How to Embed Photos into a Post

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Click on the 'Attach files' button below the text entry window.



Then click the Insert... button and choose thumbnail or full image.





Alternatively, drag and drop your image to the text window.

Uploaded images larger than 1200 pixels on the longest side will be reduced to that size. It's best to size your image locally to 1200 pixels (or less) before uploading.

 

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If you attach a photo but don't use the 'Insert...' button, your post will look like this with a thumbnail and the "Attachments" title. Viewers will need to click on the image to enlarge it and view it in the light box.

 

[Uncle Fester]

If you attach a photo but don't use the 'Insert...' button, your post will look like this with a thumbnail and the "Attachments" title. Viewers will need to click on the image to enlarge it and view it in the light box.

Thanks so much for posting this info, I have had trouble in the past, while attempting to post pictures to RFF.
I just followed your instructions to upload a picture and it it worked perfectly. Thanks again!

 

[splitimageview]

You're welcome, @Zathros !

 

[Rayt]

Let’s try posting a random photo from my iPad. I stopped updating my Flickr account so haven’t posted anything for a while.

 

[raydm6]

^^ Looks good!

 

[Rayt]

It works! It‘s a really low res file. Next time I’ll try posting a larger file as an attachment.

 

[trix4ever]

How do I insert a photo from my rff gallery to a post?

 

[splitimageview]

Go to your gallery
Choose a photo
Click on the three lines at lower right on the image
Click on "view photo and more details"
Click copy image URL button
Paste the text into a forum post

 

[Godfrey]

Another method:

Create an account on Flickr.com
Upload all the photos you want to share there.
When you want to include a photo into a post here (or any other bulletin board), view the photo on Flickr and click the Share button.
Click BBCode in the window that appears.
Pick a resolution (I usually pick 1600 pixels) and copy the url string that appears.
Paste that string into message that you're adding to a thread here.

For example:

Then click Post Reply.

Here's what that url string displays:

Kat by Godfrey DiGiorgi, on Flickr

G

 

[trix4ever]

Go to your gallery
Choose a photo
Click on the three lines at lower right on the image
Click on "view photo and more details"
Click copy image URL button
Paste the text into a forum post

 

[trix4ever]

Thank you, it works, much appreciated, Mark

 

[splitimageview]

@MP Guy is going to make some changes that will reduce the steps

 

[MP Guy]

Then paste the content in the thread as so ...

 

[splitimageview]

Excellent!

Click on the three lines at lower right on the image
Click copy image URL button
Paste the text into a forum post

 

[JohnWolf]

Hey, folks. Do we have any control over the dimensions of vertical format attachments? They post way too large, IMO.

John

 

[splitimageview]

it's currently set to 1600 pixels on the longest side. If the attachment is larger than 1600 it will be reduced to 1600.

 

[Jonathan R]

Why do Flickr photos appear crisper when viewed in thread than when clicked on and viewed in Flickr? At least on my Apple devices.

 

[splitimageview]

this is a linked flckr photo of resolution 6240x4160. Note it's only showing about 1200 pixels here (on a desktop) even if the browser window is much larger it will only show about that many pixels. So it's reducing the original image size when viewed here.


DSCF9942 by robertjag, on Flickr

 

[JohnWolf]

it's currently set to 1600 pixels on the longest side. If the attachment is larger than 1600 it will be reduced to 1600.

That's pretty tall for an online vertical. But it seems to honor the dimensions of smaller sizes, so I'll save verticals that way.
I used to use Flickr and chose a smaller size for verticals, but this should work well. Thank you.