# Inserting A Photo Test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397 "2022-01-26T04:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/1 "2022-01-26T04:23:01Z")
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Seal\_of\_Detroit\_(B%26W).svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Seal_of_Detroit_%28B%26W%29.svg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/2 "2022-01-26T04:27:56Z")
That’s a fail. You wanted: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Seal_of_Detroit_%28B%26W%29.svg/480px-Seal_of_Detroit_%28B%26W%29.svg.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Seal_of_Detroit_%28B%26W%29.svg/480px-Seal_of_Detroit_%28B%26W%29.svg.png) (click “more details” when viewing the image in Wikipedia, then pick one of the PNG file links) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/3 "2022-01-26T04:35:10Z")
testing This is a direct link to an SVG [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Discourse\_logo.svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Discourse_logo.svg) This is the Wikimedia Commons page referring for the same SVG, which embeds a .png preview, which is what’s visible. > **[File:Discourse logo.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discourse_logo.svg)** Looks like Discourse doesn’t display bare SVGs. I read someplace this may be nothing more than an admin configuration item (that isn’t enabled by default). Another bare SVG from another source [https://dev.w3.org/SVG/tools/svgweb/samples/svg-files/Steps.svg](https://dev.w3.org/SVG/tools/svgweb/samples/svg-files/Steps.svg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/4 "2022-01-26T04:55:56Z")
I tried several different photos, from several different sites, all to no avail. I’m done. For now at least. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/5 "2022-01-26T05:29:29Z")
Make sure the link ends with .png or .jpg, and it’ll work. There are some additional cases that will work as well, but those aren’t guaranteed across all sites. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/6 "2022-01-26T07:06:23Z")
This files ends in jpg. . [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Antonov_An-225_Beltyukov-1.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Antonov_An-225_Beltyukov-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/7 "2022-01-26T14:00:38Z")
I keep getting this message: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/8 "2022-01-26T15:11:57Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. That’s because you’re using unsupported media types. Try a JPG or PNG, rather than the SVG files you seem to want. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/9 "2022-01-27T00:26:50Z")
SVG (scalable vector graphics) are very popular with Wikimedia web sites (Wikipedia, Commons, Wiktionary) because you can change their resolutions without losing quality. Unfortunately they are neither popular nor well-supported in many places so I’m not shocked that Discourse doesn’t work well with them. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/10 "2022-01-27T18:57:51Z")
I could have sworn that I tried just about every photo example I could on the internet, including jpeg and so forth. Anyways, all I wanted to do was to add the above Great Seal of the City of Detroit to the following link: [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=698106), on these boards. Now, if someone wants to do that for me, that would be greatly appreciated 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/11 "2022-01-27T20:37:39Z")
Are you trying to embed a photo directly in a post? Because we can’t do that, we can only embed _links_ to photos that are hosted elsewhere. Also, if you want the photo to display in a post, you have to have the link on a line all by itself, otherwise you will see the link in the post instead of the photo. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/12 "2022-01-27T23:42:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Are you trying to embed a photo directly in a post? Because we can’t do that, we can only embed _links_ to photos that are hosted elsewhere. Yup. Either right-click the online phone and choose “copy link” instead of simply “copy”, or right-click the photo and copy it, then paste it into the address bar (which should post the link to the photo) and copy **that** , then paste that into the post you are making. I don’t think it’s an unsupported file type that gives the error about imbedding a media item; if it doesn’t recognize it as a supported media item at all it will just post as a bare link rather than trying to imbed it. Also, if the link doesn’t end in an actual photo file extension (.gif, .jpg, .png, and so on) then it might not work. It might, but there’s a good chance it won’t. And even links that end in a proper extension might also fail if there is something weird in the address that formats strangely in Discourse. I’ve posted links that work fine in my browser, have a valid extension, and yet Discourse interprets something as a line break or whatever and it screws the whole thing up. (When that happens I look for an alternate photo to use.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/13 "2022-01-29T03:40:22Z")
@Jim_B, what if you take my previous post and quote it, then remove everything except for the Wiki airplane file name? ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/14 "2022-01-29T04:41:58Z")
Nothing seems to work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/15 "2022-01-29T04:46:08Z")
That is puzzling. What device do you use? ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/16 "2022-01-29T18:47:57Z")
My test didn’t work… ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/17 "2022-01-29T23:08:41Z")
When I use my PC, the image appears in silhouette like it’s about to load, but it doesn’t. When I use my smartphone, forget about it. I don’t even get to square one. (I am a Charter Member too, you know 🙂 .) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/18 "2022-01-30T01:56:32Z")
You may want to try the folks over at GQ or whatever it’s called these days. Some pretty smart folks there. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/19 "2022-01-30T01:57:17Z")
FQ (Factual Questions) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397/20 "2022-01-30T02:12:43Z")
That too. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397.md?page=2)