Posting photo into a forum

[Doctordestiny]

If I want to post a photo on a forum like this, I download it to photobucket or similar site, then clip and paste the link to post it in the forum. Is there a way for me to do this and bypass the step of first downloading to photobucket? Can I pull what I need from the photo's propeties and post that? I suspect not. I want to embed the photo, not post a link.

[Kipper is King]

Not as far as I know, because from what I understand user photos are not hosted on CP's server.

[Russic]

Just right click the image --> view image --> copy that url --> paste into cp. Only downside is t'll break or change if the site that holds the image changes the url.

[keratosis]

I use this site http://tinypic.com/

[Madman]

Originally Posted by Doctordestiny

If I want to post a photo on a forum like this, I download it to photobucket or similar site, then clip and paste the link to post it in the forum. Is there a way for me to do this and bypass the step of first downloading to photobucket? Can I pull what I need from the photo's propeties and post that? I suspect not. I want to embed the photo, not post a link.

You have to use the [IMG] tags to embed it - if you just post a URL, the forum software will not display it as an inline image.

[Doctordestiny]

Okay, as I thought. No way to do it. Thanks, boys (or girls, whatever).

[Madman]

Originally Posted by Doctordestiny

Okay, as I thought. No way to do it. Thanks, boys (or girls, whatever).

You have basically 2 questions.

1 - Can you "attach" a picture to CP's server and not upload to a picture hosting site? No.

2 - Yes, you can embed pictures in a post if it is hosted elsewhere.

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by Doctordestiny

Okay, as I thought. No way to do it. Thanks, boys (or girls, whatever).

What do you mean there is no way to do it? From what I understand you want to upload an image from your computer and post it to the forum without creating a photobucket account.

Originally Posted by keratosis

I use this site http://tinypic.com/

As keratosis said just use tinypic. You can upload a photo from your computer and it will give you an image url. Then just post it in the forum with the Image tag.

If I misunderstood your request then carry on.

[Doctordestiny]

Originally Posted by Komskies

What do you mean there is no way to do it? From what I understand you want to upload an image from your computer and post it to the forum without creating a photobucket account.

Close but not quite what I asked. I want to know if I could do this without using photobucket or something similar, bypassing them to save time. I understand there is no way to do that.

[Rathji]

I use the public folder in Dropbox because it is super easy and Dropbox is useful for so many other things. Just put the file in your Public folder and it automatically uploads, then right click the file in and one of the drop box choices will be "Copy Public Link"

Note: The Dropbox link is a referral link, since if you refer more people you get more space to store things (up to 8GB). Also, if you sign up via a referral link you get more space to start as well.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Doctordestiny

Close but not quite what I asked. I want to know if I could do this without using photobucket or something similar, bypassing them to save time. I understand there is no way to do that.

It is possible to do with the forum software, to upload the photo directly to the server rather than having to upload it somewhere else, but that would be a huge increase in our bandwidth usage for sure. I'd rather someone else pay for that

imgur.com is one of the easiest I've used.