03-30-2014, 07:26 AM
Ah, so sorry you're having trouble posting images! That can be really frustrating. First, try deleting the space after the first bracket in the IMG tags. Second, you need to have the direct link to the image URL, not the lightbox/presentation page on Flickr (or Photobox or whatever hosting service you use). BBCode IMG tags only work with URLs that go directly to an image.
For instance, here's the lightbox page of one of my photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vadafade/9635308240/
But here's a direct URL of the image: https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2812/9635...9c17_c.jpg
IMG tags will only work with the second link, the direct URL of the image.
It looks like you have sharing disabled on your Flickr photos, which a lot of people do, so no worries there; but with those restrictions, the only way you can share your photos on a forum is by simply linking to them, as you did. If you want to be able to embed the image in a post, the photo's settings need to allow some kind of public access. From that point, you can click the "share" icon, which looks like a rectangle with an arrow popping out of the top right corner, and then click the little pushpin icon (which will auto-generate BBCode appropriate for forum sharing), select your desired image size, and copy the line of code that appears. Then, you can paste that into the body of your post, and your image will appear embedded.
Hope that helps!
For instance, here's the lightbox page of one of my photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vadafade/9635308240/
But here's a direct URL of the image: https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2812/9635...9c17_c.jpg
IMG tags will only work with the second link, the direct URL of the image.
It looks like you have sharing disabled on your Flickr photos, which a lot of people do, so no worries there; but with those restrictions, the only way you can share your photos on a forum is by simply linking to them, as you did. If you want to be able to embed the image in a post, the photo's settings need to allow some kind of public access. From that point, you can click the "share" icon, which looks like a rectangle with an arrow popping out of the top right corner, and then click the little pushpin icon (which will auto-generate BBCode appropriate for forum sharing), select your desired image size, and copy the line of code that appears. Then, you can paste that into the body of your post, and your image will appear embedded.
Hope that helps!