How to post images from ImgBB (Jr. Members and up) -- Revamped

Hello,

I know there have been several threads on posting images on Bitcointalk, but I think this one will help users trying to post specifically from ImgBB. I also know that in some of the past threads ImgBB was mentioned as well, besides others sites, but in this case there's a trick.

The solution is the following:
1. First of all, you must be at least Jr. Member (Newbies are not allowed to post images).

2. Upload a photo on ImgBB (at "Auto delete image" field make sure it's selected "Don't autodelete").

3. After the picture is uploaded, a "Copy" button will be displayed (see picture below). Clock on it then paste the copied link in a new tab. However, this link is not functional on Bitcointalk. Note the form of the link, in order to make the difference: "https://ibb.co/somecharacters"

4. When the picture is displayed on the screen, right click on it and select "Copy image location". Paste in a new tab. At this moment, the given link will be different, appearing as "https://i.ibb.co/somecharacters". Practically, the "normal" link looks like https://ibb.co and the one needed here has the form of https://i.ibb.co.

See the differences?

6. After obtaining the "i.ibb.co" link, type it here in the following form: [ img ] i.ibb.co link [/img] (without any space between the characters). Or copy-paste the following code sequence:

Code:

[img][i.ibb.co link[/img]

Voila! The picture should be appearing in full format.
I hope this helps

January 2023 edit: I revamped this thread with cosmetic changes (formatting, eliminating obsolete information etc.) and also with a better solution for posting pictures on the forum. I Recently found a simpler solution, which eliminates steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 (yes, all these steps!

). ~~I found an "Imgur uploader" website which does all these steps: https://img.doerig.dev.~~

March 2023 edit: it seems that imgur.com does not allow uploading pictures from mobile phones anymore. Even before it was not so easy, meaning that, in order to upload a picture from mobile, you had to select to see the page in Desktop mode, but now this workaround does not work anymore. I found though another way for being able to upload pictures on imgur: by accessing the .io version of the site (www.imgur.io) and selecting to see the page in Desktop mode, it's still possible to upload pictures from mobile phones.

October 2023 edit: imgur is not recommended anymore as a solution for uploading images on the forum, after the recent problems generated by this website. As a consequence, I revamped OP once more, presenting a viable solution provided by ImgBB website.

I hope this help.

Besides, an alternative site is TalkImg. Pictures upload is possible from there as well, by following the guidelines mentioned here.

Mind it that using imgur you can not upload image using tor browser and in that case one can use www.postimg.cc

And this is how you do:

I hope it helps.

Hello joniboini, I just resized the images. Is it better now?

You can simply click the three horizontal dots on top right of the image, next to "copy link", then click "get share link" then copy the "BBCode (forums)" link. You can paste it into your post without adding the img tag.

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on November 13, 2019, 12:24:43 PM

After obtaining the "i.imgur" link, type it here in the following form: [ img ] i.imgur link [/img] (without any space between the characters).

another tip: you can insert codes inside code tags. This way, you don't have to add spaces to make the code appear properly:

Code:

[img]i.imgur link [/img]

I rarely post images on bitcointalk so I use the same way as you mentioned,but if someone want to post pictures much often then this Guideline on posting images (with size adjustments), hyperlinks thread will help them.

Thank you for the tip, khaled0111. Indeed, it is possible also with the BB Code. But, as you saw already, there are already several forms of links and the newbies might get confused by all of them. That was why I suggested to get the i.imgur link via "Copy image location".

Regarding the thread mentioned by Findingnemo, I saw it as well, but it doesn't explain the trick regarding imgur vs i.imgur. That's why I tried to offer the solution for posting from imgur

On my Windows PC, i use an Open source tool that simplifies everything. It's called sharex. All i have to do is take a screenshot, edit it if necessary and then click on the OK button.
The image gets posted to imgur and any other image hosting website of your choice depending on your preference settings. The image link is automatically copied to the clipboard which you can just past in the forum Wink

Website: https://getsharex.com/
Github: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX
Downloads: https://getsharex.com/downloads/

I often use imgur.com to make images as links so they could be displayed on the bitcointalk.org forum.
The steps are almost the same / maybe the same as what you do.
1. Minimum Junior Member.
2. Prepare the image to be uploaded.
3. Open the site imgur.com and click on the upload photo section.
4. After the image has been uploaded successfully, the next step is to find the bbforum link available at the top right of the image.
5. Paste the image link in the bitcointalk.org forum post that you want.

