Photo frustration

WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Stuart said:
It's been a while since I posted a photo and now I can't seem to get it to work when I try to insert something from Flickr, on a laptop.

Can someone take pity on me and walk me through this please?
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On Flickr, when you have the photo you want to post open click the share button, choose BBcode in the box that opens and copy the url and paste directly into your post. You can edit the url to remove your Flickr name and the photo name.
 
Mole

Mole

Thru Hiker
WilliamC said:
On Flickr, when you have the photo you want to post open click the share button, choose BBcode in the box that opens and copy the url and paste directly into your post. You can edit the url to remove your Flickr name and the photo name.
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That's what I did in the end recently. But had to do it on "desktop" view using phone. Share option not there for me on mobile view.
 
WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Mole said:
That's what I did in the end recently. But had to do it on "desktop" view using phone. Share option not there for me on mobile view.
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I've never used Flickr on the phone before but I just gave it a go and the same for me. Strange.
 
S

Stuart

Section Hiker
Thanks for the help.

One problem I still have will be evident on the TR I just posted as I had to leave in my Flickr name and photo name.

If I edit the Flickr URL to remove my name, the rest of the text below then turns into a live link. I tried different ways of removing the URL, doing it first then carrying on writing, or pasting the link between existing text and then editing it but still kept getting the same problem.
 
WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Stuart said:
Thanks for the help.

One problem I still have will be evident on the TR I just posted as I had to leave in my Flickr name and photo name.

If I edit the Flickr URL to remove my name, the rest of the text below then turns into a live link. I tried different ways of removing the URL, doing it first then carrying on writing, or pasting the link between existing text and then editing it but still kept getting the same problem.
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You should get a BB code something like this (but with extra text at the start and in the middle): "2335965_604716c0a3_k./flic.kr/p/27H8PLz]DSC01708[/url] by//www.flickr.com/photos/8630990@N02/]wilb, on Flickr
If you edit out the green and blue text it will remove your name but leave the photo name. If you edit out the purple text, it will remove the photo name. Don't edit out the "[/url]" in between or it will add a hyperlink.
 
WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Don't edit out the first
 
Taz38

Taz38

Thru Hiker
Suddenly I can no longer post a picture, 'the upload a file' has disappeared (tho its visible on this thread). I use an ipad so 'insert URL is not an option).
 
JKM

JKM

Thru Hiker
maddogs said:
google photos test
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JKM said:
Google is a pain. I use https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/
To create a sharable link to the photo.

This works well on a phone as well, I rarely view TL on a pc.
On the photo in Google click "share", then "share a link"
Paste that link into the crtlq.com page and copy the resulting direct link into the TL "insert image" box.
It's easier than I make it sound but still not great if doing dozens of pictures.

I should be able use the subscribing members direct upload facility but never worked out how to do it on a phone.
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maddogs

maddogs

Ultralighter
can you see any of my images above?

I'd been right-clicking on an individual image and copying the image address. Seemed fine on my laptop but then didn't come through on the phone. Tried again today and the image addresses are different!?! but seem now to work on both phone and laptop. 2 differences: a) day of the week b) first time I was working with a browser window full size; second time browser wasn't full screen.

that ctrlq tool looks much nicer!
 
maddogs

maddogs

Ultralighter
does google have some time-dependent deletion of direct links :confused::confused::confused:
JKM's tool result:
rL1suAKgN_TB5NnbD7VMA1Lc4ARgU7_U4kMIs4AWZCNw12rixGnSEPmL67QjTnbPMJOzTnwCQNJpv2xaasSmRj8siIBJwvgip8Zsqovr1LNaWfIg2VFjuTDx7_n1jNAHTJy5FyLVTA=w1000

requires specifying the width of the photo. Defaults to 2400 pixels which is a bit big.
 
Patrick

Patrick

Ultralighter
Your last post does show the photo. My post above also used the ctrlq.org tool to generate the URL and seems to have worked, both initially and in the long term - I guess I'll try that method in future.
 
maddogs

maddogs

Ultralighter
well, a bit of Googling and I found suggestions that Google deliberately changes the direct image URLs of individual photos over time (a few days or less). So trying to host photos on Google Photos to embed on another service is futile. :arghh: I'm not convinced that the ctrlq tool will solve this.

At least this might explain why my images have appeared/disappeared. Maybe shouldn't have been such a cheap-skate and paid for Flickr Pro :rolleyes:

@Shewie would you be kind enough to delete my attempt at a death valley trip report until I figure out where i'll host the photos, please?
 
Shewie

Shewie

Chief Slackpacker
Staff member
maddogs said:
@Shewie would you be kind enough to delete my attempt at a death valley trip report until I figure out where i'll host the photos, please?
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Will do

I’ll do a temporary delete if you like so you can go back into it and just edit the photos when you’re ready, just give me a shout and I’ll make it visible again for you
 
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