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I copied this a few years ago and it works!

To RELIABLY post an image on STW.
Go to https://postimages.org/ on mobile or PC.
Upload image, you don’t have to create an account but handy if you do as you’re pics will stay live on the forum “forever”.
Press the Copy tab next to “Hotlink for Forums”
Paste that directly into here. You are soon done.

Now, if anyone can tell me how to quote small amounts of another persons post please...


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 11:27 am
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Type [_quote_] and then copy and paste the text and then type [_/quote_] but without the underscores.

Such a shame Google stopped doing Google images, that was my go-to for photo hosting.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 11:48 am
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like this??

Edit, well that worked!

lets try a pic with the OP's method...

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/vm1tWdCH/randr-photo-8568190-6000px-by-apex-images.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/vm1tWdCH/randr-photo-8568190-6000px-by-apex-images.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://treetop100babynames.com/baby-boys-names-h ]h guy names[/url]

Edit 2 - yay! that worked! thanks OP


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 11:50 am
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Lets try the quote thing

and then copy and paste the text and then type

EDIT: Yes! Thankyou!!


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:14 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the [B-QUOTE] button.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:20 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.

EDIT Success!!


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:32 pm
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Apologies, that got munched (ironically). "press the B-QUOTE button" it should have read.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:41 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/HL7bzGB9/2022-09-0713-32-143347077199240929598.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/HL7bzGB9/2022-09-0713-32-143347077199240929598.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
If I can do it anyone can lol


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:34 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.

Yep, or you can press the bquote button, paste the text them press the bquote button a second time which closes the quote code.

A few less clicks/taps.

Oh and post image will randomly add a URL to your image link as above with v7fmp's baby names link 🤣 for cleanliness I delete that when it happens.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:43 pm
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Oh and post image will randomly add a URL to your image link as above with v7fmp’s baby names link 🤣 for cleanliness I delete that when it happens.

I wondered WTF that was all about and suprised nobody picked up on until now 🤣

I use Google Photo for backup photo storage (also have them elsewhere online) with https://www.labnol.org/embed/google/photos/ to create the required link for then sharing on here via the insert/edit image tab. Previously used tinyurl but that stopped working reliably for me.

Like this:

Jersey


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:53 pm
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Apologies, that got munched (ironically). “press the B-QUOTE button” it should have read.

😎👍


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:53 pm
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Nice work guys, you are killing it.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 2:36 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/25TRmkh8/PXL-20220822-162957668.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/25TRmkh8/PXL-20220822-162957668.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:16 pm
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All these years I've been wondering....


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:17 pm
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rarely post images up here, but let's see if the new forum is any easier...


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:47 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/8PvXZy0z/0-C94-EA26-309-F-4-CA9-AD33-465-BC7-B93-C42.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/8PvXZy0z/0-C94-EA26-309-F-4-CA9-AD33-465-BC7-B93-C42.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:51 pm
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Your can post pictures directly from some websites, such as wiki, amazon etc. by right clicking on the image and selecting "copy image address" and then pasting that in the image box.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:59 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/KYyRxk2w/missing-picture-page-website-design-260nw-1552421075-2.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/KYyRxk2w/missing-picture-page-website-design-260nw-1552421075-2.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

Edit - doesn't work for me


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:49 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/Hn1gcRcL/20220826-174233.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/Hn1gcRcL/20220826-174233.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:07 pm
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Goodness, how exciting - thank you! 😀


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:09 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/h45xHq3y/A6-BCFB70-3-F99-4227-A3-AF-D783-E97878-BF.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/h45xHq3y/A6-BCFB70-3-F99-4227-A3-AF-D783-E97878-BF.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

And bonus points if you can identify it. Assuming I posted a picture


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:11 pm
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And Bois points if you can identify it. Assuming I posted a picture

Piston-driven Batman signal?


