How do I get photos onto my WP message?

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I click the image link above it mention inserting URL. I'm confused. I loaded my SD card have the photos try to copy/paste but STILL can't get my photos from SD card and computer TO my WP message please help it's kind of urgent.

Simple explanation: WP does not 'host' images beyond those used in one's avatar. All images shown in posts made to the forums here are hosted on websites other than WP. The bbcode used within making a post allows the member to reference that location online and thereby display that image within their post. You cannot, then, upload images from your SD card to WrongPlanet. You'd need a site like Flickr, or a Myspace/Facebook account, or other service that will serve as a resource for those images.


M.

i may be able to assist ...

So where do I host my images (whatever that means)?

Forum posting an image that is already on your computer:

You can add your own saved images to a post if you click on the insert image button (with the mountains and sun landscape) in the "post a reply" box, enter the image address (where it is hosted) in the provided text box.

imgur.com (click) and photobucket.com (click) are able to be used to host images. With imgur there is the option to have images hosted anonymously or for you to create an account, photobucket requires the creation of an account. Creating an account (with imgur or photobucket) may arguably make it easier to track and control the images that you upload. Hosting images anonymously on imgur is OK and you can still delete hosted images if you have saved the associated deletion link information provided by imgur (provided by imgur at initial upload of the image). Please refer to the imgur FAQ for further detail (click).

If you do create an imgur or photobucket account it is recommended that, for the sake of maintaining anonymity/security, you name your account randomly or creatively. This is because your image file properties (accessible via right click for Windows, ctrl-click for Mac) will reveal your account details via the image hosted address as part of the image information (unavoidable), and you may prefer not to disclose real-life name information (I would recommend against it). Naming images randomly and out of sequence (alphanumeric combinations instead of pic0001, pic0002 etc), and setting appropriate privacy controls where available (in your imgur or photobucket account settings) will also contribute to better security. Using imgur to host images anonymously will generate a random URL that will not identify you via the image information properties.

After the image is uploaded you will be provided with an image address that can be added directly to a forum post, it will include the prefix [img]%20and%20suffix%20[/img]. Alternately, the image address will need to be added via the insert image button. Typically the former is the case, if the latter occurs the image address may resemble the following (minus the quotation marks): "host_name.com/your_account_name/image_name.jpg".

Forum posting an image using the image code or image information:

Image code may be provided by a website where the image is located. As an example, if you trim down the "Image code" below the picture shown at the web address http://www.lolcats.com/view/11559/ :

Image code =

...then trim to this



and then add that information via the insert image button...



= maximum lol cat happy.

If you click for image information or properties (right click for Windows, ctrl-click for Mac) of, say, the WrongPlanet.net logo on the front page you will see:

This image can also be forum posted by adding the above information via the insert image button.



Similarly, if you are quoting a news story you can add the image that may appear in or with the text by acquiring the image information (right click for Windows, ctrl-click for Mac) and adding it via the insert image button in your post.


Broken links and re-hosting an image:

The original site that an image was linked from might restrict linking to other sites to minimise data load on itself. The image may become a blank, a broken link, a red "x", or a place holder.

Some sites will do this depending on their bandwidth limitation/budgeting, it can be a point of frustration - but it is a problem that can be overcome by using imgur to directly re-host the image.

If you go to imgur.com and click the "image URL" button and copy-paste the image address (as per below example) into the provided text box, imgur will re-host the image for you and give you a tidy new address to drop into a forum post.



The new address where the image is re-hosted by imgur is as below.


Adding the prefix [img]%20and%20suffix%20[/img] to the above image address will allow the image to be dropped straight into a post... or the image can be added to a post by copy-pasting the image address minus the prefix [img]%20and%20suffix%20[/img] via the insert image button.

Using the latter method will save a few keystrokes, it will add the prefix [img]%20and%20suffix%20[/img] to the image and drop the image into the post.

Re-hosting is something to remember, sites may restrict cross linking images to keep data demand/bandwidth down for themselves.

Finally, if in doubt, preview your post!

if you have any questions please ask away

Last edited by tektek on 23 Jan 2010, 7:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hi tektek. How about you have a look at the How do I upload a picture? in the FAQ, and add an entry something along the lines of "So where do I host my images (whatever that means)?"

awesome idea, lau

done!

(click)

Thanks for that.

I'm rather surprised you managed to add the entry, what with the way WP is behaving.

I have not managed to update the index yet, as I get:



Hopefully, Alex will stop WP rejecting posts, soon.