Problem posting images

[MrMik]

I have a problem with images not posting.

I only just made it to Jr Member status and have not posted an image successfully, yet.

I try to follow the instructions here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3974517.msg37748469#msg37748469

However, the images show up as : Bitcointalk.org image proxy: Invalid image

The link I am using is this: https://drive.proton.me/urls/T6WS4KN898#R3RZei8w1qwf

and the code in total is this: [url=https://drive.proton.me/urls/T6WS4KN898#R3RZei8w1qwf.png]][url=https://drive.proton.me/urls/T6WS4KN898#R3RZei8w1qwf.png][/acronym][/url]

or this (neither of them work):
https://drive.proton.me/urls/T6WS4KN898#R3RZei8w1qwf.png[/img]]

I also tried adding '.png' after the ProtonDrive link, but get the same result.

[hosseinimr93]

The problem is probably with the website you are using for hosting images.
Try it a with a different image hosting website like imgur.com. It should work without any problem.

You can also use imgbb.com and postimages.org as alternatives to imgur.

[Charles-Tim]

To post image is not hard. On your computer, or set your mobile browser to web or desktop mode and visit https://imgur.com/upload. You will see what you will click on to upload image. After the image has been uploaded, click at the top right corner of the image, you will see three dots, click on it, click on 'get shared links' and finally copy BBCode (forums) link which is the link you will paste here on this forum.

On the link you post above, you can see how you can adjust the height and width like this:

Code:

[img height=200 width=180]https://i.imgur.com/AlkgxPt.jpg[/img]

That is an image of a scam site, but the one that is very close to me to upload as an example.

[Stalker22]

I have a problem with images not posting.
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The link I am using is this:

You have a problem with your image URL. I tried opening the URL in a new window and it does not work. It has nothing to do with the forum. Try using a different image hosting service.

I also tried adding '.png' after the ProtonDrive link, but get the same result.

Obviously, you cannot create a valid image URL by appending the .jpg or .png extension to a random string of characters.

[MrMik]

The problem is probably with the website you are using for hosting images.
Try it a with a different image hosting website like imgur.com. It should work without any problem.

Thank you!

I'll try that.

I was hoping to avoid using some image sharing site that will start to demand payment once I have invested significant effort. That happened to me with photobucket a few years back and I don't want a repeat of that, hence my attempt to use ProtonDrive.

You have a problem with your image URL. I tried opening the URL in a new window and it does not work. It has nothing to do with the forum. Try using a different image hosting service.

When I click on the link, it opens a download link. But maybe that only works for me because I am logged in to Protonmail at the moment.

[JeromeTash]

I was hoping to avoid using some image sharing site that will start to demand payment once I have invested significant effort.

I think imgur or ImgBB have no problem since they are free image hosting sites. Just make sure you upload images when not logged in if you are concerned about your privacy (The only downside is that you won't be able to delete the image once it's uploaded)

[Stalker22]

I was hoping to avoid using some image sharing site that will start to demand payment once I have invested significant effort. That happened to me with photobucket a few years back and I don't want a repeat of that, hence my attempt to use ProtonDrive.

ProtonDrive may be a good cloud storage provider, but it was never intended as image hosting. Although you can share your files publicly via a link, ProtonDrive will never provide you with a direct URL for the image to be able to post images on the forum. As already mentioned, Imgur and Imgbb are probably the two oldest and most popular services for free image hosting. They have a long history so there is no reason to fear that you might run into problems in the future. Even if you encounter some kind of restrictions during free use, you can simply change your IP address or use a VPN because no registration is required.

[BitMaxz]

Just make sure you upload images when not logged in if you are concerned about your privacy (The only downside is that you won't be able to delete the image once it's uploaded)

Actually if you have account in imgur you have option to make uploaded image hidden unlike without an account. It won't go into public if you didn't click the "make public" its hidden only in imgur but if you share the image outside the imgur its viewable without info related to your account. So its safe if you concern about privacy.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Sorry buddy.....  
I was totally disappointed, just as you are, when I realized that I couldn't post images for a start ...yeah, actually, that's impossible.
Everyone said imgur, yeah? That'll be fine too.
You'll just have to follow up the instructions and fix up a photograph (whatsoever), that doesn't exit the picture- size limit, then you're good to go. Well, I wasn't really comfortable with imgur -- not that anything happened though but, I just loved imgbb; I'm dropping a link so could follow for preference.
Here is the link

[Husna QA]

-snip- I also tried adding '.png' after the ProtonDrive link, but get the same result.

Image extensions such as PNG, JPEG or others cannot simply be added to a file, including the Proton drive link. The link doesn't work because it doesn't exist on the image hosting server.