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:14 pm
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Bookmarked


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:15 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/XYfrJXWX/923-E95-DB-9-A43-4281-B778-1-A794-B48-A01-C.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/XYfrJXWX/923-E95-DB-9-A43-4281-B778-1-A794-B48-A01-C.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
Success ! (I hope)


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:20 pm
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Very similar to Postimage is imgbb. I use whichever I remember the name of first when posting.

Both can be set to autodelete your photos after a set time if you don't want them hanging about in somebody else's database forever.

https://imgbb.com/


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:22 pm
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I use imgur.

Generally speaking, if the image URL ends in a .jpg or .png or similar rather than a block of hieroglyphic code then it should embed in a forum IMG link regardless of it's hosted unless the source site explicitly blocks hotlinking.

Some hosting sites have a BBCODE or 'forum' button or similar which generate code the forum will probably understand. That just needs to be copied as-is rather than an IMG link (because it's not an image).


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:29 pm
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Imgur image. Right-click the image, copy link, switch to STW, hit the IMG button, paste into the pop-up:

(copied link is

)

Or,

Click the Share icon, paste directly into the forum:
https://imgur.com/gallery/0A0oczv

(copied link is https://imgur.com/gallery/0A0oczv )

Note the difference in the URLs, the first is a .png so is best in IMG tags (but some sources may work without it). Slightly different results depending how you want it to look. The latter image is cropped but you can click-through it.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:32 pm
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/WbkyyPk3/20220907-104014.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/WbkyyPk3/20220907-104014.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 8:17 am
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 8:22 am
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Goodness, how exciting – thank you! 😀

Always wanted to know a easy way to do this

Can I just say, I did a thread like this, literally donkeys ago. This Jonny come lately @ready up there waltzes along and steals all my glory and adulation. What gives huh? 😒🤣


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 9:13 am
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I have been using postimages. I do the same thing every time. About 30% of the attempts dont work. I dont get it.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 9:20 am
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If that Google thing works it could be a gamechanger...


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 9:28 am
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B0ll0xx


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 10:11 am
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Meanwhile at Sainsburys
mince pies


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 10:59 am
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Can I just say, I did a thread like this, literally donkeys ago. This Jonny come lately @ready up there waltzes along and steals all my glory and adulation. What gives huh? 😒🤣

🤩😁🤩


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 11:03 am
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/FsjbtXHZ/PXL-20220829-151246147.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/FsjbtXHZ/PXL-20220829-151246147.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

Witchcraft. That's the easiest yet.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 11:28 am
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Fancy editor enabled...... (edit..... works!)

Fancy editor enabled


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 11:30 am
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?

How do we know that's not a mark on your fence?


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 1:54 pm
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That'd be a Pterodactyl crash!

(That seems a bit random sat there at the top of a page 😆 )


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 2:01 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/J0ZzrgcB/PXL-20220607-113919903.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/J0ZzrgcB/PXL-20220607-113919903.jp g"/> [/img][/url]My turn.


 
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How do we know that’s not a mark on your fence?

In the ten+ years I've been here, I've never known Mark to be on the fence.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 2:28 pm
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badoom tish! 😀


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:07 pm
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?

Surely that is a Turkey that has collided


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:12 pm
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Can we go into advanced picture posting now so I can check and make sure I am not being a complete numpty. This is my current process when I need to upload something to this forum:
1. Take photo, latest example is a shoe attached to a CB mallet for someone to look at
2. Go into Google photos on phone and press the Backup option (yes this could be removed if I had auto back up but I don't want every pic being backed up
3. Go to PC and open Google photos and download required image to PC
4. Locate desired image on PC and upload to Postimages
5. Take link from Postimages and put into STW chat box and press enter

Slick isn't it


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:17 pm
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1. Take photo, latest example is a shoe attached to a CB mallet for someone to look at
2. Go into Google photos on phone and press the Backup option (yes this could be removed if I had auto back up but I don’t want every pic being backed up
3. Go to PC and open Google photos and download required image to PC
4. Locate desired image on PC and
upload to Postimages
5. Take link from Postimages and put into STW chat box and press enter

FTFY.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:25 pm
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But if I don't have the photo on the PC how do I get it from Postimages? It has to get there somehow, it doesn't just float there when I take a photo.....................................does it? Edit* Or do you mean just work directly from the mobile device?


