# Posting a Picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [September 9, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170 "2020-09-09T14:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/1 "2020-09-09T14:29:24Z")
I still don’t know how to post a picture on here! Help, please. Thanks ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/2 "2020-09-09T14:51:00Z")
You need to host the picture elsewhere online. Then put the URL on its own line and the board software will take care of the rest. [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/12231413/Labrador-Retriever-MP.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/12231413/Labrador-Retriever-MP.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/3 "2020-09-09T22:58:15Z")
[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tKa-eByY9VYVrOTaJiHvtJ-t60oyxvP2TL66Ji99LThIPRCI965GTSXebUvt98ZpWsl34XVdUT8\_uHO1ajdDbH6fd\_bLoLm4y9258jtTkXTyD-Y4JGsz=w271](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tKa-eByY9VYVrOTaJiHvtJ-t60oyxvP2TL66Ji99LThIPRCI965GTSXebUvt98ZpWsl34XVdUT8_uHO1ajdDbH6fd_bLoLm4y9258jtTkXTyD-Y4JGsz=w271) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/4 "2020-09-09T23:01:48Z")
I give up - cannot post pictures. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/5 "2020-09-09T23:39:48Z")
You need to post it to a site that works here, like imgur. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/6 "2020-09-10T13:34:49Z")
So I can’t just take it from my pictures file on my computer? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/7 "2020-09-10T13:38:28Z")
No, SDMB doesn’t host pictures (except for avatars). You’ll need to host it online somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/8 "2020-09-10T13:44:42Z")
Here’s my desktop wallpaper: [![](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Hf1b1c80f0de64cf6961d1d3de043f434Y/Russia-Ivan-Aivazovsky-Sea-seascape-Calm-Sea-Landscape-with-fishermen-oil-painting-PRINT-reproduction-GOOD-PRINT.jpg) ](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Hf1b1c80f0de64cf6961d1d3de043f434Y/Russia-Ivan-Aivazovsky-Sea-seascape-Calm-Sea-Landscape-with-fishermen-oil-painting-PRINT-reproduction-GOOD-PRINT.jpg) It is a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky. I managed to post it here by looking it up on the internet, opening the image in a new tab, and coping/pasting its address in the body of my post. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/9 "2020-09-10T13:50:53Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Deadpool_2_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Ryan_Reynolds_%28cropped%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Deadpool_2_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Ryan_Reynolds_%28cropped%29.jpg) A selfie I took this morning. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/10 "2020-09-10T13:52:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > this morning. Before or after shaving? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/11 "2020-09-10T16:44:06Z")
[https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.21.193.193a/69731068\_10215349129505839\_8434961546211229696\_n.jpg?\_nc\_cat=111&\_nc\_sid=da31f3&\_nc\_ohc=1qNgIJt-KcoAX9zy-aM&\_nc\_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=9224b14aa4fb209e86963ad88f2134d1&oe=5F7F9564](https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.21.193.193a/69731068_10215349129505839_8434961546211229696_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=da31f3&_nc_ohc=1qNgIJt-KcoAX9zy-aM&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=9224b14aa4fb209e86963ad88f2134d1&oe=5F7F9564) Yay! Facebook images seem to work but not google sites. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/12 "2020-09-10T18:43:38Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tKa-eByY9VYVrOTaJiHvtJ-t60oyxvP2TL66Ji99LThIPRCI965GTSXebUvt98ZpWsl34XVdUT8\_uHO1ajdDbH6fd\_bLoLm4y9258jtTkXTyD-Y4JGsz=w271](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tKa-eByY9VYVrOTaJiHvtJ-t60oyxvP2TL66Ji99LThIPRCI965GTSXebUvt98ZpWsl34XVdUT8_uHO1ajdDbH6fd_bLoLm4y9258jtTkXTyD-Y4JGsz=w271) If I click on that I get ‘Forbidden’. It looks like you haven’t shared the picture. Check the sharing settings. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170/13 "2020-09-11T13:05:50Z")
My baby! [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c9t6OHXw2iNtFDVOPsSopC81PoR2vYWLd6-IDv7rhe6RFXIm71eaJMlRm6KVDIfz3ddaCAlm4JSkb1S6gyz6Qd9nOKR11SZMneJikiy7p-acYwKgvFHDJJubWMneYPTVAIQfqmwcqg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/QAJxdtzHZgDsoGur6)