How to add pictures
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How to add pictures
How do I add an image to the forum in a post - I have tried dragging it between the [img]and[/img] tags, and it comes up with a webpage, that I just copy the url into the tags, but it still doesnt work - what am i doing wrong?
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Hi Chris,
If the image you want to place is hosted on a website somewhere, then you need to use the full URL...
Such as:
which gives this image:
Some websites will prevent this from working though, as it places a strain on their servers to be "serving" up images on 3rd party websites.
(Imagine, say, 500,000 websites all link to the above image - the BOINC server would have to "serve" each image to each website...and that would really make the BOINC server struggle).
Which website are you trying to link to?
regards
Tim
If the image you want to place is hosted on a website somewhere, then you need to use the full URL...
Such as:
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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/logo/www_logo.gif
Some websites will prevent this from working though, as it places a strain on their servers to be "serving" up images on 3rd party websites.
(Imagine, say, 500,000 websites all link to the above image - the BOINC server would have to "serve" each image to each website...and that would really make the BOINC server struggle).
Which website are you trying to link to?
regards
Tim
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