I re-uploaded an image from the Proton drive to Imgur. I try to fix the code arrangement in the image link.

Code:

[url=https://drive.proton.me/urls/T6WS4KN898#R3RZei8w1qwf][acronym=Short-footed Polli stand][img width=500]https://i.imgur.com/VaWj1C6.png[/img][/acronym][/url]

@OP, maybe you can use machine translation to see one of my threads below: [TUTORIAL] Cara Layout Image (Insert-Resize-Link).

[PX-Z]

When I click on the link, it opens a download link. But maybe that only works for me because I am logged in to Protonmail at the moment.

The image that you should include in the image tag should be a direct link ^{(with image extension e.g .png, jpg)} of the image, that means after clicking the url it will redirect to the image and nothing in there except the image.
That's why it shows "Invalid image" because it still needs to download on the page after clicking the url.

Try to understand and follow other recommendations thread, linked above.

[ThemePen]

You are using direct link from drive. Here are some steps to show your image on this forum.

First of all open this link on any browser.
https://imgbb.com/upload

You will see this when you open above link


Upload the photo which you want to show by clicking the arrow.



When photo uploaded you will see a option there.Embed Codes

After clicking Embed Code option. Select the option which is given in photo.



When you select BBCode Full option, below you will see the full code and just copy that and paste here in the forum. Your image will be shown to everyone.

Here will be the copy Option.



Note: Only Jr. Members and above rank can post an image.

Tried little bit. Hope you understand.  

[dansus021]

I think imgur or ImgBB have no problem since they are free image hosting sites. Just make sure you upload images when not logged in if you are concerned about your privacy (The only downside is that you won't be able to delete the image once it's uploaded)

Yep this true i have been using imgbb for a couple years and it works fine in this forum.

I usually logged in so i can find what images that i have uploaded it

[Awaklara]

Yep this true i have been using imgbb for a couple years and it works fine in this forum.

I usually logged in so i can find what images that i have uploaded it

I don't know maybe I'm wrong, but when I want to use ImgBB and copy the full-size BB code. the problem usually occurs, it seems without problems when using BB code with a small size.
currently prefer to use Imgur. although have to manually adjust the image size to look better.

[Crypt0Gore]

OP things will be easier for you if you can download imgur app on your phone, this is what I use for any image related posts, go to Google playstore and search for imgur app or go to https://imgur.com and you will see Get App by the right down of your screen, it will direct you to download link.

[MrMik]

Thank you everyone for your answers, you have been most helpful!

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I have a problem with images not posting.

With my understanding I think a jr member should be able to post images and since you're not getting the expected results i think something is wrong somewhere that you're not doing it as expected, i will recommend you with this two threads to read better and understand how posting an image is required in addition to the ones suggested already from members.

guidelines for posting images
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3974517

[Tutorial] How to add image, resize image and make image clickable
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2958771

[Solosanz]

My advice is to use imgur, imgbb is suck since there's few moment the images is error and it will show "Bitcointalk.org image proxy: Invalid image" even though the images is appeared before and you're using the correct BBCode. Don't forget there's a limitation to upload an image, the maximum is only 2MB, if you upload higher than 2MB the images will error too.

[aysg76]

With my understanding I think a jr member should be able to post images and since you're not getting the expected results i think something is wrong somewhere that you're not doing it as expected, i will recommend you with this two threads to read better and understand how posting an image is required in addition to the ones suggested already from members.

Right junior member can post images on the forum but the problem @OP is facing is from the image hosting site which is showing the error as this happens sometimes or if the link is not embedded correctly it also shows the same error but that don't seems to be the case with @OP.

The problem is probably with the website you are using for hosting images.
Try it a with a different image hosting website like imgur.com. It should work without any problem.

You can also use imgbb.com and postimages.org as alternatives to imgur.

I was using imgbb from long time to host images before but in past few months there were problem with images not displaying and same invalid proxy error was showing which forced me to shift to postingimages.org which is really good alternative on my side and have never faced any issue then so advice to use it and can get direct links and many other types of Bbcode and is good site to host images.

[Pandu Geddon]

My advice is to use imgur, imgbb is suck since there's few moment the images is error and it will show "Bitcointalk.org image proxy: Invalid image" even though the images is appeared before and you're using the correct BBCode. Don't forget there's a limitation to upload an image, the maximum is only 2MB, if you upload higher than 2MB the images will error too.

yes, this issue was also discussed, when DireWolfM14 created a thread Trouble posting images? Imgbb doesn't seem good anymore and there is often a problem after a few reloads. sometimes can be seen, sometimes also error.
the best alternative that many recommend is Imgur. it's free and there's no problem using it. The simple interface is even very easy to learn for beginners.