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How to Post Photos and Videos to MI6 (instructional video)

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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited December 2021 Posts: 7,593
    For me it's always worked the same as when posting an image... but I'm not 100% sure, I'll try it now and see

    giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47nylzqwxju5z4ezw8sy3bas8evjabhocrn23f4ne6&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

    If you're trying to use Giphy, you have to actually click into the gif itself to get the correct "copy image address".

    really-daniel-craig.gif

    Yes, Daniel. And if you're trying to get them off a browser, it could be the same story, you have to click through to the actual gif (rather than trying to copy it from the google page or whatever).

    Hope that helps!
  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    Posts: 7,058
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    I can post YouTube videos by simply pasting the address in text bar.However,how do I post gifs? When I try using the link or image prompts I just get nothing.

    i-dont-know-idk.gif


    Okay, for real now. You have to place the URL of the gif between "img" tags.

    In other words, the following (without the extra spaces):

    [ img ] http://address-to-your-gif.gif [ /img ]
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    I can post YouTube videos by simply pasting the address in text bar.However,how do I post gifs? When I try using the link or image prompts I just get nothing.

    Click on the image symbol, and just copy and paste the URL in the square that pops up.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,266
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    I can post YouTube videos by simply pasting the address in text bar.However,how do I post gifs? When I try using the link or image prompts I just get nothing.

    Strange. The image function usually does it for me, but only if the link ends with .gif
  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
    edited December 2021 Posts: 1,394
    mattjoes wrote: »
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    I can post YouTube videos by simply pasting the address in text bar.However,how do I post gifs? When I try using the link or image prompts I just get nothing.

    i-dont-know-idk.gif


    Okay, for real now. You have to place the URL of the gif between "img" tags.

    In other words, the following (without the extra spaces):

    [ img ] http://address-to-your-gif.gif [ /img ]

    but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou-hide-smile-gif-16244893

    Ok I just tried posting a gif there of Djimon Hounsou saying “ not yet “ there using the method you demonstrated but it only posts the image text.I put then the link and then but it doesn’t work.Bear in mind I’m using an iPad.Dies that make a difference?

  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    edited December 2021 Posts: 7,058
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    I can post YouTube videos by simply pasting the address in text bar.However,how do I post gifs? When I try using the link or image prompts I just get nothing.

    i-dont-know-idk.gif


    Okay, for real now. You have to place the URL of the gif between "img" tags.

    In other words, the following (without the extra spaces):

    [ img ] http://address-to-your-gif.gif [ /img ]

    but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou-hide-smile-gif-16244893

    The problem is that that's not the address to the gif file itself. By right clicking the image on the Tenor site and clicking on "copy URL to clipboard" (or whatever this action is called in English on your browser) I got the URL of the actual gif file.

    https://c.tenor.com/2ADGuw1Fwn8AAAAd/but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    Note how it ends with (dot) gif
  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
    edited December 2021 Posts: 1,394
    https://c.tenor.com/2ADGuw1Fwn8AAAAd/but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    Ok clearly I have posted the proper URL of the image there but it’s just displaying the code,now how do I actually post the image? Do I just post it again and put and at the front and back if it?
  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
    edited December 2021 Posts: 1,394
    [img][/img]but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    Ah! Finally! Thanks everyone!
  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    Posts: 7,058
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    https://c.tenor.com/2ADGuw1Fwn8AAAAd/but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    Ok clearly I have posted the proper URL of the image there but it’s just displaying the code,now how do I actually post the image? Do I just post it again and put and at the front and back if it?

    That's correct.

    Also, pasting the URL of the gif in the "image URL" textbox (accesible from the toolbar) should achieve the same result.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    Posts: 7,058
    AstonLotus wrote: »
    [img][/img]but-not-yet-djimon-hounsou.gif

    Ah! Finally! Thanks everyone!

    Good!
  • stagstag In the thick of it!
    Posts: 1,053
    How do I upload an image from my computer?

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    stag wrote: »
    How do I upload an image from my computer?

    You can t. Not to this site. You have to go via a third party picture-share service.
  • stagstag In the thick of it!
    Posts: 1,053
    Thanks for the reply.

    I'd been trying but couldn't figure it out.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2022 Posts: 7,593
    The slash in the closing tag is the wrong way, should be [/img].
    The image function should include these tags; you have the broken image icons, are you using the image function *and* adding your own closing tag?
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,593
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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,593
    1. Go to giphy.com.
    2. Search " James Bond".
    3. Left-click on a gif you like. This will open a page with just that gif.
    4. Right-click on the gif, and left-click "Copy Image Address".
    5. Come back to base, here in this thread.
    6. Click the little image icon (looks like a wee landscape) above the box where you type a new message.
    7. Right-click and paste in the dialogue box that pops up. The forum should automatically put your link in the text box with the appropriate tags.
    8. Preview, or Post Comment et voila.
  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Posts: 1,129
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    1. Go to giphy.com.
    2. Search " James Bond".
    3. Left-click on a gif you like. This will open a page with just that gif.
    4. Right-click on the gif, and left-click "Copy Image Address".
    5. Come back to base, here in this thread.
    6. Click the little image icon (looks like a wee landscape) above the box where you type a new message.
    7. Right-click and paste in the dialogue box that pops up. The forum should automatically put your link in the text box with the appropriate tags.
    8. Preview, or Post Comment et voila.
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  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Posts: 1,129
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    1. Go to giphy.com.
    2. Search " James Bond".
    3. Left-click on a gif you like. This will open a page with just that gif.
    4. Right-click on the gif, and left-click "Copy Image Address".
    5. Come back to base, here in this thread.
    6. Click the little image icon (looks like a wee landscape) above the box where you type a new message.
    7. Right-click and paste in the dialogue box that pops up. The forum should automatically put your link in the text box with the appropriate tags.
    8. Preview, or Post Comment et voila.
    007-khAsp2HZ4QlI1ZrkK5.gif

    That's it! I'm outta' here!
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,593
    Lol
  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    edited September 2022 Posts: 7,058
    I think the GIF URL you're using doesn't work.

    giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47v03gk2j4a55ox26wx4l737d1lymwg2glrzstyj1f&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,348
    And they have the cheek to say that technology is a GIF(t).
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Did i do it right?
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  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    Posts: 7,058
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Did i do it right?
    R.5e56a064bab926497c9aef9e12deace4?rik=lgjhnjJRBEqhsQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2fthenextweb.com%2fwp-content%2fblogs.dir%2f1%2ffiles%2f2015%2f07%2fSXPMx2n.gif&ehk=ylQ0fmb4h8dZ8I%2be63WR5i1tUmSOWCEvpWGh15URyPY%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0





  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,348
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Did i do it right?
    R.5e56a064bab926497c9aef9e12deace4?rik=lgjhnjJRBEqhsQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2fthenextweb.com%2fwp-content%2fblogs.dir%2f1%2ffiles%2f2015%2f07%2fSXPMx2n.gif&ehk=ylQ0fmb4h8dZ8I%2be63WR5i1tUmSOWCEvpWGh15URyPY%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0

    At least you know that if you get fooled once you can't get fooled again.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,870
    For what it's worth (not much, I know), I normally insert the image link into a Microsoft Word document so that I can verify their format prior to posting here. Sometimes the link is so long (>200 characters) that I know there is a good chance that I can't use it.

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