Post pics using DropBox

[Irelander]

Hi guys.  I notice most guys use Photobucket for posting pictures.  That is fine however some people's internet filters block pics posted from Photobucket because Photobucket contains a lot of nudity and smut.  So I started using DropBox and it is really nice and easy to use.  The pictures you want to post online are stored on your computer and you don't have to upload them to a hosting site like Photobucket.  Well, actually they are but it is automatic.  You don't have to login and do all that confusing uploading trickery.
Heres how it works:
You go to dropbox.com and sign up for free.

In the process you will download and install the dropbox application.  This will place a new folder on your computer called Dropbox.  You should see it by clicking start, then My Computer.

Here is what you should see after you click Start then My Computer (or just Computer) on your desktop.  You will now see in the top left a new location called...Dropbox.


Click on the Dropbox location and you will see a Public folder and a Getting Started file.  You can make new folders and store any type of document here.  Here's mine:


Open the Public folder and place any pictures or files that you want to post on the forum.  It will take just a few moments for the picture to sync with Dropbox.  
Here's mine:




To post a picture on the forum just select your picture and right click on it.  You will see the Copy public link in the drop down menu.  Click that and it will copy the picture URL to your clipboard.  Then all you have to do is start a thread or reply in the forum and click on the Insert Image icon.  When you see the Insert image dialog box, just paste the URL by right clicking and click on the Paste option or just hit CTRL+V.  Then click the Insert Image button.


Here's the picture I copied from my Public folder (actually all the pics I posted in this thread are from my public folder:-):


Thats it.  Anytime you want to post a picture online, just put the file in your Public folder and copy the public link for use with the Insert image function in the thread editor.  Easy peasy.

Another cool thing is that you can now access any files you put into Dropbox anywhere you can get access to a computer by logging into your Dropbox account.  You can also share folders with other people.  Its a really cool system.

Hope you learned something and please let me know if you have any questions.

[tullymars]

Basically I'm computer illiterate so I've never learned how to use photobucket. After reading through your post I seem to be in the same bucket. Failed to see the easy peasy part. Thanks for trying though.

[bibbyman]

I tried using Dropbox on a number of forums and never have succeeded.

[bibbyman]

i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx46/Bibbyman/Oldrifles20130909_zpsed328978.jpg

I'm using an android pad and none of your directions look at all familiar.

[seancass]

Wait, i didnt know there was nudity on photobucket! I need to go do sone searching!

[CBH]

Oct 19, 2013 7:22:25 GMT -5 bibbyman said:

I tried using Dropbox on a number of forums and never have succeeded.

+1

[Irelander]

Sorry guys. I find Dropbox very easy compared to photobucket or the other hosting sites. I have used Dropbox on many other forums and it always works well.

One thing to remember is that you cannot simply copy the image URL and paste it into your thread. It has to be in this format: [-IMG-]photourl[-/IMG-] (remove the dashes)

When you use the Insert Image button it inserts the syntax for you.

I wrote those instructions really fast so I will look through them and try to simplify it.

[Irelander]

Modified the instructions a bit. I really think its worth a try for an easy way to post pics.

[seancass]

Once i figured out the method, posting pics with photobucket has been very easy! With the PB app, you upload pics, the view them on the PB app, it will copy the [-URL-] brackets and you simply paste it in your post! Pretty quick and easy when i have good data reception!

[bibbyman]

It straps the http:// off! 

[Irelander]

To post a picture on pretty much any forum you need web address or image url for the picture. When you put pictures in your Public folder in DropBox it creates the url for you. You just right click on it and select Copy Public Link. That will copy an address that looks like this:



You can paste that url into the forum's Insert Image feature and it should post your picture. What the Insert Image feature does is add a tag to the beginning and end of the url to let the forum editor know that it needs to display the url link as a picture instead of just text. The tag it adds is img to the beginning and /img to the end, both are in brackets. So if you use the Insert Image feature of the forum, what actually gets put into your post looks like this:



So by using the Insert Image feature it adds the tags for you. You can also not use the Insert Image feature and simply paste your url link into your post. Just remember to add a img to the beginning of the link and /img to the end of the link (both in brackets).

[tgc]

I've quit using photobucket since they got their "new improved websight" because it won't work for me. Will try out this Dropbox. Thanks for the tip.

[bibbyman]

Thanks for the update. I've posted some 11, 000 posts over the years on another forum and a few on others so I have a good bit of experience with BB code. When I post a picture link to Dropbox here .... yes, yes and double yes it has the img coming and going tag code as it should be in the message post fields. When I make the post, the picture does not display. I go back and edit the post and the whole text string is extensively modified. I'm not at all sure why or what's going on. I suspect it has something to do with this android system pad.