The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls

Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: burnaz1124 on February 25, 2025, 10:48:47 am

Title: pictures
Post by: burnaz1124 on February 25, 2025, 10:48:47 am

Hello group!

Can anyone tell me how to upload pictures please.

Title: Re: pictures
Post by: PL1 on February 25, 2025, 01:40:47 pm

Quote from: burnaz1124 on February 25, 2025, 10:48:47 am

Can anyone tell me how to upload pictures please.

The latest stickied "NOT A PROJECT" thread (https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,164992.0.html) for uploading pictures is in the Project Announcements (https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/board,10.0.html) sub-forum.

Quote from: PL1 on April 23, 2021, 02:51:15 pm

Quote from: Gilrock on April 23, 2021, 09:59:01 am

how do you actually link to the photos here.  I couldn’t find anything that stated the purpose of this thread or how to use it so I’ve just been using my own website.

Lots of great old build threads like Knievel's Woody (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,55789.0.html) are missing the photos because they were hosted on a 3rd party site instead of here.

The purpose of these "NOT A PROJECT" threads is to ensure that photos hosted on a 3rd party server aren't lost if the company goes out of business or changes policy (like Photobucket), the URL isn't changed when the company moves to new servers, people don't accidently reorganize/rename their photos on the other server (breaking the links), people don't abandon their domain hosting, etc., etc. . . . and IIRC it makes it easier for Saint to do some of the server-side functions like backups.

The process is generally:
1. Post the image in this thread using the "Attachments and other options" menu below the text edit box.

2. Open that post, right-click on the image, and copy image link/URL.
- For DaOld Man's last picture post, the URL is

Code: [Select]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=387559;image
3. Embed the image URL in your project post using IMG tags ((http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/Themes/Yabb_SE_Classic_2/images/bbc/img.gif) icon) and optional height/width modifiers.

Code: [Select]

[img width=300]http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=387559;image[/img](http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=387559;image)

I know that sometimes the forum software throws a false security check fail when you try to post a pic, but if you resize the pic by about 3-5% it should pass the security check.
- It's a bit of a pain, but better in the long run than risking problems with 3rd party hosting.

If you have 80 photos currently hosted on a 3rd party and 25 of them are crucial to understanding/duplicating your build process, please upload at least those 25 photos here.   ;D

Scott