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(53,342 posts)JHB
(37,128 posts)I think Photobucket has a paywall for full quality and no watermarks on a linked image. Need a paid membership for unaltered linking.
At least, that was the case a few years ago when I ditched it for Imgur for images I post to DU.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)tutorial thread, then promptly forgot.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)To post a photo on DU, the photo must exist at an address elsewhere on the internet.
There are various image hosting sites to which you can upload a photo, so that you can then post the URL of the photo here.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)Blue_true
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(31,261 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)Cell phone photos - like any other photos - have to be hosted somewhere before they can be posted here.
FreeState
(10,552 posts)If you have an iPhone and use iCloud for example:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ydCLWxANfRPHafpl9-BrGisQ
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)One way or another, the photo that's saved onto the phone must be moved to a server with a publicly visible URL ... which, as you correctly point out, iCloud offers.
If one doesn't have iCloud or similar photo hosting, one must avail themselves of similar functionality.
Personally I use Imgur for this purpose on my Android.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)Only .jpg, .gif and .png files hosted at a url will appear on DU. There could be other formats, but those are the three I have tested.
csziggy
(34,119 posts)For posting your own pictures the suggestions for hosting sites have changed - I have my own web site and keep a folder set up to share pictures so I can't recommend any specific ones.
Greybnk48
(10,147 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,461 posts)Time to get upgraded.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I'd very much imagine that the reason it's not deployed here on DU is that the storage of (what would eventually become a LOT of) pics for the support of a commercial website ... is definitely not free.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)I can't blame them, either.
I use a blogger.com blog to host images from my phone. Then, I can just link to them to display them here. There are many ways to host an image so it will have a URL. Probably, everyone should have such a method ready to go. You can also use Twitter, but it's less convenient.
Jersey Devil
(9,862 posts)and you don't need Photobucket or anything like that. Just email it to yourself from your phone, then open the email and download the photo to your desktop and then post it on DU just like any other photo on your hard drive. Or, if you have an iphone or Google photos on your computer, copy the photo to your desktop