Suggestions, use this code to make the image display in the forum better to look at.

Code:

[img width=400]insert your image url[/img]

Thank you for the suggestion, BITCOIN4X! I used for these images width 640 and height 480. Any sugestion for the height as well?

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on November 13, 2019, 03:22:27 PM

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No, it depends on your desire and your picture but you must maintain the image quality at least to be clear. Resizing an image will usually make the image become corrupt or unclear.

i have easier way to copy image links for bitcointalk forum

1. first step choose your picture

2. right click on your image and click on "inspect"

3. double click on yellow area and you can copy image that you select

Quote from: mirtotanota on November 13, 2019, 05:55:26 PM

-snip-

You can literally right click the image and select “Copy URL of the image”. You don’t need to “inspect elements” and grab the link from the source code. lol

Quote from: TryNinja on November 13, 2019, 06:05:18 PM

Quote from: mirtotanota on November 13, 2019, 05:55:26 PM

-snip-

You can literally right click the image and select “Copy URL of the image”. You don’t need to “inspect elements” and grab the link from the source code. lol

this method works for many websites, and in you dont have account on imgur and want copy any picture for forums this method will help

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on November 13, 2019, 03:22:27 PM

I used for these images width 640 and height 480. Any sugestion for the height as well?

Make sure to use the smaller resolution with the original aspect ratio.

Or just set the width and don't indicate the height, this way, it'll automatically adjust the correct image aspect ratio based from the width.
But do not do it vice versa (do not set the height and no width), it'll look horrible on mobile with low-resolution
(it will stretch to fill the indicated height while using the device's small width).

For example: Your image in the OP became stretched horizontally because the height didn't matched the ratio of the original width & height.
use this instead: [img width=640]yourimagelink.jpg[/img]

Quote from: nc50lc on November 14, 2019, 05:59:05 AM

For example: Your image in the OP became stretched horizontally because the height didn't matched the ratio of the original width & height.
use this instead: [img width=640]yourimagelink.jpg[/img]

Thank you for the tip! I'm sure everyone will benefit from all these advices.
I updated the pictures from the OP as you suggested

Quote from: BITCOIN4X on November 13, 2019, 03:18:22 PM

4. After the image has been uploaded successfully, the next step is to find the bbforum link available at the top right of the image.

For those who can't find the link, Press the three dots after the Copy button, go to Shareable links, then copy the BBCode(forum) link:

No need for the additional typing, though the comment of adjusting Image Height and Width may be needed at times depending on the image itself.

I am sharing the topics which are already exist about the "Image posting on Bitcoin forum" which can also be referred.

[Guide] How to Add image on Bitcoin Talk Post?

Guideline on posting images (with size adjustments), hyperlinks

[Tutorial] How to add image, resize image and make image clickable

I updated OP with something which I discovered recently -- a way to make posting pictures on the forum even easier than before. This solution eliminates steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 (yes, all these steps!

). I found an "Imgur uploader" website which does all these steps: https://img.doerig.dev.

Simply access https://img.doerig.dev and upload a file:

Then select Copy link. The generated link is already in the "i.imgur." form, simplyfying things:

Of course, the generated link has to be inserted in your post between [ img ] and [/img] brackets, as described above. All in all, the process is way easier now.

I come back to this topic, as I observed that imgur.com does not allow uploading pictures from mobile phones anymore. Even before it was not so easy, meaning that, in order to upload a picture from mobile, you had to select to see the page in Desktop mode, but now this workaround does not work anymore. I found though another way for being able to upload pictures on imgur: by accessing the .io version of the site (www.imgur.io) and selecting to see the page in Desktop mode, it's still possible to upload pictures from mobile phones.

I hope this help.

Besides, an alternative site is ImgBB. Pictures upload is possible from there as well, by following the steps 1. - 6. from OP.

I also added all this information to OP.

Some websites support image upload and export bbcode link.

https://giphy.com/
https://imgbb.com/
https://postimages.org/
https://epvpimg.com/

Why do you limit this with imgur.com and imgur.io only?