75 thoughts on “Embedding photos in comments”

  2. Go to the location of the image on the interwebs. You’ll need to copy the URL to the actual image (ends in .jpg most likely) then just paste the URL in the comments.

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    2. Super Dummy Guide to obtain the direct image address (called URL):

      1) right-click on an image you want to share, locate the menu entry “open image in new tab” (or similar).

      2) the image URL needs to end with .jpg, .gif or .png — other forms might work. Try it.

      3) copypaste (ctrl+c , ctrl+v, or cmd+c/v) the url from the tab into its own line in the comments.

      4) if the image is not on a typical image sharing platform, and it’s under fair use etc, consider uploading it to e.g. imgur.com and similar places, and then share it from there, otherwise it uses bandwith of some other person.

      5) If the image belongs someone else, don’t upload it anywhere. Common etiquette requires that you at least provide a direct link to the source site, and make sure it’s in the authors interest to have it shared that way.

      6) If you merely want to link to it, or to the site, to provide the sources, use this code: #a href=”https://whyevolu…photos-in-comments/”>Source: WEIT

      just replace the first # with <

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        1. They have to be somewhere on the internet, not on your Mac. So Dropbox works, as does iPhoto if you have images stored in iCloud.

          In Dropbox you can get the link to use by opening the image in finder, right clicking and selecting “Copy Dropbox Link”.

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          2. This worked, THANK YOU! Sorry, didn’t know it would show up so big- is there an accepted or preferred size for a photo here?

      1. You need to upload them to somewhere like flickr. It think Aneris explains that above as well. I was too lazy to expand on the URL part 🙂

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      2. Oops, I was trying too hard the first time. I’m used to using the URL link that avoids embedding, which I use for videos.

        I take it that it’s OK to embed photos.

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        1. Apparently now, yes! (Figured that was the case when nothing was being said about it.) Great option, IMO.

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        1. Meet Monte Carlo (Monte to his friends, and everyone was his friend). He enriched our lives for twenty years.

          The hardest part was opening the Flickr account!

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    2. I tried this and it still did not work. I wonder if the link MUST end in .jpg. I tried uploading a photo to Google, which spits out a link that does not end in jpg.

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          1. Wow – one of my cats is sitting on my lap as I read, and he perked up when your running cat gif appeared and is mesmerized by it.

          3. That gif does not show on my screen (using Firefox), just a broken picture icon. If I click on the icon I get the working gif.

  7. I put the photos on a free website like Flickr, then copy and paste the link into the comment.

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    1. Worked like a charm—thanks Stephen. I could not get Google photos to work. Not surprising—since Google gave up on Picasa I have had nothing but frustration with Google.

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        1. Plus, Google does not let those of us without Google accounts see Google photos. Flikr, et al, don’t discriminate.

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    1. Wow ,what do you know ,i post photos to a site called Imgur ,used to use Photobucket but they have started charging silly amounts of money.

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      1. Me too. I like Imgur’s sleak design and simplified usability. Back when Imgur still had charged accounts, it was one of the few services I gladly paid for.

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  9. You can use the html command img src=”XXXXXX” with the XXXXX being a link to an image on the web, and adding the begin [left pointing arrow head] and end [SW-NE slash followed by the right pointing arrow head] symbols at the front and back of the command.

    Picture test

    Lynx from Iberia Nature.

    GCM

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      2. The alt attribute is not for a caption but instead what gets displayed when the image fails to load for whatever reason. Try the tag “” instead.

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          1. Looking at the source, it has deleted the figure tag, the img tag and its contents, and removed the figcaption tag, while preserving the enclosed text string.

            What an odd thing to do.

  11. in the future, readers won’t see this post and all the suggestions. wouldn’t it be easier to just install the plugin for those who don’t know and others who are unwilling to do any of this?

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    1. Plug ins require the “business plan” level of WP. Those paying for that service should certainly avail themselves of plug ins. For others, there’s the various workarounds.

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          1. so another question: my notification email said that you “liked” my response to your comment. how’d you do that? I see no way to do that. and thank you again.

          2. I use the WP “Reader”. I don’t know how that manifests on a cell phone but if you’re using a laptop or personal computer there should be a menu bar near the top left of your screen with a button selection titled Reader when you’re logged in to your blog. On the RH of the menu bar there’s a notifications icon that looks to me like a bell. Clicking on that gives you your comments in column pop outs that allow replies and likes. I hope that helps.

  13. I just paste in the url string into the comment.

    (Go to the photo on the internet — it has to posted on the internet as a photo file name for this technique to work. Select the entire string of the url. Copy it (ctrl-c in windows). Paste that into the comment. Voila!)

    Like this (top of Mt. Tongariro, NZ):

    http://www.berettaconsulting.com/barbarossa/WT_Big_Show/04%20New%20Zealand/WT%200200%20024-14%20New%20Zealand%20Me%20Summit%20of%20Mt%20Tongariro.jpg

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  18. Another problem that would be good to resolve at some point: this site seems to be set up for desktop browsers only and does not switch into mobile-friendly format when accessed from portable devices.

    The end result is that you have to keep scrolling sideways as well as up and down to read articles on a phone.

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