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Silver Gaia

(5,336 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:55 AM Feb 5

Need HELP! With Posting Images! Please!

I have created both an Imgur acct and a Photobucket acct and I can't get either one to post anything but a link to the image. Jeez. It should not be this hard! How do I get it to embed the image? Please help?

Thanks in advance!

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progree

(12,886 posts)
1. When viewing your picture in Imgur, Right Click on the picture, click on Copy Image Link from the menu
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:37 AM
Feb 5

that pops up, and then in your DU post, press Control V (that's paste)

The format looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/S314Fmt.png

and displays like this:



I'm using a Windows 10 computer.

Silver Gaia

(5,336 posts)
2. OK. Thanks. I did that, but not on my computer.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:44 AM
Feb 5

I was using my phone (Android). Everything was the same, except all I ever saw was the link text. It did not display the photo in Preview. I'll try on my computer later and see if that works better.

progree

(12,886 posts)
4. I can try on my Android phone a little later -- I'm on a tight schedule right now
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:51 AM
Feb 5

If what I described doesn't work on my phone, there's an alternative that might... later, sometime after 3 PM CT

ETA - can you paste the link that you got into a reply? Yet another alternative is modifying it...

RussBLib

(10,538 posts)
6. your post didn't work
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:10 PM
7 hrs ago

When I right-click on the pic in Imgur, nothing happens. And there is no pic when you wrote:

"and displays like this:" (nothing displays except a tiny question mark)

It appears you see different things in Imgur than I do.

progree

(12,886 posts)
8. In my post #1 above, do you see a Consumer Confidence graph?
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:06 PM
6 hrs ago

If so, Right Click on it, and a menu of several choices should appear, including:

Copy image < -- DON'T click on this
Copy image link < -- DO click on this,


and then paste into your DU post with Control V

I know this isn't the same as getting a link from Imgur, but I'm wondering how this experiment goes for you

RussBLib

(10,538 posts)
9. there is no graph, no image except for a tiny question mark in a box...
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:23 PM
6 hrs ago

....where I suppose your graph should be/is.

but I guess you see your graph?

progree

(12,886 posts)
10. That's odd. Yes, I see my graph. Try this: Right click on that little square you see and choose "Load Image" /nt
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:03 AM
5 hrs ago

RussBLib

(10,538 posts)
5. IMGUR no longer works for me
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:06 PM
Feb 12

used to be able to upload pics to Imgur and then paste them into DU, but none of the options/choices work for me any longer. Not sure why. Is there any other service that works with DU?

I do wish the Admins could work on simplifying the posting of pictures to the forum. I used to post them easily from Imgur and Photobucket. Then again, Admins might not want to, as it would probably clog up/bog down DU.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

RussBLib

(10,538 posts)
7. test
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:13 PM
7 hrs ago

big fail.....

none of the links in Imgur work for me. They used to.

Is there another image program that works on DU?

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