How to add or embed a file, image / photo or video in a post
 

Posting a picture / image; how to make an image optional
 

Another way to handle an image is to use the "Spoiler" tag. This inserts your image, but hides it nless a member wishes to see it, in which case they merely click on or touch the Show radio button.


Merely add [SPOILER] and [ /SPOILER] tags outside the [IMG] tags (just don't use a space between the [ and / to make it work. E.g. [SPOILER][IMG]nameofimage.***[/ IMG][/ SPOILER] minus the extra spacing.

Posting a Vimeo video to display within your post
 

Posting a YouTube video to display within your post
 

Videos, e.g. YouTube videos, can now be embedded in your post. (The embedded video will not appear if you are using the mobile skin, however).

For example, YouTube video with time lapse of SFO Terminal 1 redevelopment stages:


Your video will automatically be centered.

To replicate, replace the B with r:

[uBL="https://youtu.be/lIhy-dgdErM"]https://youtu.be/lIhy-dgdErM[/uBL]

Posting a photo / picture / image; how to embed an image in a post
 

I use flyertalk from my iPad and don't know how to post an image. When I click on what I think is the image icon, the one with a yellow background, a mountain, and the sun in the upper right corner, I am told to enter the link of my image. My image is not on a website. It's stored on my computer, or my hard drive when I access it from my Mac.

Can someone please help me? Thanks

Update
 

Update: I see in the lower left corner of the web page, the posting rules say I may not post attachments. What gives?

FT does not usually "host" images. People use a variety of other sites to host their images & post links to the images. You are using the correct icon, but have to find another site to host the image, then embed the link to that site.

There is a rather clunky FT Photo Gallery if you do not have another hosting site: http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery/

More info. on posting images: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...phy-forum.html

Thank's

It doesn't seem like you can use any of the sizing parameters with the IMG bbcode here. I just tried IMG=300x200 and IMG width="300" to no avail. Or those not valid bbcode parameters here?

Hello there. Is there a specific technique or process I should use for posting an ITA itinerary on the forums? I don't see any threads addressing this particular issue, this was the closest I could find.

Many thanks

I have Fireshot for firefox (awesome screenshot works simiarly) and capture a section of the screen and upload it to their servers. It generates a ready to use vbcode that you can post in any thread. An example:

<image link redacted due to oversized presentation>

Thank you very much, that looks helpful. Firefox is verboten at work but I use it for choice back at Gently Towers, so I'll give that a whirl tonight.

Yeah, that doesn't work. You need to resize your raw image before saving it. If I'm in a place where I lack photo editing tools to do this, I use one of the numerous free image resizers on the web (just Google "image resize" or something) to re-save the image at my desired resolution.

Kind of a pain, but until such time (not in our lifetimes :p) as the FlyerTalk admins get us on a more modern platform, that's what ya gotta do.

How do I insert images / include photographs in posts?
 

I would like to post some pictures. Can you tell me how Playa Resorts posted the pictures to the Hyatt Zilara/Ziva thread? Nthanks

Detailed instructions may be found here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...phy-forum.html

Testing picture downloads
 

[IMG]http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/q...34/jfkbest.jpg[/IMG]

Well, no, the Fireshot seems to produce an image that's far too large for use on FlyerTalk.

I've redacted the IMG tags and URL (doesn't work without the IMG) it won't distort our page rendering that way, unlike the way the embedded image.

Thank you for sharing; jackal has provided the solution.

JDiver
Senior Moderator

So what site do people recommend for me to upload my pictures/host so I can then use the address for my trip reports on FT? Preferably something idiot-proof

Check out this master thread over Travel Photography Forum to keep up with current discussion:

How (and where) to embed your pictures in the Travel Photography forum

Very useful, thanks

I have attempted to link the images i have added in flyertalk photogallery and confirmed the profile to display images
Any clue??

Thanks

http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery...?full=1http://


http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery...H_10002?full=1

I am completely technology illiterate and blonde. ..so speak slowly please.
Is there a way to post a photo that is on my phone in a private message to a FTer?
Thanks

No.

Ok..thanks. what about one that is one my pc at home?

No, if you're trying to post it in a PM.

I am technologically literate and bald. In a word, "no". :)

Problem embedding an image in a post
 

I'm having a problem embedding an image in a post in this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ment-plan.html

I've done this a thousand times before but this time the embedded image isn't appearing although a link to the same URL works fine.

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

The data is stored on Dropbox but it's not a firewall issue.

Thanks

As long as you are hosting the actual image on your FT album or photobucket or other sharing service, a link should work fine.

Yes, I'm using Dropbox. It seems that changing the format from PDF to PNG resolved the problem but I've been using PDF for embedded images for some time on FT. I just wondered whether something has changed recently?

PDF is a document format normally... Strange.

I'm unaware that FT supported Adobe Portable Document Format documents as inserts. I've used JPG, GIF, PNG etc. graphics, but never tried PDF as it's a documents format.

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AAC...68&size_mode=2

Having some issues from dropbox....

Try posting a public link from your dropbox.

Security token was missing? [attempt to upload overly large image]
 

Hi,

Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong area. Please move if I have.

When trying to upload an image using the attachments function I keep getting this message..

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

Am I doing something wrong or is this a common fault for others also?

Thanks

BHD90

Most likely your image is too big. Possibly an unsupported format.

Max file sizes and dimensions are listed in the upload screen.

Yep! That was the problem.

Thanks for the quick response..

:) :)

Updated with information on embedding image thumbnail from your device with on demand enlarged photo popup into your post in first post.

/Moderator

Example:

seriously fantastic, excellent work!

what is maximum number of photos per post?

Embedded photos, unsure; thumbnails in one post, six maximum.

And please feel free to chime in if you feel you can add clarity to the instructions.

This is what appears if you try to embed a lot of images:

IB raised the limit--it used to be something like 20 or 30 per post, but we complained a couple of years ago (IIRC) and they listened. 100 should be more than sufficient, I think. :)