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SyntaxTerror

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Hello

This thread will tell you how to post images on this forum, according to their use and origin.

An important thing to remember is that undertow.club is not an image hoster, server space is precious and should not be wasted.

If your image is important for the community, it should be attached here so it will not risk to be lost on some other image hoster (i.e. if it is a resource example, a PNG hair mod or a static background).

If your image is not essential, it should be hosted somewhere else, like on Imgur (i.e. everything else, like request references, screenshots you made to show your friends, etc.) .

Imgur is a good choice because you don't need an account to host pictures there, upload is easy (there are even some apps and browser extensions that can do that, as well as ShareX) and it is NSFW friendly (i.e. cocks and boobs are allowed there).

Hotlinking is often a bad idea (i.e. using the link to an image hosted somewhere elese on the web): images can be deleted, adresses can change and some sites don't allow hotlinking (you won't even notice it when you post it, because the image is in your web browser cache).

To learn how to copy an image from the web to your computer, look at this tutorial on WikiHow.

BASIC METHOD:
Copy the image address and paste it in image tags (
img.jpg
then link.jpg , top bar of the edition window).
DO NOT use the "Upload image" button (
upload.jpg
)!
To change the picture size, click on the picture and choose the "Change size" icon (
4 arrows.jpg
), then type the desired height or width in pixels.

If you have multiple images, it will be easier to edit the BB code directly:
Click the "Toggle BB code" icon on the far right of the top bar of the edition window (
wheel.jpg
), and add links to images like this:
[IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m1[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m2[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m3[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m4[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m5[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m6[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m7[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m8[/IMG][IMG width="150px"]https://imgur.com/r4nd0m9[/IMG]
If you put every tag one after another, the images will be displayed like this:
1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg 5.jpg 6.jpg 7.jpg 9.jpg 8.jpg
You may use a bigger or smaller width than 150px, but anyway, clicking on the thumbnail will show the full image.

If you have really many images, the best would be to write the BB code on Notepad++ or some text editor that handles RegExes.
Method:
  1. make a new file on Notepad++ and paste the image addresses, one per line
  2. open the "Replace" window (Search>Replace or Ctrl+H) [SEE EXAMPLE]
  3. in the "Find what" field, put (http.*$)\r\n
  4. in the "Replace with" field, put [IMG width="150px"]$1[/IMG]
  5. choose "Regular expression" (bottom-left)
  6. press the "Replace all" button
  7. select all the text (Ctrl+A)
  8. paste it in your post edition window (don't forget to choose "Toggle BB code" first)
That may sound complicated, but it'll soon become very easy for you, your posts will look much better, it won't waste server space for UnderTow and make things way easier for d£t d£t if he has to move the entire site in the future.

Note that this method expects that you use Windows 10, it may work with other versions, but Notepad++ handles line breaks oddly with RegExes. If you're using something else than WIndows, I'm afraid I cannot help you...
 
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