I’m techno-dumb but occasionally want to share some pictures. I see a place for links and stuff, but how do I just post a pic? Thnx
Pics are not allowed here, except possibly in the Marketplace (I dunno, never read that forum). You can post a link to pics hosted elsewhere.
The only forums that permit posting pictures are the Marketplaceforum and the Boo! forum. No pictures are allowed anywhere else.
You can’t post photos directley here. The way this is handled is to upload your photo(s) to a photo sharing web site, and then to link to that photo here on the Straight Dope. The one I use is Imageshack - doesn’t cost anything and is pretty simple. They are found here.
Sign in to the site, and the rest is straightforward. Whenever you want to share a photo, just upload it, and then link (in your Straight Dope message) to the photo. As an example, the link looks like this.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/25/andyb.jpg/
You have just met my cat Andy.
Good luck.
Okay. Thanks guys.
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As Fear Itself pointed out, the only places here where you can post pictures are the Marketplace and the Halloween forum (called “Boo!”).
Anywhere else, you can post links as Daylate demonstrated. Please describe what you’re linking to (we discourage “blind” links), and put them in a spoiler box if they’re NSFW.
If you have other questions about how the forums work, please see “FAQs - Please Read First - Rules, Guidelines, Etiquette, Technical Issues” or ask the question here in the “About This Message Board” forum.
Thank you!
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Question: is there some sort of exception in place for certain forums, like for example post #5 in this thread in the Boo! forum?
See post #3 of this thread.
Aha. Sorry missed that. Thank you.