# Putting images in your posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [December 7, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319 "2010-12-07T20:02:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/1 "2010-12-07T20:02:37Z")

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Unlike the rest of the SDMB, the Marketplace forum allows images in your posts (but _only_ in your own threads–please do not add images to someone else’s threads).  
Including pictures is straightforward. Just copy the web address (URL) of the picture, and paste it between IMG tags.

Let’s say, for example, that I was selling copies of one of my children’s books. The cover can be found at [noparse][http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg[/noparse]](http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg%5B/noparse%5D), so I would include this line in the first post of the thread:

[noparse]

[http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg](http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg)

[/noparse]

That would include the image, like this:

[http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg](http://www.robson.org/gary/covers/blackhills.jpg)

That’s all there is to it!

NOTE: We don’t provide the image hosting, so you’ll need to store your pictures on an image-sharing site like FLICKR.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/2 "2010-12-07T20:04:59Z")

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At least, we _will_ be supporting images – give us a few moments to tweak it…

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/3 "2010-12-07T20:21:08Z")

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There we go. _Now_ the Marketplace supports images!

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**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:** [December 7, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/4 "2010-12-07T20:24:43Z")

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Will there be a size limit?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/5 "2010-12-07T20:44:03Z")

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Since we’re not doing the actual image hosting, no.

But please be reasonable. We don’t want to slow down the loading of threads by having multi-megabyte images in there. Use a nice compressed format and keep things within reason.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/6 "2010-12-07T21:30:41Z")

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(remove image from post other then the OP)

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-images-in-your-posts/563319/7 "2010-12-08T14:19:03Z")

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MOD NOTE

**LOUNE** , you don’t read too well or something?

OP of THIS thread:

“Unlike the rest of the SDMB, the Marketplace forum allows images in your posts ( **but only in your own threads–please do not add images to someone else’s threads** ).” (bolding mine)

Please don’t do it again. Even as a joke.

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