Questions

[shadowkat]

1. How do you insert images into a post without using photobucket? I tried using flicker and it did not work. The only thing that worked is photobucket and apparently I can't use that any longer.

2. Is there a British version of an American Biscuit and what is it called? Note the American version of a British Biscuit is called a cookie and the reason we call it a cookie, is well, because our biscuit isn't a cookie.

I was pondering this while watching the Great British Bake-Off...in which they were doing savory biscuits and I thought, I don't like those..then realized their idea of a biscuit is not what I'm thinking of at all.

I have a craving for bread, but can't eat bread...I blame the Great British Bake-Off. Going to try an almond flax roll.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

You need to get an embed link for them. I haven't looked at Flickr lately but when I did about 3 or 4 years ago I couldn't figure out how to get one either.

Similarly, Google discontinued its Picasa project which offered embed links, and moved content over to its Google Photos which does not. However, there is a tool which will create them for you here: https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/

I'd used Picasa because of its vast free storage and the fact I'd found it easy to use. I find Photos clunkier but there are a limited number of free photo storage sites and, at least, I didn't have to change any of my old links.

[shadowkat]

Unfortunately Google wouldn't let me upload photos to it.
So, I'm stuck.

Dreamwidth needs to fix their photo uploading. You can do it elsewhere without an embedded link. And I can upload photos to DW, just not post them. Which is odd.

[yourlibrarian]

That seems really strange. I can't speak to DW's hosting because I haven't used it since I already have the GPhotos. What sort of error message are you getting when you try to upload?

[shadowkat]

I upload without any issues. They just won't post to the entry. Or I can't get them into the entry. But they are on my "manage photo uploads" page.

[yourlibrarian]

Ok, so if you're looking at photo X, and you've clicked on the < share symbol, clicked "get link" and copied, did you paste that into the https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/ tool to get the embed code?

[shadowkat]

I can't get the google photos tool without paying for it apparently. In my own google free gmail account -- it says photos coming soon. (I did this last night. At work now, so not possible to play with it on this computer.)

The upload, I was discussing, was direct to DW. I uploaded to DW but not able to share.

[yourlibrarian]

Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. But that's really odd. If you go to https://www.google.com/photos/about/ it says on the front page "Back up unlimited photos and videos for free, up to 16MP and 1080p HD. Access them from any phone, tablet, or computer on photos.google.com – your photos will be safe, secure, and always with you."

I'd assumed that Photos was created for Android (thus the lack of embed codes) but was open for anyone to use.