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Please, how do i add image to my post on this forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:31 am
by Tunde
i need help. i want to ask some questions and i need to attach images to my post. please, how do i attach the image or even a video?
thank you

Re: Please, how do i add image to my post on this forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:48 am
by hayasidist
Tunde wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:31 am i need help. i want to ask some questions and i need to attach images to my post. please, how do i attach the image or even a video?
thank you
find a suitable (free!) image hosting service (I use imgbb - https://imgbb.com/) - upload the image there, then put the url in the "image" tags that will be generated when you press the button

videos - youtube or vimeo or ... same idea

Re: Please, how do i add image to my post on this forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:50 am
by Tunde
hayasidist wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:48 am
Tunde wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:31 am i need help. i want to ask some questions and i need to attach images to my post. please, how do i attach the image or even a video?
thank you
find a suitable (free!) image hosting service (I use imgbb - https://imgbb.com/) - upload the image there, then put the url in the "image" tags that will be generated when you press the button

videos - youtube or vimeo or ... same idea
thank you sir

Re: Please, how do i add image to my post on this forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:30 pm
by hayasidist
just a word on the urls... if you use youtube, just the video identifier, not the whole url, goes between the [ ... ]
e.g.

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 [youtube]-hBH9Yk0KLA[/youtube] 
and for img -- some sites offer different urls for embedding e.g.
Hoptoad wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:23 pm This is what I do:
I use Dropbox to host an image.
Copy the Dropbox link.
Write forum post.
Click the Insert Image button (not URL).
Paste link.
Edit the link, changing dl=0 to raw=1.
Preview to make sure it worked.

Re: Please, how do i add image to my post on this forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:21 pm
by Tunde
hayasidist wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:30 pm just a word on the urls... if you use youtube, just the video identifier, not the whole url, goes between the [ ... ]
e.g.

Code: Select all

 [youtube]-hBH9Yk0KLA[/youtube] 
and for img -- some sites offer different urls for embedding e.g.
Hoptoad wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:23 pm This is what I do:
I use Dropbox to host an image.
Copy the Dropbox link.
Write forum post.
Click the Insert Image button (not URL).
Paste link.
Edit the link, changing dl=0 to raw=1.
Preview to make sure it worked.
i will be using youtube. i have recorded the video already. thanks for help sir