thekealganon Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I get this problem: You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community. I didn't know where to post this, so have it removed if it's in the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geek Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 If you want to post an image to the forum your best bet is to host it on imgur and then simply copy and paste it into your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 What kind of image are you trying to upload? The forum image uploader isn't really great anyway but it should at least be working... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The Geek said what I would've, but out of curiosity, what's the image extension that's being rejected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapbar Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) tbf I've tried posting stuff from Imgur and it gave me the same thing. Even when I rehost the thing. I have to use Postimage. I haven't known anyone else having this problem though so it might just be a problem on mine and OP's end. Edited December 15, 2016 by Soapbar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brand_Of_The_Exalt Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Right click on the image in imgur, then "open in a new tab", and copy the link above, not the link imgur gives you that is a link to the page, not the image itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) tbf I've tried posting stuff from Imgur and it gave me the same thing. Even when I rehost the thing. I have to use Postimage. I haven't known anyone else having this problem though so it might just be a problem on mine and OP's end. If this happens at certain times then it's because of an issue that's caused when we update the forum software, it's usually fixed within the day. If it's happening to you year-round then it sounds like an issue out of our hands or on your end for sure. Edited December 16, 2016 by Tangerine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) A lot of the time, if you're copying it from sources like Tumblr, Photobucket or Twitter, the URL for the image appears as: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzufJsHUoAAzUli.png:large or http://smg.photobucket.com/user/smallcookie/media/2005Jun/icecreammochi.jpg.html Our forum can't always parse out the :large or the .html text to push the image in upon creating the post (alternatively, it might say XXXXXXX.jpg:300x200 or something). A preview might occur in the text box as you're preparing it, but when you hit Post, it can't render it for the thread. Usually, you can just omit those little pieces at the end after the image extension, ensuring that it ends with a common image filetype such as .PNG or .JPG. I know imgur's done this on occasion (to me). Ssometimes you'll have something like; http://i.imgur.com/Jl6zU7G [Bad] instead of http://i.imgur.com/Jl6zU7G.jpg [Good] The former won't work, the latter will. Depending on where and how you obtain the image's URL, you might be stuck with the filetype extension simply omitted, and if it's not there, it won't work on our forums. For what it's worth, it won't work on most forums that operate using BBCode, which is a very common platform. Edited December 15, 2016 by Elieson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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