How to upload photos to post?

When I click on the image icon, it opens a like an online link box (http://...). I was expecting to be able to upload a file from my computer or phone. I take it you can't?

And while I have your attention, why can't I edit my own posts? For example I want to mark my posts as solved, but there is no "edit" function when I open the thread. However, when I just responded to you above, I was able to "edit" it and add this comment. So not sure whats going on..
 
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FreeOnes_Adam

FO Admin - 19 Cents of Magical Cock (her/shey)
Use attach files. The paper clip on the bottom. The photo with the online link box is for hosted images. Images you upload somewhere else. Attaching will pull it from your hard drive storage. Editing is available for only X amount of time. You have quite awhile, but its not infinite. As the sticky post says in the ID section says, you need to report your post to have a moderator mark it as solved. :)
 

maildude

Postal Paranoiac
Attaching files isn't the problem for me. The problem is: certain files WON'T attach and I'm wondering why....
 

Connor Macleod

Moderator
Staff member
Attaching files isn't the problem for me. The problem is: certain files WON'T attach and I'm wondering why....
Check the file extension. If it is WEBP, those won't work. Xenforo doesn't have the capability to attach those type images, which I think is really stupid.

Can you upload photos from an iPhone? I don’t see the attach file button
As a new member, you don't have access to the attach button. Use an image host.
 

Connor Macleod

Moderator
Staff member
Sorry I’m a newbie any recommendations for an image host. I have never used one before. How does it work?

Don't use Imgur. It is the most popular, but has problems. It seems to actually be working (at the moment), but the site owners over there have banned FreeOnes (more than once) due to bandwidth issues.

Don't use ImageBam or ImageVenue. Once upon a time they were the most popular, but have since gotten very spammy and ImageBam suffers from extremely slow load times.

Don't use ImageFlea. This one was my favorite for a long time, but the upload interface stopped working last year.

The ones below are the ones I have used. Each has it's strengths/weaknesses. Pixhost is currently the one I use the most, and FreeImage is the only one I know of that supports WEBP images. You may want to stay away from PICunt. That's a new one that I discovered a few days ago, and I'm still playing with it.


PiXhost
ImgBox
IMX.to
Pimp&Host
Upload House
Image Crack
ImgShare
ImgBB
FunkyIMG
FreeImage
PICunt.com
 

Ferrara58

Closed Account
Using Pixhost, I copied the forum thumbnail link and the html thumbnail link neither worked. I got a message saying image cannot be loaded from the passed link. What am I doing wrong?
 

Connor Macleod

Moderator
Staff member
Using Pixhost, I copied the forum thumbnail link and the html thumbnail link neither worked. I got a message saying image cannot be loaded from the passed link. What am I doing wrong?
Without "seeing" anything, I can only guess.

1) save the image on your PC.
2) Try ImgBB (if it is a WEBP image, at least it will work)
3) Upload image to ImgBB
4) copy link and paste in your thread
 
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