Shadows Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Posting Deeplinked Images from Brickshelf A Tutorial Welcome! Posting an image on Eurobricks is easy, as long as you know where it is. If you already know how to locate the proper URL (address) of your image, skip to step 6 to learn how to post it. When that image is stored on Brickshelf, it's absolutely necessary to get the exact address where the picture is stored before trying to post it. The only way to do that is through deeplinking, which also makes it possible to show images before their folder has been moderated, an added advantage. Fortunately, it's simple: just follow these easy steps. NOTE: These images were taken from Firefox. Different browsers may look different, but the steps involved are the same. 1. Go to www.brickshelf.com and log in to your account. The red circle indicates where to log in. If the file isn't yours, find the account of the user you wish to share the picture from and go there instead. The blue circle offers two ways to search for the user or image. 2. Click the folder that the image is stored in. If it is in a subfolder, click that and keep navigating until you see a thumbnail (tiny image) of the picture you want, then move to the step 3. 3. Find the picture you want to show in your post and click it. 4. You should now see the picture you want. After you click it again, it will look like Step 5. 5. Copy the URL (location) of the image from the address bar of your browser, which is shown here circled in red. The easiest way is to rightclick and select "copy". If you know how to post an image, you can skip the rest and go use the URL you just copied. Good job! 6. Return to the post you are editing and press the "Insert Image" icon. Paste the URL from earlier in the new box. In this example, you're about to post a sigfig to the "Your Sig-fig" thread. 7. Finish your post and submit it. All done! You've now added a deeplinked picture to your post. Congratulations! Quote
JimBee Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) one problem, when i do that from Brickshelf, an error message appears and says "Sorry, we [EB] do not accept img tags here." But when i do it from Flcikr, its fine. Any particular reason why this would happen? i would guess it has something to do with the URL... But thanks for the tutorial! Edited June 12, 2008 by JimButcher Quote
Hinckley Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 one problem, when i do that from Brickshelf, an error message appears and says "Sorry, we [EB] do not accept img tags here." But when i do it from Flcikr, its fine. Any particular reason why this would happen? i would guess it has something to do with the URL...But thanks for the tutorial! Post what you are trying to enter between [ code ] tags using this button: in the reply screen, so I can see what you're trying to post... It will look like this: [img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/legowiz23/ebthumbnails/17854.jpg] Quote
Shadows Posted June 13, 2008 Author Posted June 13, 2008 one problem, when i do that from Brickshelf, an error message appears and says "Sorry, we [EB] do not accept img tags here." If I had to guess, at step 4, you aren't clicking the image again. You need to make sure that the picture you want is all that appears on your screen when you copy the URL. It'll end in whatever extension your picture has (jpg, gif or png, usually). If you try with the folder URL, you'll get that error. Hope this helps! Quote
Dwarvenlord Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Looking good! I have only one question: how can i put images in a post without a link or something? Quote
Shadows Posted June 15, 2008 Author Posted June 15, 2008 I got it Glad you figured it out, I went ahead and deleted your double post anyway. Quote
JimBee Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Sorry for posting here again (and thanks for the help before), but I was wondering: how do you use an image as a link? For example, if I wanted to advertise a MOC in my sig, how would I change the picture so that when someone would click on it, it would take them right to the topic? Thanks for the help! Quote
Admiral Blockbeard Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 it is as easy as having the picture selected when you go to click the link button , this way it will just ask for the link location and not ask for a link name, and hey presto you have a picture that is a link! -thats how i do it any way! Regards Cpt. PB Quote
Shadows Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 Sorry for posting here again (and thanks for the help before), but I was wondering: how do you use an image as a link? For example, if I wanted to advertise a MOC in my sig, how would I change the picture so that when someone would click on it, it would take them right to the topic? Thanks for the help! We're here to help, it's no problem at all. it is as easy as having the picture selected when you go to click the link button , this way it will just ask for the link location and not ask for a link name, and hey presto you have a picture that is a link! Right, and thanks for helping out, Blocky! An image as a link to an eB thread (or any link), will look something like this: [url="http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17094"][img=http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/style_images/flags/builders_guild.gif][/url] or [url="your link url here"][img=your image url here][/url] Which produces this: Quote
JimBee Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) We're here to help, it's no problem at all.Right, and thanks for helping out, Blocky! An image as a link to an eB thread (or any link), will look something like this: [url="http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17094"][img=http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/style_images/flags/builders_guild.gif][/url] or [url="your link url here"][img=your image url here][/url] Which produces this: Aha! thanks both of you. Let me try it out: Hey, I did it! thanks a ton, IS and Blockbeard! Edited July 10, 2008 by JimButcher Quote
