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Really dumb question

acumen101acumen101 Registered User regular
edited February 2011 in Debate and/or Discourse
How in the hell do I post pictures to a post? I see the icon in the format bar, but it keeps asking for a web address. A hint of any kind would be appreciated.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    You have to host any images you want to display (beyond your sig and avatar picture) somewhere on the internet. You then provide the url of where it was stored and you're good.

    If you're looking for free hosting Dropbox is super easy. And free.

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  • EgoEgo Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    acumen101 wrote: »
    How in the hell do I post pictures to a post? I see the icon in the format bar, but it keeps asking for a web address. A hint of any kind would be appreciated.

    You need to actually have the image hosted somewhere, so sign up for a service like photobucket.com to host your images. Then you just link to the URL of your image (where it asks for a web address.)

    I assume photobucket.com still works for this :).

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Everyone has their personal preference, but I find the most convenient image host is Imgur.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Photobucket also will provide you with the tag structure you need for the image, so you can just copy and paste that text directly into your post rather than using the forum's interface. I assume that pretty much every other image host will do that for you as well.

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