Need help! Anyone help me with attaching a jpeg

[elias49]

to a DU post? Opened an acct with Shutterfly and uploaded several pics. Some of these pictures are 4-5MB, which is the default setting on my camera. But when I link to a picture that I have on Shutterfly, I get only a thumbnail in my post.
Anyone?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I think it's coming back to me that you can't share a photo

just by the link or URL (from Shutterfly). You have to create a 'share page' and upload them there and then share that link.

It's just easier to use something like Photobucket. I know that works.

[elias49]

2. Photobucket it is.

I went to Shutterfly on an impulse. It reminds me of Dropbox. In my opinion, a pain in the butt.
So you know of no DU setting that needs attention? I find nothing.
Thanks Curt

[blogslut]

3. As long as the image resides on a web server,

...like on PhotoBucket or somesuch, all you have to do to post an image on DU is to paste the direct image link - meaning that the link ends in .jpg, .gif or .png

As for the size of your image, it's always kind to resize it to something smaller via desktop software like RIOT. If the image is an animated gif then re-sizing is complicated and it would be best to include a WARNING in the subject line of your post.

DU auto-resizes the dimensions of images so that really big ones fit in the windows but it doesn't re-size their file size.

[elias49]

5. Thank you blog.

"..DU auto-resizes the dimensions of images so that really big ones fit in the windows but it doesn't re-size their file size."
Just what i wanted to know.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. :-) I remember going through that several years ago

until I found Photobucket. But the other responder is right: as long as the image has a URL it'll post fine here.