Someone asked me to create a post about how to post an image because as we all know, an image is worth a thousand words, let's be totally honest. I'm going to assume that you already know how to copy and paste. First you need to copy the url (internet address) of the image you want to post. Make sure that the address ends in one of the following extensions: .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png. This way you know you have the address of an actual image, not a page holding the image. Then you come to Gator Country armed with your awesome image and create a new post. When you create a new post you will then need to click on the Image icon in the toolbar as circled and pointed out below: You will then see an image menu pop open that gives you a box wherein you may paste the aforementioned image url that you previously copied. Once you have pasted it, proceed to click the Insert button. If you have successfully completed the previous steps, you will see your image appear in the post like so: Once you add any additional text, you can then scan to the bottom of the post and click on the Create Thread button. If you are simply replying in a thread, this button will be the Reply button. If everything goes smoothly at this point, your image will appear like it does in the first reply to this post below. Good luck!
You used to be able to post an image file located on your hard-rive...is that no longer possible? Must it be posted first to an internet server with a unique URL?
It all depends. Do you want it to appear or not? The real answer is that this old feature has stopped working reliably when the site moved to new servers. Sometimes the image taken from the local computer will appear and sometimes not. I have never seen any confirmation that this is a known problem. This is like a lot of things on the site just an opinion. The bottom line is that if you want your image to appear it needs to be on a web accessible server. I wish I could point you an image hosting service to use but all the ones of which I once knew no longer allowed linking through other sites.
What about a video not from Twitter or YouTube? I have a link from Facebook but it tells me the specified URL cannot be embedded
As Vindibudd said, Facebook videos are embedded into their system and not directly accessible. The best way with is to link to the URL of the Facebook post that had the video, if possible. YouTube videos are easy. Copy the URL for the video and then click on the Media icon in the editor panel and paste the URL into the box and shown below: Note, for extra credit, I used the YouTube querystring to specify how far into the video I wanted it to start.
Vindi, my bud, or budd, I have a few pics on Imgur that I want to share on GC. Can you show the specific directions to do so? And do I need to make them “public” first on Imgur before I can share them? Thanks so much in advance for helping an old lady.
I would imagine that you do need to make them public. I don't use imjur myself because I host my own websites.
