How to Post an Image in the Forums

[Aescentia]

Obviously, people aren't quite getting the impetus or knowledge necessary to look at Mousebumples' handy FAQ, leading to at least four "how can I post images in the forums" technical requests in the last week or so, at least that I've noticed.

So I've decided to put this together, in order to make it easy for, the next time this pops up, someone to just put the link to this as a response.

Simple as that.

How to Post an Image in the Forums
1. Find an Image
Pick an image. Any image. Say, your national seal, or a map, or something to that effect. The limit for NS Forums is 900 pixels wide, but common courtesy is to size it as less than 800 pixels by 600 pixels.

2. Put it on an Image Host
The next step, once you've found an appropriate image, is to host it on an Image Host.

Commonly-used Image Hosts include:
Photobucket (recommended) Due to their new Unlimited Image policy, Photobucket is having some serious problems.
Imageshack (non-permanent)
imgur (recommended by [v] herself!)

Go to these sites and follow the instructions there.

3. Put it on the Forums
First of all, make sure that BBCode is enabled. You can check this by looking to the RIGHT of the post window, below the smilies.
Like so:


If it says that BBCode is OFF, you can re-enable it by going to your User Control Panel, then to Board Preferences, then to Edit Posting Defaults and making sure the radial button is clicked under "Yes" like so:


Then, click the Img box ABOVE the post window, near the centre of the grey buttons, here:


That will place the following code into your post window:

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[img][/img]

Copy the DIRECT LINK from your Image Host, for example:

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http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/paroxysm_photo/img-1.png

Paste that inside the

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[img][/img]

brackets like this:

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[img]http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/paroxysm_photo/img-1.png[/img]


Common Courtesies
-no images larger than 800x600
-don't just link to an image on someone else's website: host it yourself by downloading it and putting it on Photobucket/Imageshack

And you're done!

[Crazy girl]

Photobucket (recommended)
Imageshack (non-permanent)

A few questions.

Why would photobucket be recommended? And what do you mean with imageshack not being permanent?
And what's wrong with this link? viewtopic.php?p=4718985#p4718985

[The Most Glorious Hack]

Given enough time, imageshack might nuke an image. I had that happen once, but it took about 3 years.

[Aescentia]

@CG: I recommend Photobucket because it has the highest uptime, easiest GUI to use, and an easy direct link. Imageshack is non-permanent because, as THMH said, it tends to delete pictures after a while. As for the link, I think that, for those who have been directed to it, it's not quite enough explanation on the subject. It also doesn't have the common courtesies, or what to do if BBCode is off, etcetera.

@Hack Indeed so. I think their new limit is somewhere around two.

[[violet]]

http://imgur.com is good.

[Serviss]

thx guys this helped alot i finally got it to work thx to this forum

[Aescentia]

http://imgur.com is good.

Edited in.

thx guys this helped alot i finally got it to work thx to this forum

Great - that's why this is here.

[Aescentia]

Update: removed Photobucket from list, considering recent problems.

[Ebsotz]

How do you post an image from your own computer?

[Eluvatar]

How do you post an image from your own computer?

Step one: Upload it somewhere.

Step two: Wrap the URL of the uploaded image in an [img] tag.

[Quilavaland]

[img]

[Ordered Governments of Sigmar]

Obviously, people aren't quite getting the impetus or knowledge necessary to look at Mousebumples' handy FAQ, leading to at least four "how can I post images in the forums" technical requests in the last week or so, at least that I've noticed.

So I've decided to put this together, in order to make it easy for, the next time this pops up, someone to just put the link to this as a response.

Simple as that.

How to Post an Image in the Forums
1. Find an Image
Pick an image. Any image. Say, your national seal, or a map, or something to that effect. The limit for NS Forums is 900 pixels wide, but common courtesy is to size it as less than 800 pixels by 600 pixels.

Does this work on a phone? It's all I have right now.
2. Put it on an Image Host
The next step, once you've found an appropriate image, is to host it on an Image Host.

Commonly-used Image Hosts include:
Photobucket (recommended) Due to their new Unlimited Image policy, Photobucket is having some serious problems.
Imageshack (non-permanent)
imgur (recommended by [v] herself!)

Go to these sites and follow the instructions there.

3. Put it on the Forums
First of all, make sure that BBCode is enabled. You can check this by looking to the RIGHT of the post window, below the smilies.
Like so:
(Image)

If it says that BBCode is OFF, you can re-enable it by going to your User Control Panel, then to Board Preferences, then to Edit Posting Defaults and making sure the radial button is clicked under "Yes" like so:
(Image)

Then, click the Img box ABOVE the post window, near the centre of the grey buttons, here:
(Image)

That will place the following code into your post window:

Code: Select all

([url=]Image[/url])

Copy the DIRECT LINK from your Image Host, for example:

Code: Select all

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/paroxysm_photo/img-1.png

Paste that inside the

Code: Select all

([url=]Image[/url])

brackets like this:

Code: Select all

([url=http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/paroxysm_photo/img-1.png]Image[/url])


Common Courtesies
-no images larger than 800x600
-don't just link to an image on someone else's website: host it yourself by downloading it and putting it on Photobucket/Imageshack

And you're done!