What do users recommend for displaying pictures linked to messages on this NG. I've tried photobucket but I don't find it easy to do what I want on it
Displaying pictures for this NG
Jun 10, 2010
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So what _do_ you want it to do that photobucket doesn't?!
Personally
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works for me, for just a simple link to a single image - no account needed, very straightforward.
David
I use tinypic
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then post the "direct link for layouts" so the image displays without the attendant crap.
e.g.
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Eh? Just copy and paste the direct link to the pic you've uploaded on here.
Like this:-
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Donwill saying something like:
Simplest way, without an account, is
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Easy upload, just grab the url when it's finished.
Best viewed with a popup blocker in place.
flash, javascript or automatic redirection required. perfect for the old school newsgrouper.
If its one likely to be of use for a while, stick it on the wiki...
Photobucket actually works with the ancient browser on this RISC OS machine - which is one reason I still use it.
I use
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I *started* to use that, since so many other people (outside DIY) use it, then got bogged down in (and resentful of) all the attendant registration malarkey.
I turned to tinypic: exactly what I wanted: perfect.
John
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