Uploading images to the forum using Imgur

[John Cook]

Seem to have cracked it,  I'm knackered now; going back to bed.

[John Cook]

Can anybody indulge me please?  I've cracked Flikr and now I've got a Imgur account.  I followed the instructions above to the point where I can get an image onto the forum, using the BBcode (Forums), but it is huge.  The instructions talk about the link being surrounded by img tags with which you can define height and width for the image.  All I see is the BBCode and no tags.  What have I missed?  Perhaps I need to size the image before doing anything else.  Thanks.

[mmcv]

Can anybody indulge me please?  I've cracked Flikr and now I've got a Imgur account.  I followed the instructions above to the point where I can get an image onto the forum, using the BBcode (Forums), but it is huge.  The instructions talk about the link being surrounded by img tags with which you can define height and width for the image.  All I see is the BBCode and no tags.  What have I missed?  Perhaps I need to size the image before doing anything else.  Thanks.

The tags are the bits that say img in square brackets, you can add dimensions to those. So when you paste in the bbcode you'll see something like this:

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[img]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]

What you want to do is put the height or width into the square brackets after the img, like so:

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[img width=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]
[img height=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]


You can put both height and width but it's generally best to use just one as it'll automatically scale the image to that and keep proportion.

[John Cook]

Very kind.  Thank you.  I'll give it a go. 

[John Cook]

That worked.  Some of my conversions of the Leyland Retriever.  Thanks for the help.

[mmcv]

Great stuff 

[Techno II]

Cracking work, John ! 

Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

Cracking work on those John - I have to admit I don't know what era they are from, I'm guessing 50s-60s?

[paulr]

 

My initial thought was 1920s but the markings and wireless version pointed me at early WWII

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

look the part John

[John Cook]

My initial thought was 1920s but the markings and wireless version pointed me at early WWII

Yes, cigar to you, 1940, part of my BEF project.  Strictly speaking the wireless truck should be a Guy, insofar as I couldn't find a pic of Leyland version and nobody makes a Guy in 10mm, but they look similar enough.  Thanks all for the kind comments everybody.

[mmcv]

The tags are the bits that say img in square brackets, you can add dimensions to those. So when you paste in the bbcode you'll see something like this:

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[img]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]
What you want to do is put the height or width into the square brackets after the img, like so:

Code Select Expand

[img width=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]
[img height=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]

You can put both height and width but it's generally best to use just one as it'll automatically scale the image to that and keep proportion.

I have just discovered that with the new forum there's a default max size on images of 1000, which means by and large you don't need to provide these dimensions as 1000 isn't over large. If you do provide dimensions, just be aware that they may skew the image somewhat as the aspect ratio may try and push the other dimension past the 1000 mark, which it would max out at and look squished.

[Leon]

That's good to know, 1000 pixels should be an average computer screen so it must be an attempt to limit them to a screen-width.

[mmcv]

Yeah, most modern computers, laptops and even many tablets would have a resolution bigger than 1000 so would only really require scrolling on mobile devices and older devices with lower resolutions. But that was already the case with an 800 width anyway, was just that fitting as a nice compromise on size. Regardless, adding images to the new forums much much easier now. You can pretty much just copy image and paste directly into the editor, or use the add image button to put in the URL if you have it. No more messing around with tags!

[fred.]

I'll have a try - as I've been adding width=800 for years. In part because the forum struggled at times with rendering large pictures. And native images can be 1000s of pixels across. 

[fred.]

Native image



With 800 width set

[fred.]

Viewing on iPad both are good, top one needs some scrolling to the right to see it all

But viewing on iPhone the bottom one is very distorted. 

[fred.]

And that one was posted from my phone(no width tags) - and behaves the same. 

That takes a step out of posting images!

[mmcv]

Yep I'm seeing the exact same on my phone too, the 800 looks distorted while the native is fine and limited to 1000. Makes life easier!

[John Cook]

What is a 'native image'?