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I copied this a few years ago and it works!

To RELIABLY post an image on STW.
Go to https://postimages.org/ on mobile or PC.
Upload image, you don’t have to create an account but handy if you do as you’re pics will stay live on the forum “forever”.
Press the Copy tab next to “Hotlink for Forums”
Paste that directly into here. You are soon done.

Now, if anyone can tell me how to quote small amounts of another persons post please...


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:27 pm
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Type [_quote_] and then copy and paste the text and then type [_/quote_] but without the underscores.

Such a shame Google stopped doing Google images, that was my go-to for photo hosting.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:48 pm
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like this??

Edit, well that worked!

lets try a pic with the OP's method...

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/vm1tWdCH/randr-photo-8568190-6000px-by-apex-images.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/vm1tWdCH/randr-photo-8568190-6000px-by-apex-images.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://treetop100babynames.com/baby-boys-names-h ]h guy names[/url]

Edit 2 - yay! that worked! thanks OP


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 12:50 pm
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Lets try the quote thing

and then copy and paste the text and then type

EDIT: Yes! Thankyou!!


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:14 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the [B-QUOTE] button.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:20 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.

EDIT Success!!


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:32 pm
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Apologies, that got munched (ironically). "press the B-QUOTE button" it should have read.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 1:41 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/HL7bzGB9/2022-09-0713-32-143347077199240929598.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/HL7bzGB9/2022-09-0713-32-143347077199240929598.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
If I can do it anyone can lol


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 2:34 pm
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Highlight the text you want to quote (after copy & pasting it) and press the button.

Yep, or you can press the bquote button, paste the text them press the bquote button a second time which closes the quote code.

A few less clicks/taps.

Oh and post image will randomly add a URL to your image link as above with v7fmp's baby names link 🤣 for cleanliness I delete that when it happens.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 2:43 pm
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Oh and post image will randomly add a URL to your image link as above with v7fmp’s baby names link 🤣 for cleanliness I delete that when it happens.

I wondered WTF that was all about and suprised nobody picked up on until now 🤣

I use Google Photo for backup photo storage (also have them elsewhere online) with https://www.labnol.org/embed/google/photos/ to create the required link for then sharing on here via the insert/edit image tab. Previously used tinyurl but that stopped working reliably for me.

Like this:

Jersey


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 2:53 pm
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Apologies, that got munched (ironically). “press the B-QUOTE button” it should have read.

😎👍


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 2:53 pm
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Nice work guys, you are killing it.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 3:36 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/25TRmkh8/PXL-20220822-162957668.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/25TRmkh8/PXL-20220822-162957668.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:16 pm
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All these years I've been wondering....


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:17 pm
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rarely post images up here, but let's see if the new forum is any easier...


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:47 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/8PvXZy0z/0-C94-EA26-309-F-4-CA9-AD33-465-BC7-B93-C42.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/8PvXZy0z/0-C94-EA26-309-F-4-CA9-AD33-465-BC7-B93-C42.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:51 pm
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Your can post pictures directly from some websites, such as wiki, amazon etc. by right clicking on the image and selecting "copy image address" and then pasting that in the image box.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 4:59 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/KYyRxk2w/missing-picture-page-website-design-260nw-1552421075-2.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/KYyRxk2w/missing-picture-page-website-design-260nw-1552421075-2.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

Edit - doesn't work for me


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 5:49 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/Hn1gcRcL/20220826-174233.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/Hn1gcRcL/20220826-174233.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:07 pm
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Goodness, how exciting - thank you! 😀


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:09 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/h45xHq3y/A6-BCFB70-3-F99-4227-A3-AF-D783-E97878-BF.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/h45xHq3y/A6-BCFB70-3-F99-4227-A3-AF-D783-E97878-BF.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

And bonus points if you can identify it. Assuming I posted a picture


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:11 pm
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And Bois points if you can identify it. Assuming I posted a picture

Piston-driven Batman signal?


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:14 pm
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Bookmarked


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:15 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/XYfrJXWX/923-E95-DB-9-A43-4281-B778-1-A794-B48-A01-C.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/XYfrJXWX/923-E95-DB-9-A43-4281-B778-1-A794-B48-A01-C.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
Success ! (I hope)


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:20 pm
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Very similar to Postimage is imgbb. I use whichever I remember the name of first when posting.

Both can be set to autodelete your photos after a set time if you don't want them hanging about in somebody else's database forever.

https://imgbb.com/


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:22 pm
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I use imgur.

Generally speaking, if the image URL ends in a .jpg or .png or similar rather than a block of hieroglyphic code then it should embed in a forum IMG link regardless of it's hosted unless the source site explicitly blocks hotlinking.

Some hosting sites have a BBCODE or 'forum' button or similar which generate code the forum will probably understand. That just needs to be copied as-is rather than an IMG link (because it's not an image).


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:29 pm
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Imgur image. Right-click the image, copy link, switch to STW, hit the IMG button, paste into the pop-up:

(copied link is

)

Or,

Click the Share icon, paste directly into the forum:
https://imgur.com/gallery/0A0oczv

(copied link is https://imgur.com/gallery/0A0oczv )

Note the difference in the URLs, the first is a .png so is best in IMG tags (but some sources may work without it). Slightly different results depending how you want it to look. The latter image is cropped but you can click-through it.


 
Posted : 07/09/2022 6:32 pm
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this

[url= https://i.postimg.cc/WbkyyPk3/20220907-104014.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/WbkyyPk3/20220907-104014.jp g"/> [/img][/url]


 
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 9:17 am
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Always wanted to know a easy way to do this


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 9:22 am
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Goodness, how exciting – thank you! 😀

Always wanted to know a easy way to do this

Can I just say, I did a thread like this, literally donkeys ago. This Jonny come lately @ready up there waltzes along and steals all my glory and adulation. What gives huh? 😒🤣


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 10:13 am
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I have been using postimages. I do the same thing every time. About 30% of the attempts dont work. I dont get it.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 10:20 am
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If that Google thing works it could be a gamechanger...


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 10:28 am
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B0ll0xx


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 11:11 am
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Meanwhile at Sainsburys
mince pies


 
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Can I just say, I did a thread like this, literally donkeys ago. This Jonny come lately @ready up there waltzes along and steals all my glory and adulation. What gives huh? 😒🤣

🤩😁🤩


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 12:03 pm
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?


 
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/FsjbtXHZ/PXL-20220829-151246147.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/FsjbtXHZ/PXL-20220829-151246147.jp g"/> [/img][/url]

Witchcraft. That's the easiest yet.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 12:28 pm
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Fancy editor enabled...... (edit..... works!)

Fancy editor enabled


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 12:30 pm
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?

How do we know that's not a mark on your fence?


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 2:54 pm
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That'd be a Pterodactyl crash!

(That seems a bit random sat there at the top of a page 😆 )


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:01 pm
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[url= https://i.postimg.cc/J0ZzrgcB/PXL-20220607-113919903.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.postimg.cc/J0ZzrgcB/PXL-20220607-113919903.jp g"/> [/img][/url]My turn.


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 3:20 pm
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How do we know that’s not a mark on your fence?

In the ten+ years I've been here, I've never known Mark to be on the fence.


 
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badoom tish! 😀


 
Posted : 08/09/2022 4:07 pm
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Is this the right thread for a pic of what a pigeon left behind on my kitchen window?

Surely that is a Turkey that has collided


 
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