I've been having a hard time posting images.

[JohnnyRingo]

I was using PostImages, but I'm told it shows as a blank blue box to all but me.

I tried Imgur and get this link:
https://imgur.com/a/q4eQ81Z

I was told to add "jpeg" to the link, but I get this:


I don't want to pay a subscription. What am I missing?

[LuckyCharms]

1. Is the pic file in "webp" format?

If so, Google "webp to jpeg". Go to that conversion site, convert the pic to jpeg, and then download the jpeg to your computer.

THEN, use post images on the converted jpeg file.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Never use postimages. They throttle, you keeping being fooled by seeing the image, but almost nobody else does. nt

[dweller]

2. Do you have an account on postimages ?

Which option do you use to copy link ?



✌🏻

[underpants]

3. It's got webp in the link. I used to get those on Post Images

https://i.imgur.com/6tzE8d8_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

and it always ended up as either a blank or a blue box.

Post Images seems to have either a time limit on the jpegs or shuts down political type images.
https://postimages.org/

I switched to meme generator
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator

[progree]

4. I clicked on your link. I then Right Clicked on the picture it displays and chose "Copy Image Link"

I then pasted it below.




The URL looks like this except replace the "x" at the beginning with an "h"
xttps://i.imgur.com/6tzE8d8.jpeg

I have a free account at Imgur, but I don't know if that's necessary (I found it helpful when I was first starting out).

Windows 10 computer, Edge browser

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I'm going to try that

Does this cause an LOL or just another blank?

[progree]

9. I see a cartoon pic with a guy with a rake inside a glass ball on a pedestal labeled Fall etc. /nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. I told you in the other thread to ALSO try right-click and Copy Image Link. I don't think you tried that

I was wrong about the "add .jpeg", but I did give you the alternative that worked and continues to work. It turns out that the link to the page is a different combo from the link to the image. My first suggestion was wrong and my second suggestion worked, which I proved by posting the image.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20697306

One of the fundamental principles of dealing with computer issues is to keep trying alternatives when they are offered or when you think of them. Another principle is to read guidance and documentation carefully if a first reading doesn't yield success.

Link with space before 's':
http s://i.imgur.com/6tzE8d8.jpeg

[JohnnyRingo]

10. I just remembered I have a free account at Imgur

I quit using it a couple years ago because it wasn't posting. Thanx!

How's this?

[progree]

11. Polka Music! /nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Looks great ... and funny! . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Postimages throttles. Are you a premium member of it? Then you will always see it. If not, clear your browser cache.

Did you clear your browser memory cache? I expect you did not.

It is possible that postimage might 1) Throttle after a certain number of images, but 2) retain the IP address of the person uploading and show the image even if they clear their cache.

[usonian]

13. My two cents worth.

I use imgbb.com and postimages.org.

Both work, of course, webp has to be converted because DU does not show it.

Steps omitted.

I use imgbb because I can fish out an image link that I save on the computer and it works everywhere. But I have to fish it from "src=" and so on.

Imgbb can be terribly slow, I think because it uses a URL shortener, and DU uses a magic firewall.

Postimages seems to be snooping out political content lately. But mostly works.

I resorted to another host once when it did.


No permanent solution. Eventually, everything changes.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. postimages is deceptive. It will seem to work, for the poster, but not others

The poster has the image in their browser cache so they always see it. If they clear their browser cache it will probably go away, unless maybe two things: the browser is at the same URL and postimages server remembers the URL. The latter is a big if and since I don't use postimages I'm not inclined to experiment.

I kinda sorta doubt postimages filters on political content, but again I haven't experimented so I can't say.

Premium (paid) postimage uses will always see all postimages.

The problem is that (I am almost completely certain) postimages throttles image traffic. So an image can posted and the first 100 (or some similar number) of people will see it just fine and it sits in their browser cache so even if the page changes on DU, they continue to see the image. But any more people looking at it get the blue square. The poster thinks "What's your problem, I checked and I see it just fine."

Don't use postimages: you will be fooled and most of your audience will not see it.

[usonian]

15. I can repost any that fail, but haven't had any gripes. Yet.

A very old post lost an image, IIRC. Fixed it.

Sure would like to find a cure for the situation. This could go on and on. Filing in the "things to reinvent" notebook.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. The cure is to use imgur (free and don't even need to sign up) and ditch postimages. . . . nt