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jberryhill

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3. You can't

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 09:44 PM

Nov 2019

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.

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How do you post a picture from a cell phone [View all] I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 OP

Photobucket acct. or tweet it and post link to tweet here Roland99 Nov 2019 #1

Go with Imgur instead of Photobucket JHB Dec 2019 #18

Bookmarking, I was able to do it exactly once in a dewsgirl Nov 2019 #2

You can't jberryhill Nov 2019 #3

copy the ULR and past it in the Message text: I think ... stonecutter357 Nov 2019 #4

Shouldn't that be Auburn's colors for your state? nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #7

NOPE RTR! stonecutter357 Nov 2019 #8

I thought that the winner of the state rivalry game owns the state for a year. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #10

A cell phone photo doesn't have a URL. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #9

Depends on your phone and services FreeState Dec 2019 #11

If it's moved to the cloud then it's more or less not a 'cell phone photo' anymore ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #13

Uh, if that link is to an image, it didn't work. MineralMan Dec 2019 #15

The tutorial on how to post an image on DU is pinned in the Photography Group csziggy Nov 2019 #5

Thanks for the updated info! n/t Greybnk48 Dec 2019 #12

There should be a button for it as there is on every other site now. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2019 #6

This sort of functionality is trivial to add to any web site these days ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #14

The admins here don't want thousands of images stored on their server. MineralMan Dec 2019 #16

You can do it pretty easily Jersey Devil Dec 2019 #17