# Tapatalk image upload **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776 "2013-09-02T01:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776/1 "2013-09-02T01:06:17Z")
One of the nice features of Tapatalk is that it will host pictures. So, if I want to upload a photo, I do not have use Flickr or Picassa etc, but simply link to the photo from my iPhone/iPad picture app and Tapatalk will embed the link and host the photo. I tried doing that today, but I got an error message saying this feature was blocked by the forum administration. Is that something you turn on at your end, or has it been blocked on purpose? The app has gone through a major upgrade, so maybe that was a permission that had been lost in the shuffle. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776/2 "2013-09-02T17:21:27Z")
Bump, I know it’s a holiday weekend over here. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776/3 "2013-09-02T18:14:37Z")
I’m fairly new to this forum, but it is apparent to me that this forum simply doesn’t allow images in messages. Not a matter of not wanting to host them on its own server; but of not wanting them displayed at all in messages, even if they are hosted elsewhere. If it was a matter of allowing images to be displayed, but of not hosting them, then the Tapatalk feature of which you speak would work here. But that’s not what it is. It’s a matter of not allowing embedded images at all. Look at the bottom of the page, and you’ll see this: Posting Rules You may post new threads You may post replies You may not post attachments You may edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On **[IMG] code is Off** ← That would have to be **On** in order to allow images. HTML code is Off ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776/4 "2013-09-02T18:27:25Z")
> [@Bob\_Blaylock](#): > > I’m fairly new to this forum, but it is apparent to me that this forum simply doesn’t allow images in messages. Not a matter of not wanting to host them on its own server; but of not wanting them displayed at all in messages, even if they are hosted elsewhere. > > If it was a matter of allowing images to be displayed, but of not hosting them, then the Tapatalk feature of which you speak would work here. But that’s not what it is. It’s a matter of not allowing embedded images at all. Look at the bottom of the page, and you’ll see this: > > Posting Rules > You may post new threads > You may post replies > You may not post attachments > You may edit your posts > BB code is On > Smilies are On > **[IMG] code is Off** ← That would have to be **On** in order to allow images. > HTML code is Off Yes, you are correct and it’s been that way for ever here. What happens with Tapatalk is that it inserts a link, as if you’ve uploaded your image to Flickr etc and embedded the URL in your post. Rather than the link going to flickr, its the Tapatalk host. You can do it within your post in the app, eliminating multiple steps. I’ve used these feature on the app many many times. Now it doesn’t work. It’s a Tapatalk, not vbulletin issue. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-image-upload/667776/5 "2013-09-02T21:07:31Z")
Test [http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/03/u6yze2an.jpg](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/03/u6yze2an.jpg)