur.com/clHaWbn.jpg[. /IMG]

It had the IMG brackets in the link itself. I put spaces in the link so it wouldn't load the image
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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DOUBLE D wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:22 am
Vivi wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 7:31 am
www.imgur.com/upload

click browse
select your photo
let it upload
after it finishes uploading, tap and hold on your image, and select "copy link address" or similar

https://i.imgur.com/tWDewzp.jpg

your link will look like that. From there just place it in image brackets

Image

Sorry, should have tagged you in that last post
you don't use html.

Code: Select all


you type [img] before the url

then type [/img] after it
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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Horrray thank you!
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Apparently I stll don't know how. Not tech savy.
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SaltSerious wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:29 pm
Apparently I stll don't know how. Not tech savy.
Just use the drop down menu to change the link type to "BBCode". Copy and paste that directly into your post. No need to add IMG tags.
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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SaltSerious wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:13 pm
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You tried to use the link to the upload page rather than the link to the image itself.

If I want to show you the Spyderco logo, I can't simply link www.spyderco.com. I have to link the image, which is https://www.spyderco.com/wp-content/uploads/logo.png.

Or, with image tags:

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On a phone simply tap and hold on the image and you can copy the URL to it.


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see how the link you need to copy and paste ends in .jpg?


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BTW the dye job on your knife is awesome looking!
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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Sharp Guy wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:52 pm
SaltSerious wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:29 pm
Apparently I stll don't know how. Not tech savy.
Just use the drop down menu to change the link type to "BBCode". Copy and paste that directly into your post. No need to add IMG tags.
Not all browsers support that drop down menu, but if yours does it's a convenient option.
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Vivi wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 9:02 pm
Sharp Guy wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:52 pm
SaltSerious wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:29 pm
Apparently I stll don't know how. Not tech savy.
Just use the drop down menu to change the link type to "BBCode". Copy and paste that directly into your post. No need to add IMG tags.
Not all browsers support that drop down menu, but if yours does it's a convenient option.
You're right. I was using Chrome on my Android tablet. I have Firefox and some others but rarely use them. I know iPhone is quite different. I'm also pretty sure on any browser on a PC when you click on an image it opens and the links are all right next to the pic. Even more convenient.
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SaltSerious wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 8:29 pm
Apparently I stll don't know how. Not tech savy.
I had the same problem and he my son told me to get a photo compression app and the problem was solved. :)
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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Thanks for the advice Vivi, I'll have to play with the process some more. I appreciate the compliment on the dye job. I originally only dyed the clip end of the knife to mute the attention drawing portion sticking out when clipped to my pocket. But I also wanted to keep the high visibility as intended by the design of the salt series. Felt like the knife was unproportional so dyed blade end red. Has sort of a "Caribbean" flare now to match it's namesake.
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Re: Uploading a photo to the forum

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SaltSerious wrote:
Fri May 24, 2019 6:38 am
Thanks for the advice Vivi, I'll have to play with the process some more. I appreciate the compliment on the dye job. I originally only dyed the clip end of the knife to mute the attention drawing portion sticking out when clipped to my pocket. But I also wanted to keep the high visibility as intended by the design of the salt series. Felt like the knife was unproportional so dyed blade end red. Has sort of a "Caribbean" flare now to match it's namesake.
Normally I don't care for bright handle colors, but I like the rainbow effect you achieved. I've seen a Dragonfly Salt with a similar dye job posted here. Might have to make myself one someday!

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That's the best I could do with a quick search.
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