 
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Does your phone not have a web browser?

(This is one of the reasons I use imgur - there's a native app which appears on the Share list on my camera roll.)


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:29 pm
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You beat me to it. Hmmmm not sure my fat fingers are going to like this but I will give it a try.


 
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.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:35 pm
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Dog


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:49 pm
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Well that went well


 
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https://imgur.com/a/vn5QY4 e" alt="Same dog" />


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:52 pm
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https://i.imgur.com/p4lq6U8.jp g" alt="Still the same dog" />


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:59 pm
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Cougar

That process only works 70% of the time for me


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 4:29 pm
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John: You either need to post the shared imgur link without using the forum's IMG button - just paste the link straight in to the text box - or you need to get the URL for the photo itself to put into the IMG tags.

If you paste the share link into the IMG dialogue then, as above, it won't work because it's not an image.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 6:55 pm
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johnjn2000
Dog
Same Dog
Still the same dog

Nice. Here's some others.


 
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Well there he is. @cougar, thanks. Do you always have all the stuff around it?


 
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See my post halfway down the first page.


 
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Got it


 
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👍


 
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My Imgur account has become painfully slow. Any recommendations for another (free) equivalent?


 
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tried
[url= https://i.postimg.cc/4NBfV6sk/Span.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/4NBfV6sk/Span.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
succeeded 🙂


 
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.


 
Posted : 09/09/2022 1:24 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.

It doesn't let me reply after the quote, without making a new paragraph before I hit the quote button. Is that right?

Apologies if that's already been covered, I haven't read the whole thread.


 
Posted : 09/09/2022 1:34 pm
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I put the cursor where I want it, press the B-QUOTE button, paste the text in front of the code that has appeared, then hit the quote button again.


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/svZxfJFz/6-AFA4-CFD-1006-47-DE-8-EFB-C8-BCD65-CC42-F.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/svZxfJFz/6-AFA4-CFD-1006-47-DE-8-EFB-C8-BCD65-CC42-F.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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Jeez, Finally. With much thx to cougar for simple post image instructions.


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/mDdVxmd8/DSC-1847.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/mDdVxmd8/DSC-1847.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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Woo bloody hoo!!!


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/CLPD8X9D/PXL-20220826-185031193-2.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/CLPD8X9D/PXL-20220826-185031193-2.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 09/09/2022 9:20 pm
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It works!


 
Posted : 09/09/2022 9:21 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/43fxqLpd/DSC-7831.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/43fxqLpd/DSC-7831.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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@BillMC same happened to me. I use Postimages now


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/nzSWKLkY/PXL-20220814-104200789.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/nzSWKLkY/PXL-20220814-104200789.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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[url= https://i.ibb.co/V9H4mkh/24-EDCFC3-E969-456-E-BC21-782157891-FFC.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.ibb.co/V9H4mkh/24-EDCFC3-E969-456-E-BC21-782157891-FFC.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 12/09/2022 9:20 am
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/njvBwnY6/FB-IMG-1666037786814.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/njvBwnY6/FB-IMG-1666037786814.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/bSgbpL5g/FB-IMG-1666037867324.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/bSgbpL5g/FB-IMG-1666037867324.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/QV3yNtPK/FB-IMG-1666037875975.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/QV3yNtPK/FB-IMG-1666037875975.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/PNQFCHs3/FB-IMG-1666037890827.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/PNQFCHs3/FB-IMG-1666037890827.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/xcjpHZ90/FB-IMG-1666037908870.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/xcjpHZ90/FB-IMG-1666037908870.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
Ah multiple images works too. Testing for later.


 
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What a lame ass forum if you got have a picture posting tutorial. 🙁

Anyway, Imgur for me as well.


 
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