Since taking a time-out from DU, I find I can no longer post images...

[Miles Archer]

...in the past, I'd right-click on an image, copy the info, post it here, voila...image in my post.

Now, I do the same, and nothing.

Here is some right-click code for an image I tried to post earlier. Any ideas on what changed?

?id=32338876&width=1200&height=778

It doesn't work if I use the whole line, or if I trim the text after the .jpg file extension.

I'd welcome anyone's thoughts on this. I used to include an image in the vast majority of posts I wrote here.

[Effete Snob]

1. Some servers will not allow that

It would appear that the DU software wants an image to terminate in a file extension like .gif, .jpg, .png etc.

That is why, when a site uses thing like sizing or other parameters, those are truncated by the DU software.

So, in this instance in particular, the server is being asked to serve a .jpg file.

If you actually put THAT URL, without the "?id=32338876&width=1200&height=778" into your browser, then rawstory (where the image is hosted) serves up an error reading:

"malformed params - no id"

In other words, rawstory.com is not going to serve that image unless it is accompanied by the "?id=32338876" part of the URL. But that part of the URL is truncated by DU.

The reason they do that is PRECISELY to stop sites like DU from stealing their server bandwidth by serving images on sites other than rawstory.com.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

on edit: (what you CAN do is make a screen capture and trim it down to that image (or if you have Mac that's a simple keyboard command) and then drop it onto https://imgbb.com/ to upload the image, go to that image page, copy the image URL and paste it here)

[Miles Archer]

4. Thanks, I assumed it was something like that

The URLs used to be much simpler...I assumed the additional code was to thwart doing exactly what I was trying to do.

[Effete Snob]

2. So, using the method from my post above

Takes all of about 15 seconds.

[dweller]

3. Pretty sure you have to use a host site like postimage etc

To post a pic here now … like such




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[Fla Dem]

5. The simplest and best site I've used is photoimage

It is sooo easy.

The picture must be in your picture file first, so copy the picture and save it in your picture file.

Then....

1. Go to POSTIMAGE https://postimages.org/
2. Click on "Choose Image"
3. Open your picture file
4. Double Click on the picture
5. A new page will open on postimage
6. Copy the "Direct Link"
7. Paste the direct Link in your email, post, whatever.

There you have it, done! 

[Miles Archer]

6. I used to have one of those sites...can't remember the name, but...

...they started to squeeze people to pay for memberships, and the service went sideways. But I will check out photoimage. Thank you!

[swimboy]

7. Photobucket?

My photobucket account is a hot mess and I need to take *sigh* another run at straightening it out