FAQ: How To Post Images In SOS Forum

[Kwackman]

Trying this out ...



Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

Nice try, but no cigar!
I just see a box and "?"- not an image. If I click on it, it says "Image failed to load".

[CS70]

Hm I am clearly encouraged to stop Boris so it works fine for me

Which browser do you use?

[Kwackman]

Which browser do you use?

Safari. I can't see CC's image, but can see the earlier one from Job.

[Martin Walker]

Boris looks fine here on Chrome

Martin

[Kwackman]

Boris looks fine here on Chrome

Martin

I loaded up Firefox, and it works there.
So, maybe a safari only thing, or maybe just the way I've safari set-up?
So, I guess I owe CC a cigar!

[job]

Yes, it's a Safari thing, but dl=1 is indicating a forced download as it basically means download = true, whereas the 0 is false. Dropbox suggests raw=1 to force a render if i remember correctly.

[ManFromGlass]

Trying this out ...



Hey, that's pretty good!

CC

Not working on the ipad.

[ManFromGlass]

but working in Firefox on the tower

how's this one?

[Kwackman]

but working in Firefox on the tower

how's this one?

Yup, visible with Safari.
Nice cable too!

[ConcertinaChap]

OK, trying Job's suggestion of replacing dl=0 with raw=1 in the Dropbox link. How does that look to people who couldn't see the earlier image?



CC

[Kwackman]

OK, trying Job's suggestion of replacing dl=0 with raw=1 in the Dropbox link. How does that look to people who couldn't see the earlier image?



CC

I can see that CC, using Safari.
One of TV's proper celebs!

[ConcertinaChap]

Looks good to me too, so it looks like we're home and dry so far as Dropbox is concerned. N.B. Here's the Dropbox FAQ that covers the subject. It's interesting that when I raised this subject with Dropbox Support last year they didn't know about it. Maybe so many people like me moaned about the loss of image rendering that they put the functionality back in on the quiet. If so, jolly good, say I.

CC

[ManFromGlass]

Works on iPad here.
Who's the hottie with the squeezebox?

[Kwackman]

Who's the hottie with the squeezebox?

He is Shaun the Sheep. From the people that brought you Wallace & Grommit.
He was in one of their movies, then got his own kid's TV show on BBC.

[ManFromGlass]

She's a he? Sorry Shaun, I should have looked under your tail first before posting!

[Wonks]

Your computer obviously needs more RAM.

[Drew Stephenson]

Bah!

(Looks around sheepishly.)

[Forum Admin]

I have renamed this topic and made it a Sticky.

Note: Facebook and Twitter images usually cannot be seen by anyone who does not have an account with them and is logged into their sites, so I strongly advise against posting such image links.

You can link to images on other public sites using the Img button in the Post dialogue box and inserting the image URL. Our site always resizes images to fit within the forum's main text area, so if you are linked to massive images this will add an overhead every time someone loads/views that topic.

As others have stated, it's best all round if you can upload images to your own web site and reference them from there, using the Img button, as you control this and we're less likely to have threads in the future where images show as missing.

Alternatively, I can recommend using the free image-hosting service provided by Imgur at https://imgur.com

[Drew Stephenson]

[ManFromGlass]

(sheep smilie!)

[ConcertinaChap]

Excellent! I'll leave the files I've linked to that are held in Dropbox in place so they can act as a reference if Dropbox change the way they do things again.

CC

[Guest]

I don’t have to be logged in (twitter or S0S) to see my own twitter linked posted pics, but if one needs a twitter account to see them, dang…

But seeing as you can post several pics on one Twitter post and then link them separately and once they’re up you don’t have to sign in to Twitter to use ‘em, it’s dead simple too, a no brainer



for a no-brain like moi innit.

[Guest]

Er, for those that cain't see my fab pic, it's a sickly-green graffiti smiley, so don't feel left out cos you ain't missing anyfin' anyway.

[Guest]

Erm, ditto.