# Can I post a picture along with a question?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 12, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534 "2004-04-12T00:51:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/1 "2004-04-12T00:51:54Z")
Is there a way I can post a picture along with a question on this board?
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### Author:  [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/2 "2004-04-12T00:54:55Z")
Inline, no.
You can link to a picture, though.
BTW, this would be better off in ATMB.
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/3 "2004-04-12T01:03:24Z")
Is there a website that I can upload a picture to and link to it from here?
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### Author:  [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/4 "2004-04-12T01:07:41Z")
If your ISP gives you webspace, you can upload it there and link, or you can use one of the many image-hosting sites on the web, like ImageStation or PhotoBucket.
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/5 "2004-04-12T02:14:51Z")
Thank you for the help. I have one more question though. I have posted pics at [photobucket.com](http://photobucket.com). The links to them are very long. Can I link to them from the “Straight Dope” using a single “word”, instead of typing in the whole link? If so, can you explain how? Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/6 "2004-04-12T02:25:01Z")
> [@Bret](#):
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> Can I link to them from the “Straight Dope” using a single “word”, instead of typing in the whole link? If so, can you explain how? Thanks again.
Sort of, but not really. The entire link is needed for someone to actually get to the picture. However, you don’t have to type it in. Just copy and paste it.
Also, you can make it _look_ like one word in your post. For instance, I could put up a link to [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/) or I could put a link to [Google](http://www.google.com/). They both go to the same place, but I made the second one by typing:
[Google](http://www.google.com/)
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/7 "2004-04-12T02:26:25Z")
Ack! The forum ate my coding. Let me try again. The very bottom example should be:
[Google](http://www.google.com/)
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/8 "2004-04-12T02:27:08Z")
Heres one that i’ve used. [http://www.walagata.com/](http://www.walagata.com/)
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### Author:  [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/9 "2004-04-12T02:30:34Z")
> [@Bret](#):
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> Thank you for the help. I have one more question though. I have posted pics at [photobucket.com](http://photobucket.com). The links to them are very long. Can I link to them from the “Straight Dope” using a single “word”, instead of typing in the whole link? If so, can you explain how? Thanks again.
You should also know about [TinyUrl.com](http://tinyurl.com) which creates a unique, tiny URL for you out of a long unwieldy URL you give it. Also nice for emailing links to people without having to worry about wrapping.
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/10 "2004-04-12T02:33:44Z")
Here is my shot at trying to link to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) using an alternitive “key” word.
[test link to google](http://www.google.com)
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/11 "2004-04-12T02:35:06Z")
GREAT…IT WORKS. Thanks for all the help!
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/12 "2004-04-12T02:55:03Z")
I have posted my other question (and links to pics) at “In my Humble Opinion”, “Are these bills worth anything?” If you know about bank notes, check it out.
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-post-a-picture-along-with-a-question/239534/13 "2004-04-12T06:43:40Z")
Since the question has been answered, I’ll close this thread. For future reference, questions about this message board should go in the ATMB forum.
bibliophage
moderator GQ