# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/811 "2025-06-17T10:47:33Z")
> [@EnolaStraight](#): > > Huh. > I keep getting: > An error occurred. Sorry ,You cannot embed media items in your post. To get the image to appear in your post:- - Don’t use the Hyperlink option. That will just create a link to the image. - Just paste the image’s url (which should end in .jpg (or whatever format it is)) eg [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b1/Zootfull.jpg](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b1/Zootfull.jpg) - The url should be on its own line with no other text. (That’s why the above line doesn’t show the image, because it has the “eg” in front of it.) [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b1/Zootfull.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b1/Zootfull.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/812 "2025-06-17T12:07:30Z")
My favorite Muppets were Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/StatlerandWaldorf%282%29.JPG) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/StatlerandWaldorf%282%29.JPG) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/813 "2025-07-02T14:30:02Z")
Testing pictures from smugmug **2025 Iron Butt Rally, Coralville, Iowa** > **[2025 IRON BUTT RALLY - Tobie Stevens](https://tobiestevens.smugmug.com/2025-IRON-BUTT-RALLY)** > > This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here. Add #1 — That only gives the gallery link (album link). Add #2 — Nichole Meuse, winner of the 2025 Iron Butt Rally; she’s the second female winner of the IBR (Wendy Crockett made history as the first in 2019) > **[2025 IBR FINISH - Tobie Stevens](https://tobiestevens.smugmug.com/2025-IBR-FINISH/i-j86DrP9/A)** > > This photo hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here. Add #3 — That only gives the picture link So far, nothing displays the picture, only a link to it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/814 "2025-07-02T15:08:03Z")
@Bullitt … Right-click the image and select “copy image address”. [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/2025-IBR-FINISH/i-j86DrP9/0/Kh4tJhfctjGNhFDN45VC4QTMdm9CQVq9qJJ25SctS/X3/untitled%20%281%20of%201%29-X3.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/2025-IBR-FINISH/i-j86DrP9/0/Kh4tJhfctjGNhFDN45VC4QTMdm9CQVq9qJJ25SctS/X3/untitled%20%281%20of%201%29-X3.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/815 "2025-07-03T01:38:04Z")
[![](https://photos.smugmug.com/2025-IBR-FINISH/i-j86DrP9/0/Kh4tJhfctjGNhFDN45VC4QTMdm9CQVq9qJJ25SctS/X3/untitled%20%281%20of%201%29-X3.jpg) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/2025-IBR-FINISH/i-j86DrP9/0/Kh4tJhfctjGNhFDN45VC4QTMdm9CQVq9qJJ25SctS/X3/untitled%20%281%20of%201%29-X3.jpg) • Thanks @pjd ! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/816 "2025-07-08T18:38:31Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/817 "2025-07-16T16:52:19Z")
> **[Relativity (M. C. Escher)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_%28M._C._Escher%29#/media/File:Escher's_Relativity.jpg)** > > Relativity is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in December 1953. The first version of this work was a woodcut made earlier that same year. > It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. The architectural structure seems to be the centre of an idyllic community, with most of its inhabitants casually going about their ordinary business, such as dining. There are windows and doorways leading to park-like outdoor settings. All of the figures ar... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/818 "2025-07-16T17:21:43Z")
FYI - sometimes a ref to wiki produces a box like that with nice clickable header but mostly filled with computer gibberish, not the first paragraph of the article. That’s a compatibility problem between Discourse and some versions of some wiki page templates. You didn’t cause that, and you can’t fix it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/819 "2025-07-17T15:04:22Z")
[https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/820 "2025-07-17T15:10:24Z")
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/821 "2025-07-17T15:17:54Z")
How did you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/822 "2025-07-17T15:22:45Z")
