How To Post a GIF

[Zoom-boing]

How do you put a gif in a post?

 

[Madeline]

Same way you do an image, Zoom-boing. Right click, then select "copy URL" then come back to USMB, hit the yellow square, and insert addy.

Sometimes, if you dun wait for the gif to animate before copying, it dun move in the post.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Same way you do an image, Zoom-boing. Right click, then select "copy URL" then come back to USMB, hit the yellow square, and insert addy.

Sometimes, if you dun wait for the gif to animate before copying, it dun move in the post.

You don't have to add it into a photobucket account?

I will try one.

<a href="http://www.gifbin.com/982032"><img src="http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1232905464_Rickrolled.gif" alt="funny animated gif"></a>


^ see? it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[L.K.Eder]

Same way you do an image, Zoom-boing. Right click, then select "copy URL" then come back to USMB, hit the yellow square, and insert addy.

Sometimes, if you dun wait for the gif to animate before copying, it dun move in the post.

You don't have to add it into a photobucket account?

I will try one.

<a href="http://www.gifbin.com/982032"><img src="http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1232905464_Rickrolled.gif" alt="funny animated gif"></a>


^ see? it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

always save it and load it to your personal account on e.g. photobucket.

then it will work.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Same way you do an image, Zoom-boing. Right click, then select "copy URL" then come back to USMB, hit the yellow square, and insert addy.

Sometimes, if you dun wait for the gif to animate before copying, it dun move in the post.

You don't have to add it into a photobucket account?

I will try one.

<a href="http://www.gifbin.com/982032"><img src="http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1232905464_Rickrolled.gif" alt="funny animated gif"></a>


^ see? it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

always save it and load it to your personal account on e.g. photobucket.

then it will work.

Hmmm, I tried that with the above and it failed to load. I think it's the wrong format.

Let me try again.

Success! Thank you!

 

[L.K.Eder]

You don't have to add it into a photobucket account?

I will try one.

<a href="http://www.gifbin.com/982032"><img src="http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1232905464_Rickrolled.gif" alt="funny animated gif"></a>


^ see? it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

always save it and load it to your personal account on e.g. photobucket.

then it will work.

Hmmm, I tried that with the above and it failed to load. I think it's the wrong format.

Let me try again.

Success! Thank you!

gifbin will, as far as i know, not allow you to hotlink.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Ok, is there a way to get a gif to upload to photo bucket if it's an invalid file type?

Many gifs say to copy the following but it doesn't load into photo bucket and just shows up as code if I directly post it here.

<a href="http://senorgif.com/2010/09/23/funny-gifs-omg-a-cat/"><img src='http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif' title="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" alt="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" /></a><br />see more <a href="http://senorgif.com">Gifs</a>

 

[L.K.Eder]

Ok, is there a way to get a gif to upload to photo bucket if it's an invalid file type?

Many gifs say to copy the following but it doesn't load into photo bucket and just shows up as code if I directly post it here.

<a href="http://senorgif.com/2010/09/23/funny-gifs-omg-a-cat/"><img src='http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif' title="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" alt="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" /></a><br />see more <a href="http://senorgif.com">Gifs</a>

look for the source: img src:http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif

http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif

it is hotlinked, so i don't know if you see the gif or the "go to gifbin" place holder.

 

[Madeline]

Guys, you dun need photobucket. Go to google.com/images or bing.com/images and fetch the gif you want. Follow the instructions above, and when you return to USMB, as you are on "Reply to Thread", use the yellow box in the menu above.

 

[Dr.House]

gifbin allows hotlinking...

You have to include it in image tags...

[IMG]url goes here[/IMG]

 

[Kalam]

The code you're copying is HTML; you want BB code. Right click the image and you should see something like "copy image source" or "copy image location" depending on your browser. Do this, and then click the little insert image picture above your USMB post, paste the image location, and it should be put in BB tags for you.

 

[Kalam]

As others have pointed out, uploading the photo to another website is unnecessary if it's already on a website that you can hotlink to.

 

[L.K.Eder]

but if you don't save it and host it yourself, you are at the mercy of the server you are hotlinking to, with possibly hilarious results.

 

[Kalam]

True, but I usually choose convenience over security.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Ok, is there a way to get a gif to upload to photo bucket if it's an invalid file type?

Many gifs say to copy the following but it doesn't load into photo bucket and just shows up as code if I directly post it here.

<a href="http://senorgif.com/2010/09/23/funny-gifs-omg-a-cat/"><img src='http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif' title="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" alt="OMG A CAT Gif - OMG A CAT!" /></a><br />see more <a href="http://senorgif.com">Gifs</a>

look for the source: img src:http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif

http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/omgacatp1.gif

it is hotlinked, so i don't know if you see the gif or the "go to gifbin" place holder.

Aha! I am so derrrr tonight. Thanks.

 

[syrenn]

You don't have to add it into a photobucket account?

I will try one.

<a href="http://www.gifbin.com/982032"><img src="http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1232905464_Rickrolled.gif" alt="funny animated gif"></a>


^ see? it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

always save it and load it to your personal account on e.g. photobucket.

then it will work.

Hmmm, I tried that with the above and it failed to load. I think it's the wrong format.

Let me try again.

Success! Thank you!

cute!

 

[Zoom-boing]

The code you're copying is HTML; you want BB code. Right click the image and you should see something like "copy image source" or "copy image location" depending on your browser. Do this, and then click the little insert image picture above your USMB post, paste the image location, and it should be put in BB tags for you.

Okay, I did that and this is what posted.

Oh snap! Sooo much easier . . . . thank you!

 

[Kalam]

The code you're copying is HTML; you want BB code. Right click the image and you should see something like "copy image source" or "copy image location" depending on your browser. Do this, and then click the little insert image picture above your USMB post, paste the image location, and it should be put in BB tags for you.

Okay, I did that and this is what posted.

Oh snap! Sooo much easier . . . . thank you!

Thank you for the gifs.

 

[Zoom-boing]

The code you're copying is HTML; you want BB code. Right click the image and you should see something like "copy image source" or "copy image location" depending on your browser. Do this, and then click the little insert image picture above your USMB post, paste the image location, and it should be put in BB tags for you.

Okay, I did that and this is what posted.

Oh snap! Sooo much easier . . . . thank you!

Thank you for the gifs.

It's entirely possible I may becoming an annoying gif-er.

 

[L.K.Eder]