britfrog 180 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 no matter how i try I cannot post pics on the site whether it be a BMP, PCD, JPG , JPeg each time it comes up and say this type of ending is not permitted to be uploaded, it is p--- me off no end. "you are not allowed to use that image extension on this community" is the exact phrase Link to post Share on other sites
Clem Wu 1 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 What image hosting service are you using? Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 There's no way to host your images directly on this site, you have to upload them to a separate host and post them through a link. There's plenty of free image-hosts out there. I used imageshack.us before I set my own domain up for it. A few other free hosting sites, along with instructions on how to post your shots in the forum can be found here. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 well. I should add that you can apply for an image gallery via the Gallery tab, but I think that Joe have a limit on the number of images you can upload there. As far as I've understood it's a necessary limitation to reduce both storage space and bandwith on the server host, thus keeping the running cost for the forum as low as possible. Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 i have posted them on picassa like my album pics however now i cant upload the link of any pics Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 That's odd.. Using the "image" icon (small square with something that looks like a tree in it, position 11 in the row of icons that start with the Bold icon) in the editor doesn't upload anything to this server, so I can't see why it should block anything... it just inserts a link in the code that displays the image... I hope Joe can provide some more info on this matter... Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 That's odd.. Using the "image" icon (small square with something that looks like a tree in it, position 11 in the row of icons that start with the Bold icon) in the editor doesn't upload anything to this server, so I can't see why it should block anything... it just inserts a link in the code that displays the image... I hope Joe can provide some more info on this matter... me too as i cut and paste the url into the box and then get the message Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hi Britfrog, Can you possibly PM me the photo link and I will see what's going on.. Cheers Joe Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 will do Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 hi despite my PM being several sentences long when i ask it to send it comes up with the message that a pm must be more than 2 charactors long, so much for that idea! also if i try to cut and paste a url into a pm it will not go across, however if i cut and paste a url into the picture box in the chat room it will paste it however it says that files of that ending are not accepted dont you just love pootas? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Who says Bill Gates had no sense of humor? John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Testing ... testing ... Can you see the image? (Hosted by PhotoBucket) Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 @ britfrog - what device are you posting from? You are in lower-case and don't have any punctuation. Is your i-Thing compatible with the Forum? Just a thought - you kno' me - finkin' aht-side the bocks... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 The URL Britfrog sent me didn't have an image file name so could not be hotlinked. I think that was the reason. Nice shot Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 It's a beta UH-1B - not mine, BTW (!) - more when I can... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I use Photobucket also and never had any probs'. Have you tried that Britfrog? It's free to register and pretty much all powerful. Just my tupennyworth. Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 If you just post an URL then you just get the URL like this:- http://www.petermcleland.com/misc/LightningCourse.jpg But if you put the img TAG in square brackets at the front of the URL and the /img TAG in square brackets at the end then you get the picture like this:- Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 No handlebars, Peter?!? I thought they were part of the uniform... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Dai, I seem to remember that they had gone out of fashion by the time the Lightning had arrived, but I did have a reasonable one a few years earlier:- Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 so lets see if this works this is copy and pasting the url https://picasaweb.go...185628736294242 thats seems to work however if i try to edit the post i can copy another URL onto the same page Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 it seems quite hit and miss sometime i can copy and paste other times no, still at least I can get around it https://picasaweb.google.com/116556693702895018058/NigelsFlightSimulatorFiles#5755708547873798274 Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Dai, I seem to remember that they had gone out of fashion by the time the Lightning had arrived, but I did have a reasonable one a few years earlier:- have you ever tried to don an oxygen mask or worse remove it with a beard or tache brings tears to the eyes Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 it seems quite hit and miss sometime i can copy and paste other times no, still at least I can get around it https://picasaweb.go...708547873798274 There's your problem.. The url isn't direct to the image, but rather to a webpage dispaying the image among other things. Right-clicking on the image and chosing properties in your link gave me the URL below for the image itself.. https://lh4.googleus...M/s800/comp.jpg And inserting that using the Image button does this.. I'm not familiar with picasa, but the direct link to the image might also be available under the "share" function in the top left corner (envelope icon)... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Thanks Micke, I had just replied to a mail from Nigel with the same info, I should have looked here first! There is an option on the image link function "Image only (no link)" that the one that produces the file link rather than the page link. Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Deleted...as the method I was trying to use did not work for your post. Link to post Share on other sites
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