Since we are limited on how many pictures we can attached, I learned the trick of going to the properties of the picture and copying the address of the picture, then instead of attaching the picture in a thread again, you can simpily click on the "IMG" link and host the picture like that.

However, when I did this for a picture that I already have in another thread, I get this repsonse.

Can we not do this for a picture we already have uploaded, or am I doing something wrong?

 

Chris-

Is the image a .jpg? And sometimes when copying from other websites they have blocks on the images.

Or at least that has been my experience.

 

Thats exactly it. If the link doesnt have a valid extension on it (.jpg, .gif, .bmp etc..) it wont allow it.

 

It is a picture I took. I posted it in a thread as an attachment. So I know it is the right size. What I am trying to do is take that picture I already posted in this forum, and post it in another thread.

When I click on the properties to get the address and use that address in the "IMG" link, I get the message above.

So I know it is ok to post that particular picture, I just don't want to have to add it to my attahments if i want to re-post it.

 

copy the url and paste it here so i can see (without putting the IMG tags around it)

 

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?ac...e=post&id=19247

 

Oh sure, it works when I do it like that. But if I actually put it in the IMG link, I get themessage.

 

Chris-

The URL doesn't end with .jpg, .gif, .bmp, etc. That's why it won't show using the IMG feature . .

 

Interesting, I did not notice that at first. I wonder why, since it is a picture? So I guess to solve my problem, if I ever want to post a picture I already posted, I will have to re-attach it.

And..

thanks for the help.

 

You could register at cardomain.com, it's free. That's what I do to 'host' my pictures. . .example . . (At some point I may just get a website of my own, just for personal use.)

 

hmm lemme think of a work around for this. This new software changed alot of the ways we do things.