Admiral Blockbeard Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 >SNIP<Hey, I did it! thanks a ton, IS and Blockbeard! Glad i could be of help! Im sure IS would have told you anyway, i thought i might steal it from him Blocky is always happy to help! Regards Cpt. PB Quote
csiquet Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Hello, I tried to insert 2 images from Brickshelf (2x deeplink with the "insert image" button) but I got this message: Sorry, dynamic pages in the tags are not allowed Why is that? _______________________ Nevermind, I think I got it. I was writing: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3381726 instead of: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/csiquet/Random/01.jpg You can erase my thread if you want. Edited August 27, 2008 by csiquet Quote
Trudop561 Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Post what you are trying to enter between [ code ] tags using this button: in the reply screen, so I can see what you're trying to post... It will look like this: [img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/legowiz23/ebthumbnails/17854.jpg] I tried it but the images don't appear! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20921 Quote
Stauder Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 I tried it but the images don't appear!http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20921 Your not supposed to include the " " tags. He posted it with code tags because if there where no code tags it would look like thisStauder. Quote
Ratshot Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Do I have to be a member of one of those sites[brickshelf, flicker ect.] or can I do it right from my own files. Quote
Eskallon Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Thanks for that, I tried it out and it worked perfectly. Now I can show off my creations withough having to put links in. Quote
Brickmaster Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Glad i could be of help! Im sure IS would have told you anyway, i thought i might steal it from him Blocky is always happy to help! Regards Cpt. PB Sorry to dig this up, but I get this problem sometimes; I do nothing different in my upload procedures. What exactly makes an image dynamic, and how can I get around it so that I may post it on the forum? Quote
Hinckley Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Do I have to be a member of one of those sites[brickshelf, flicker ect.] or can I do it right from my own files. You can attach images from your own files but have a very limited amount of upload space on our server. You are better of joining Brickshelf or Flickr. Sorry to dig this up, but I get this problem sometimes; I do nothing different in my upload procedures. What exactly makes an image dynamic, and how can I get around it so that I may post it on the forum? I don't understand your question. You may only upload .jpgs or .gifs. If you are trying to post a link, it is dynamic a file extension such as .php or .html shows up. You are trying to post a page. A lot of times flickr's first level of an album before you click "all sizes" is just a loading script and not the actual image. Is that what you mean? Quote
Ratshot Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 You can attach images from your own files but have a very limited amount of upload space on our server. You are better of joining Brickshelf or Flickr. How do you do that. Quote
L-space Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 How do you do that. Go to http://www.brickshelf.com/ and click "Create new account" and follow the steps. It's quit easy. Good luck. Quote
Lasse D Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 I don't understand your question. You may only upload .jpgs or .gifs. If you are trying to post a link, it is dynamic a file extension such as .php or .html shows up. You are trying to post a page. A lot of times flickr's first level of an album before you click "all sizes" is just a loading script and not the actual image. Is that what you mean? The problem is that some image hosting sites show images as something like picture.php?show=me.jpg and hope that forums accept this as a picture because the URL ends with jpg. The engine behind Eurobricks (correctly) sees this as a .php file which might be everything from a web-page (html) to a picture (jpg). The reason why imageshack and others prefer deeplinking using .php-URLs is that it minimizes server load (you don't have to resolve the URL to something else). If you see the URL behind my signature images, they are of the good old .jpg-type, but those URLs are actually rerouting to a php script on the server. The conclusion: Rejecting .php files while accepting off-site .jpg-files gives you a false sense of security from pictures not showing: A .php file can serve a legit picture while a .jpg can try to serve you a web-page. It will be better if all URLs ending with .jpg and so on were accepted while URLs ending with something else should give errors because the user probably is making an error. Quote
Ratshot Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Go to http://www.brickshelf.com/ and click "Create new account" and follow the steps.It's quit easy. Good luck. Thanks, ill need the luck Quote
brickfreak99 Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 When I try to post images from Photobucket, it won't let me, can someone help me with this? Quote
Toa of Whimsy Posted April 17, 2009 Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) So for some reason I can't link to Brickshelf and when I try that image tag nested within url tag for images with links in them to use Brickshelf thumbnails to link to their larger images... it tells me "dynamic pages are not allowed" or something. And the weird thing is that I did this successfully before... but now it isn't working. What's happening here? EDIT: Disregard this, I suck. Edited April 17, 2009 by Toa of Whimsy Quote
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