Linking to hosted photos
Everyone,
Because of the recent issues with attachments, I highly recommend using a free photo-hosting service such as imgur or Flickr and linking to those hosted images within your post.
Among other factors, attachments:
- can't be seen well or readily, even when working
- are hosted on 718Forum's server as a separate image, which forces your computer to download the entire raw image to your browser's cache instead of using a 'preview' of the image within the post
- are limited by file size
- are susceptible to platform coding issues
To help facilitate this, below are instructions for linking to an image in Flickr. Imgur works similarly and is, in fact, a little easier:
On Flickr:
1) Navigate to the album/Photostream and click on the image to embed
3) On the resulting image, click on the 'Download this image' icon (an arrow pointing down to a horizontal line) in the lower right corner
4) In the resulting popup menu, choose 'View All Sizes'
5) On the resulting image, right-click and choose 'Copy image address' (iOS) or 'Copy Image Location' (W10)
Then, on 718Forum.com (Post Editor screen):
6) Position cursor where the image should appear in the post
7) Click the 'Insert Image' icon (yellow with gray mountans and moon)
8) In the resulting popup, paste the image URL, then click 'OK'
Thanks for considering this, everyone.