Posting Pictures on this Site

[DougRed4]

Would anyone be able to explain how one might go about posting images on this site?

I've done so before, but every time it is like pulling teeth and extremely difficult. It's probably a precaution against spam or something, but - try as I might - I find it quite difficult to do so.

On another thread, CRMcNeill suggested a site called zonerama. I tried using that site, but even after making an account, I can't figure out a way to post images here. After about an hour of trying one thing after the other, I am giving up in frustration and reaching out to the community here to hopefully provide some guidance.

[Inquisitor1138]

Test

[Inquisitor1138]

[img]https://us.zonerama.com/DougsPics1/Photo/1000050758/1002004592[/img]

zonerama is garbage. it is user unfriendly, does not allow direct Links to images, instead only shares links to the pages where the image can be viewed & downloaded.
This drives traffic to their site but it's terrible for most users.
i suspect this has something to do with how they make their money.

I am currently in early stages of migrating from enjin to guildtag, but i am still searching for the best option to create multiple galleries, as i have with enjin.
At enjin i have dozens of galleries, hundreds of images.
guildtag, presently, is 1 gallery per user.

PeopleMoverPersonnelTransport.jpg

[Whill]

I'm sorry that there is currently no built-in way to upload images directly to the Rancor Pit.

Many file sharing sites will give you a link to a web page on their site that has the image on it. I'm guessing the site you were recommended is doing that. You can share the url to the image, but that url will not work in the IMG tags on this site because it isn't a direct image link. Anymore they make it almost impossible to get a direct link to the image itself. It is an anti-hotlinking feature, because sharing images here that are hosted on another site uses that site's bandwidth when they are viewed here.

Let's test to make sure that you the IMG tags do work for you. Please copy this url and post a new reply in this thread, using this url in IMG tags to see if it shows the image in the post. Make sure there are no spaces on either side of the URL.

https://rancorpit.com/forums/images/avatars/gallery/_StarWars/johnd.gif
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[DougRed4]

That seemed to have worked. Maybe I just need to try a few of these and find a good site for hosting images.

Thanks, all.
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[pakman]

I only recently found postimates - from someone here on the pit!

I have only used it a couple of times, but here it is ;

https://postimages.org/

After you upload an image, it has various links you can test out to use it here.
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[DougRed4]

I'll have to try Postimages again. It never seems to remember my password (so I have to change it every time).
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[pakman]

[DougRed4]

Maybe that's the key. I just went back to it (got in with my password after a few attempts) and it only seems to have 3 of my pictures, even though I've uploaded many things there.

Being able to go back and access your images again later (like you used to be able to do with Photobucket or other image hosting sites) would have been nice, but I suppose it's too much to ask nowadays.
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