# Insering a JPG pic into a post. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 19, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350 "2009-10-19T16:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/1 "2009-10-19T16:40:59Z")
I’m having trouble inserting a Windows jpg picture file into a test post in ATMB. How do I do it? Or would it be easier to just insert an e-mail link?- Me. ETA: Microsoft Windows Version 5.1, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/2 "2009-10-19T16:43:46Z")
Pics are disabled. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/3 "2009-10-19T16:46:41Z")
You need to host the photo somewhere(photobucket, imageshack, etc.) and put the link in your post. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/4 "2009-10-19T16:47:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You need to host the photo somewhere(photobucket, imageshack, etc.) and put the link in your post. Thank you. Is this also the route I would have to go to put in a prfile picture? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/5 "2009-10-19T16:54:46Z")
You can upload a profile pic to the Board but it needs to be under a specific size. Under the edit profile pic option: Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 125 by 125 pixels or 24.4 KB (whichever is smaller). ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/6 "2009-10-19T17:05:50Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You need to host the photo somewhere(photobucket, imageshack, etc.) and put the link in your post. Another possibility is Flickr, where you can have a free account that allows a limited number of pictures. There’s even a [SDMB Meets Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/groups/sdmb_meets_flickr/) group there. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/7 "2009-10-19T17:28:21Z")
Moving from GQ to ATMB. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/8 "2009-10-19T18:33:05Z")
And how about a rule against hotlinking a graphic? such as [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sdmb\_images/reader/tsdbanner.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sdmb_images/reader/tsdbanner.gif) Basically, hotlinking is entering a link that only links to the graphic and nothing else. Some website owners hate this because you are using their bandwidth and you aren’t really linking to their site, just the graphic. As someone else said, images posted on message boards need to be hosted on sites such as photobucket, flickr, etc. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/9 "2009-10-19T19:18:38Z")
We’ve not enabled the ability to put pictures into posts, for a couple of reasons: (1) it would blow the server, and delay times would be impossible (2) we’d rather people talk to each other, than draw pictures (3) the server couldn’t handle it (4) pictures can be really annoying, as we’ve seen on other boards, and (5) the server would be unable to deal with it well. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/10 "2009-10-19T19:20:13Z")
Would it be taxing on the server? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/11 "2009-10-19T19:26:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Would it be taxing on the server? I always tip my server and yes, they do pay taxes on it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/12 "2009-10-19T20:38:47Z")
I don’t mind the rule against posting photos, and I think most “Dopers” feel the same way about this. We’ve all seen message boards that are “photo-farms”, filled with too many graphics. And my favorite posting is to see someone quoting another person’s post (pictures and all text), only to give a reply such as “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/13 "2009-10-19T21:12:51Z")
Images hosted elsewhere and embedded in posts would not tax the server any more than, say, this post. An image tag is just text until it hits your browser, which then retrieves the image from the hosting server directly, without involving the SDMB hamster. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/14 "2009-10-19T21:16:53Z")
I just think of the ATMB as the _New York Times_ of message boards. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/15 "2009-10-20T00:52:05Z")
> [@](#): > > And how about a rule against hotlinking a graphic? Many sites have provisions in place to prevent hotlinking; I would imagine that’s all that’s necessary. The SDMB doesn’t have to put a rule in place, since the image hosts, by and large, already have. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/16 "2009-10-20T03:11:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Many sites have provisions in place to prevent hotlinking; I would imagine that’s all that’s necessary. The SDMB doesn’t have to put a rule in place, since the image hosts, by and large, already have. And those that don’t usually don’t have a rule against it, and, thus, apparently don’t mind. It’s only a problem if it overloads the server, or increases their bandwidth to more than they can afford (as they use advertising to offset the cost on their own pages). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/17 "2009-10-20T19:13:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Images hosted elsewhere and embedded in posts would not tax the server any more than, say, this post. > An image tag is just text until it hits your browser, which then retrieves the image from the hosting server directly, without involving the SDMB hamster. Yeah, this is the case with most message boards. Some do actuallly require you to upload the images to their server or whatnot, and it gets all convoluted and silly, but it’s not the norm, and certainly “taxing the server” is not at all the case. Granted, the hamsters around here seem to have problems with a lot of things that other boards don’t… That said, there are plenty of GOOD reasons not to have inline images around here that don’t have anything to do with phantom server loads, and I for one like the lack of them. All the pretty gaudy animated flashing seizure inducing gifs were kind of interesting back 10 years ago. Today they’re just annoying. If people really want to see images here without clicking a link, they can always load a browser extension like text to image and see they want. I don’t \*think \*that could perturb any rodents. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/18 "2009-10-21T13:10:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Moving from GQ to ATMB. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Thank you. It makes sense. For some reason I wasn’t thinking that the original test post on ATMB would be something anyone would be offering advice on. Then there was the mix-up from not knowing when I was previewing or submitting, resulting in a duplicate post (essentially). Of course in hindsight this thread should have gone to ATMB if a separate thread at all. It wasn’t really fitting a GQ. :smack: And the title and OP were wrong. I realized later that I had never seen a pic here, except for profile pics (which were enabled recently). I should have asked how I would insert a link to a pic I received in e-mail. Now I’m just plain :o. Since I registered with photobucket yesterday, I’ll try a test pic link on this thread some time today. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/19 "2009-10-21T13:18:00Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > (1) it would blow the server, and delay times would be impossible > … > (3) the server couldn’t handle it > … > (5) the server would be unable to deal with it well. Wrong, untrue, and incorrect, if the server were not hosting the images. Agree with the other two reasons, however. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350/20 "2009-10-21T15:35:41Z")
Test to insert a (sample photo) photobucket pic **link** : [HERE IT IS!](http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/theJohnB/th_Bluehills.jpg) ETA: It worked in preview, so it should work in this as a post. I’m sure there are ways to enlarge the Sample pic, but I’m new at this and could use some advice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insering-a-jpg-pic-into-a-post/514350.md?page=2)