Where can I ask technical questions?

Linus · 07-25-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by deeperstill

Hi! Tryin to add some photos to what i want to post in a forum

Ok... have you got them posted elsewhere?

deeperstill · 07-25-2010, 08:10 PM

uh my desktop...maybe i should PM you before my ingorance gets broadcast way too wide

Linus · 07-25-2010, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deeperstill

uh my desktop...maybe i should PM you before my ingorance gets broadcast way too wide

Heh.. many people aren't sure how to do this stuff so it's good to have the discussion here.

You should upload the pictures to a picture sharing website like Flickr and then link them into the post.

deeperstill · 07-25-2010, 08:15 PM

Thanks. And for additional educational purposes, why upload them to an intermediary website before linking here? Is that because the intermediate website will do the resizing automatically or for other reasons? I ask because I wonder if the convenience of Flikr etc. is worth the loss of privacy/control? or am i being silly?

deeperstill · 07-25-2010, 08:20 PM

since I'm on a roll, and on display for others' viewing pleasure as it were,

....how do i do that nifty thing where youtube links directly in a post so you can click on it and play? when i try it i get a weird message about embedding

thanks!!!

Linus · 07-25-2010, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deeperstill

Thanks. And for additional educational purposes, why upload them to an intermediary website before linking here? Is that because the intermediate website will do the resizing automatically or for other reasons? I ask because I wonder if the convenience of Flikr etc. is worth the loss of privacy/control? or am i being silly?

We don't allow for uploading of pictures directly to posts from your computer. It's a space thing as well as a security thing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deeperstill

since I'm on a roll, and on display for others' viewing pleasure as it were,

....how do i do that nifty thing where youtube links directly in a post so you can click on it and play? when i try it i get a weird message about embedding

thanks!!!

For the youtube, you just need the last bit of the youtube link. For example, if this was the youtube I wanted to post: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C7mNr5WMjA

then I would just put the 2C7mNr5WMjA in between the YouTube tags.

deeperstill · 07-25-2010, 08:26 PM

Thanks Linus!

07-25-2010, 08:10 PM	#2
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07-25-2010, 08:15 PM	#4
deeperstill Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: northern california Posts: 135 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 419 Thanked 272 Times in 91 Posts Rep Power: 2862600	Thanks. And for additional educational purposes, why upload them to an intermediary website before linking here? Is that because the intermediate website will do the resizing automatically or for other reasons? I ask because I wonder if the convenience of Flikr etc. is worth the loss of privacy/control? or am i being silly? __________________ Shutthefuckupcakes. It's what's for dinner. Last edited by deeperstill; 07-25-2010 at 08:15 PM. Reason: silly

07-25-2010, 08:20 PM	#5
deeperstill Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: northern california Posts: 135 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 419 Thanked 272 Times in 91 Posts Rep Power: 2862600	since I'm on a roll, and on display for others' viewing pleasure as it were, ....how do i do that nifty thing where youtube links directly in a post so you can click on it and play? when i try it i get a weird message about embedding thanks!!! __________________ Shutthefuckupcakes. It's what's for dinner.

07-25-2010, 08:26 PM	#7
deeperstill Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: northern california Posts: 135 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 419 Thanked 272 Times in 91 Posts Rep Power: 2862600	Thanks Linus! __________________ Shutthefuckupcakes. It's what's for dinner.