Is embedding a photo directly into a post possible when posting from my phone?
I think I got it when I went and fired up my laptop, but I do 99.9% of my doping from my phone.
Is this supported by Android?
All my pics are online, but in a Google Drive folder that’s not public.
If I post a photo on Facebook (with “friends only” security) does the security still block the FB image link, for Dopers here? Let’s assume not being FB friends with any Dopers …
Help. I have a new kitty, and I know the rule - I’m just having a hard time following it.
Upload the photo to imgur or whichever photo hosting site you prefer and then link it here:
No tags or anything, just the url. The board sometimes crops it a little strangely, but it gives the gist. And if you click on the picture of my tabby child there, you get the full image.
Yeah. The problem has nothing to do with SDMB or your phone or your browser or the url.
If you want everybody else to see your pic, you need to put it someplace that everybody else’s computer can connect to with no logins or otther security hoopla required. That means a public photo sharing site in a non-secured folder.
Given that lots of people here hate FaceBook (and Twitter) and have them blocked, trying to host your images there in any form is going to be less than 100% successful.
What happens if you browse using your Android phone, but click the menu option to “switch to desktop view”? I assume you can then upload your file to the SDMB as usual? But if it’s already on Google Drive then @GreenWyvern’s advice would seem to apply, by changing the settings in the “Share” menu.
Your pic url looks like blah://scontent.fhio2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p180x540/49571730_10217906554444409_3174343030631038976_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=htU8bWKMlF0AX_8PD0M&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio2-2.fna&tp=6&oh=ea54a3d95d4f854fdbd39a4757e5d145&oe=5F6A662B
All that excess tracking stuff sure looks like it connects back to you. Just not in a way that an ordinary netizen can decode.
Files (other than avatars) are never uploaded to SDMB. The url of wherever the file is can be copied into a post. But the file stays where it is. And that someplace needs to be accessible to everybody who would want to see it.
Yeah, I assume someone with skillz could get back to my Facebook page, but it’s pretty shut down. Agreed that your average person-like-me wouldn’t be likely to be able to do so. Still seems potentially more private than links I’ve followed to people’s photo hosting sites, where I can see their name, belly-dancing class photos, and sometimes contact information.
Ah. It’s technically “staff color”, which by default is yellow. It may be a different color depending on what theme you are using. Apparently on your theme it’s brown.
We add staff color to posts to indicate or clarify that we are speaking as a moderator.
Seconded. You’ll want to install the Imgur app. From there you can take a picture or upload from your gallery. No need to sign in or anything. It gives you a short URL which you can paste into a post. Takes about 20 seconds.
