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[Felix Saturnus]

So how does one include a picture in one of these posts? I've tried clicking the picture button, but then a modal dialog box asks for a URL. I don't have a URL, I have a file on my hard disk. Does it want me to use file://? I've tried drag and drop but no luck.

[Frost]

You have to host it somewhere online.

[Tesseract]

With a Pro account, using an attachment, like so:
 Screen009.jpg   24.19K   14 downloads

[Sneaky Snake]

You can also use the URL of an image online - like one from Google Images. But yes, to use any images from your computer you need to upload them first to a photo sharing site. I happen to use photobucket, but any sight will do

[Cobra]

Us pro users can attach images? I did not know that. Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever seen an attach button.

[the Battle Cat]

The attachment manager is in your full editor when posting or replying.

[Rev-O]

In a somewhat similar vein, how do I make the pictures I include in my posts go away?
I bring up the box to type my reply and then carefully affix the photo to my screen with tape. When I finish my response and hit 'Add Reply' the damn picture won't go away! It's still there on my screen! Can anyone else see this photo!? Why hasn't the photo gotten sucked into my response?! Why is the photo still there on my screen, mocking me! Maybe instead of using cheap old Scotch Tape I should use Magic Tape, because of its purported supernatural powers! Curse you, internet! You are so perplexing!

[Sneaky Snake]

Rev-O, on January 25th 2010, 09:18 PM, said:

In a somewhat similar vein, how do I make the pictures I include in my posts go away?
I bring up the box to type my reply and then carefully affix the photo to my screen with tape. When I finish my response and hit 'Add Reply' the damn picture won't go away! It's still there on my screen! Can anyone else see this photo!? Why hasn't the photo gotten sucked into my response?! Why is the photo still there on my screen, mocking me! Maybe instead of using cheap old Scotch Tape I should use Magic Tape, because of its purported supernatural powers! Curse you, internet! You are so perplexing!

Maybe if you tried shoving it into the screen?? You could tape it to the end of the keyboard and then use it like a ram to hit the screen, that might work.

[Frost]

Sneaky Snake, on January 25th 2010, 04:21 PM, said:

You can also use the URL of an image online - like one from Google Images. But yes, to use any images from your computer you need to upload them first to a photo sharing site. I happen to use photobucket, but any sight will do

Be careful though, if you steal bandwidth from someone's personal site they're liable to stick something horrifying up there and then you're all kinds of screwed on whatever forum you posted on.

(I know because I've done this myself; someone had linked to a photo on my .Mac account and was eating bandwidth, I found out who and where, and changed the image to a jpg that said "I LIKE HARD MEN." The usage dropped off quickly thereafter.)

[Cobra]

the Battle Cat, on January 26th 2010, 11:36 AM, said:

The attachment manager is in your full editor when posting or replying.

This is all I get when using the full editor.

[Eric5h5]

I'm pretty sure only mods and admins can attach stuff.  Here's a pic of the awesomely cool attachment system that hardly anybody will ever get to use, neener neener!  (Why it's being reduced by 95% is a bit of a mystery....)

--Eric

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[Cobra]

*sigh* Well at least I get a small glimpse of the other side.

[Tesseract]

Huh, well that sucks. Pro users should really be allowed to attach files, though probably without the unlimited attachment space.

[the Battle Cat]

Pro users ARE allowed to use the attachment system.  For some reason it is not working for them.  I'm moving this to the feedback forum.

[dojoboy]

You've got to be a SPAM-BOT to post pictures.  

I'm so damn funny.  

[Bernie]

the Battle Cat, on January 26th 2010, 10:32 AM, said:

Pro users ARE allowed to use the attachment system.  For some reason it is not working for them.  I'm moving this to the feedback forum.

I see the attachments thing when replying in "IMG Pro Users Forum" but not in the other areas.

[the Battle Cat]

Bernie, on January 26th 2010, 11:16 AM, said:

I see the attachments thing when replying in "IMG Pro Users Forum" but not in the other areas.

OK, that helped point to the problem.  I've fixed the permissions to IMG Pro members, you should be able to upload now in all forums you can see except for the news and void forums.  Test it out and let me know.

[Bernie]

 Rabbit_fire_1951_2.jpg   136.65K   14 downloads

[Cobra]

 thank_you.jpg   61.03K   6 downloads

[Bernie]

the Battle Cat, on January 26th 2010, 10:32 AM, said:

I'm moving this to the feedback forum.

Psst, this still kind of exists in General. And you have the honors of having the last post there. Except you don't. Well there, not here. Here it was Cobra (until I made this post).