I’m on a Windows PC. I clicked your link. I right-clicked on the image and choose “Copy image link”. I then pasted that into the a reply box. Discourse, when it has an url to an image ending in .jpg or .png, will automatically embed the image in the post. My post looked exactly like this: `https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png` I’ve added backquotes in this post to prevent Discourse from interpreting the url in this post. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/823 "2025-07-17T15:25:02Z")
It didn’t for me, hence the link instead of the pic. I’m using my iPhone, is that making the difference? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/824 "2025-07-17T15:27:41Z")
I had started to reply to @HeyHomie before @Pleonast snuck in. Because when I entered his link, it went not to the pic, but to a hosting page. Despite looking correctly formed, that’s not what it did. Which was evidence to me that Postimg.cc was actively trying to prevent hotlinking. then I tried again and it worked as a hot-link as you’d expect and image was displayed inline. About then @Pleonast’s post showed up, proving the same thing. Color me confused. For @HeyHomie: I’m pretty sure it’s not you, but rather postimg.cc that is causing your problems. The other possibility is there’s a space or other invisible character in front of the “h” in “https” or after the “g” in “png”. Any time anyone is working on a phone, there are a lot of “helpful” features of copy/paste that are working against you. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/825 "2025-07-17T15:40:09Z")
Trying from iPhone. It’s harder to get the image url. The page has a share button, from which you can copy the image url. And then paste here: [![](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/826 "2025-07-17T15:40:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The other possibility is there’s a space or other invisible character in front of the “h” in “https” or after the “g” in “png”. Yes. Be sure to have only the url on a line by itself. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/827 "2025-07-17T15:44:29Z")
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/LXRkbz0R/IMG-2410.png) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/828 "2025-07-17T15:45:46Z")
There it is. The key seems to be previewing first. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/brNSfLh0/IMG-2412.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/brNSfLh0/IMG-2412.png) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/829 "2025-07-20T14:43:23Z")
testing editing on my phone. the latest UI changes made it where the edit screen wouldn’t all fit on the screen when my keyboard was up, so I lowered the text size and I’m checking to see if it worked. yep. I can now still see the text box when I edit and it isn’t squished to less than a line when the toolbar is active. Nor do any buttons overlap. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/830 "2025-07-21T10:03:05Z")
Testing Google Photos Album [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNctbuGDqFpyZOA7UbqQx1YnrwPX1YozI8mMpKLUz7tNATi6lT3nK5399-kbMRbgRF__ynbyV3pac45dyDDLILM0XihRRG6xw4mndOmt96ga-WZx9Ia=w600-h315-p-k "2025-07-20 Cars & Cabernet · Sunday, Jul 20 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/XpBCw6sN7v147bYF7) 4 Individual pics [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPsRj1azx3dZ-sk8mpadCFypInMN6i28FybNwfesGhr_n3UqZpjGt37F6zQLTZROp2JrI3_teo6wNwtT_j7UXmSiEJ0KlXo7iSl4MqCWmqudjb4guGw=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Jul 20 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/yJsmkHwPJwYaJNii9) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMKAd1NTlGmwwKcvYGEmqQ7y2IlKalShgWU8iKThSGKKx7dEcT2HYwHFv3OL8suvqziwhnt6qHyq4vk5J8aDZgcqkwqZ5a8fl0B6CJkqB2ZqNX70_Kc=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Jul 20 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/wzJUj6VBcwvbLqMV9) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOoEZF2aSJlHosmX7R63LqYuJbfR2B1mn-aBCG55IORCANpzmtbu2e0bZ0xZO_qbwEVM-pednaoKHWe1OxIEsLrihXFZAO9LS8crM2bdR-SOD3ZPI35=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Jul 20 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Mo38Q88Mw3BZUMjS8) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPeFgSfsq1319bBgknOJFwLowUPXijpaFMrS1g5FvcAuHMDjWiMHKd7mKdQ3yetF68PjstfduXEoHaE0X_momsHRoDtTVufHHdS9yqES7yHP58PjpBp=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Jul 20 📸") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/VMuMKdU7WKhc2QWH7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=42)