Uploading images made even easier! (Page 1/4)
Cliff Pennock MAR 04, 07:48 AM
I've added another way to upload images in your posts. In addition to the "Upload Image" button - which still works as before, btw - you can now copy & paste images straight into your post!

So for instance, let's say you want to post an image that you saw somewhere on the internet. On the original image, simply right click it and choose "Copy Image". Next, inside your post, either hit CTRL-V (on Windows) or right click and choose "Paste". The image will be uploaded to the PFF server and automagically be inserted in your post.

The source of the copied image does not matter. So it can be the internet, Windows' Snipping tool, or your favorite image editor, it doesn't matter.

IMPORTANT:
When you upload images using the "Upload Image" button, the system uses the filename to see if you have posted that images before and will tell you that the image already exists on the server. That way, no duplicates are stored. By using the copy & paste option, there's no way for the system to know if this image has been uploaded before or not. So do not copy and paste the same image over and over again, since this will create duplicates and waste precious storage space on my server.

IMPORTANT 2:
Please be aware you are still posting the images to my server. So please remember that storage space isn't infinite. Do not abuse the system by copying and pasting tons of memes.

IMPORTANT 3:
Okay, I know you want to. So go ahead and test it out in this thread. 😄
Sage MAR 04, 09:43 AM


LUVIT!

Footnote: Used the copy function, but when I tried to "paste" it didn't....but when I hit CTRL-V.....it popped in. (Your results may vary.)

Cliff Pennock------------still "got it"!

Thank you sir.

HAGO!
Jake_Dragon MAR 04, 11:32 AM
To better days!



Thank Cliff
Raydar MAR 04, 11:35 AM
I'm not seeing it when I do the paste/CTRL-V command.

Edit - Nope. Not working. But I'm fine with the button.

[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 03-04-2022).]

Jake_Dragon MAR 04, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

To better days!


Thank Cliff




The clipboard is not working but the button and the link work fine.
Newbfiero MAR 04, 03:04 PM
Newbfiero MAR 04, 03:07 PM
Very nice and easy 😊 Thx Cliff 👍

[This message has been edited by Newbfiero (edited 03-04-2022).]

Patrick MAR 04, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

The source of the copied image does not matter. So it can be the internet, Windows' Snipping tool, or your favorite image editor, it doesn't matter.



That's very handy, being able to select an actual image (and not just a file name) from within an image viewer utility.


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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

So for instance, let's say you want to post an image that you saw somewhere on the internet. On the original image, simply right click it and choose "copy". Next, inside your post, either hit CTRL-V (on Windows) or right click and choose "Paste". The image will be uploaded to the PFF server and automagically be inserted in your post.



Slight correction. You need to Right Click on the selected image, choose Copy Image, and then Paste it in the posting text box.



And a friendly reminder to everyone posting images, especially now that it's getting easier and easier to do so here. Pay attention to where you're positioning the image link within the posting text box! We don't need to be seeing more and more images located in the middle of a sentence!

[EDIT] And maybe Cliff can address this... but I suspect to avoid a clickable image icon from appearing in a post (instead of an image), that the current maximum file size is still 2 MB (despite the icon indicating >300 KB)?

This images is larger than 153600 bytes. Click to view.

[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 03-05-2022).]

Raydar MAR 04, 10:29 PM
It's not working for me at all.
Might it be a Windows 7 limitation? Or Chrome, maybe?
Patrick MAR 04, 11:33 PM

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Originally posted by Raydar:

It's not working for me at all.
Might it be a Windows 7 limitation? Or Chrome, maybe?




I'm having the same problem... with Win 7 and Chrome (if that makes a difference).

In my previous post, I was using Cliff's new system to copy an image stored on my hard drive accessed through an image viewer utility (ACDSee), and it worked great.

However, a moment ago I tried to copy (and paste) an image from an online source... and it doesn't work. Nothing happened.

[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 03-04-2022).]