how do I add immages into my posts?

[frisky-leo]

Not in the subject, as you see, I have figured that out, but in the main message itsself.... I have tried the "Insert Immage" button, but it posts a link that half the time for me will not work.... How can I post a pic so it can be seen in my post?
Please help this damsel in distress! lol Thanks
Frisky

 

[Lynxie]

When you post an image, it must 1) be uploaded to the web so it has a URL, and 2) be uploaded to a site that allows you to link on other sites. For example, if you're hosting pictures at photobucket, they'll allow you to link a picture, but not post it as an actual image on another website.

Check with the site you're using for hosting (probably in the user agreement) to see if they'll allow this.

 

[rhev]

by using the IMG tags. Say you want to post this picture
http://z1.pixhosting.com/defimages/kittens.com.jpg
from www.kittens.com.


First you get the specific url of the photo, in this case that url is
http://z1.pixhosting.com/defimages/kittens.com.jpg

Next you create a new post, type whatever you want, and then add an image tag by either hitting the image button (which looks like 2 triangles with a yellow background) or by simply keying in the img tag (much easier imho)
The img tag looks like this

 [img] this is the opening tag   
[/img]  this is the closing tag

Once you key in the opening img tag into your text, insert the url for the photo, and then finish by closing the tag. Note that no spaces should be used, it should be open tag, url, close tag.

So in the example to link the kitten photo, the code in your text would look like this.
(img)http://z1.pixhosting.com/defimages/kittens.com.jpg(/img)
but using [ and ] in the place of the ( and ) I showed you.



Does that answer your question?

 

[frisky-leo]

This is a drawing of mine....
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/Artist_Pixie/LadyMage.jpg

Woohooo!!! thanks a lot!!!

 

[rhev]

very nice!

 

[flowerchilde]

Woo hoo! I remember the first time I got that to work! I'm hopeless at html, I tried learning in high school, but I just couldn't get it. Now I'm starting to pick it up more as I use forums more and more, I usually just do what you did and ask on the forum how to do something.

For example, if you're hosting pictures at photobucket, they'll allow you to link a picture, but not post it as an actual image on another website.

I use photobucket for all of my pics and they post in the message it self.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/flowerchilde/2004_the_phantom_of_the_opera_006.jpg
This is one of my pics from photobucket and my fav from Phantom of the Opera! MMMMMM.

 

[frisky-leo]

very nice!

thanks!

 

[welshman]

It doesn't work with gifs? look at mine!

 

[SweetErika]

It doesn't work with gifs? look at mine!

It won't work with certain sites that don't allow hotlinking, and I'm guessing Lit is one of them (think of what unscrupulous pornsite people could do with the goldmine known as AMPics). If you can find that image somewhere else online, or post it to photobucket or a site like that, you should get it to work without a problem.

 

[Weird Harold]

It doesn't work with gifs? look at mine!
www.literotica.com:81/forum/[color=red]attachment.php?[/color]s=&postid=1287562.gif

The IMG tags work fine with GIF JPG, and sever other image formats.

What theyWON"T work with are PHP script URLs (or other databse calls) that return an image rather than ARE an image. Simply adding ".gif" to the attachment URL doesn't make it an image URL.