how to put an image in one's signature?

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Offline atinypony

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how to put an image in one's signature?
« on: February 05, 2010, 01:19:27 »
Or even in messages if such is enabled, while we're on the topic? At the moment i'm doing this, except without the spaces,  which results in nothing.  It worked on some other forum.
[ img ] http://twitpic.com/11eoqv [ /img ]
How should I be doing it?
« Last Edit: February 05, 2010, 01:23:00 by atinypony »
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 01:29:30 »
Or even in messages if such is enabled, while we're on the topic? At the moment i'm doing this, except without the spaces,  which results in nothing.  It worked on some other forum.
[ img ] http://twitpic.com/11eoqv [ /img ]
How should I be doing it?
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Yah, it's not working. Some sites won't work, like Flickr and, apparently, Twitter. Most other sites will, though. Like this.

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[img]http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/epic-fail-advertising-fail.jpg[/img]If the address itself ( http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/epic-fail-advertising-fail.jpg ) links to the picture, it'll most likely work. Yours ( http://twitpic.com/11eoqv ) isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear. :P
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 01:50:12 »
You can get the actual URL of the pic if you right click on the image --> Copy image location.
In that case:
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[img]http://web10.twitpic.com/img/62831047-d7da88f8f57cb47773c0aac1a6af6523.4b6b6ad9-scaled.jpg[/img]
Which yelds:

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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 02:07:52 »
Yours ( http://twitpic.com/11eoqv ) isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear. :P

It doesn't need an image extension, it just needs to be an image or a script that displays one.

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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 02:31:13 »
Yours ( http://twitpic.com/11eoqv ) isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear. :P

It doesn't need an image extension, it just needs to be an image or a script that displays one.
Pretty much what I was about to say.

PP's object images, which I use in the Object Compendium, have no extension:

The image url is:
http://fintmcwells.com/NiffForum/Objects/Bank0/Object9
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 03:35:06 »
Yours ( http://twitpic.com/11eoqv ) isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear. :P

It doesn't need an image extension, it just needs to be an image or a script that displays one.
Pretty much what I was about to say.

PP's object images, which I use in the Object Compendium, have no extension:

The image url is:
http://fintmcwells.com/NiffForum/Objects/Bank0/Object9
Ah, well, at any rate, since the pic doesn't appear as a URL, it won't appear as an image.
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2010, 04:23:53 »
PP's object images, which I use in the Object Compendium, have no extension:

The image url is:
http://fintmcwells.com/NiffForum/Objects/Bank0/Object9
Really? The browser must be smart enough to recognize that there's only one such file in the directory you're accessing. I know I didn't put in any special code for that.

Incidentally, all the forum avatars don't have a file extension in the address ( http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3209;type=avatar )
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2010, 05:05:34 »
Incidentally, all the forum avatars don't have a file extension in the address ( http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3209;type=avatar )
That's the sort of thing I'm assuming minmay was referring to by a script, given its use of query strings ("?action=dlattach;attach=3209;type=avatar") and all that.
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So i think i get it.
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2010, 06:21:24 »
AUGH! Thanks so much.
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If the address itself...links to the picture, it'll most likely work. Yours...isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear.
Sure, NOW I feel silly for having overlooked that, but I never would have made that particular leap of logic without asking.
So, assuming twitpic's image locations stay the same, for example, this...

should work.

Well it worked in preview, anyway.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2010, 06:26:13 by atinypony »
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Re: So i think i get it.
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2010, 07:40:40 »
AUGH! Thanks so much.
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If the address itself...links to the picture, it'll most likely work. Yours...isn't a .PNG, .JPG, .GIF, etc, so it's not gonna appear.
Sure, NOW I feel silly for having overlooked that, but I never would have made that particular leap of logic without asking.
So, assuming twitpic's image locations stay the same, for example, this...

should work.

Well it worked in preview, anyway.

Remember, we all agreed that I was wrong. :P If the URL has a script to call up an image, or the URL is an image itself, it should work.
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2010, 09:54:16 »
Just click view full size, right click and copy image url. However, this doesn't work always, and this is one fo those cases. Instead, click properties and copy the addres where it says URL.
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[img]http://web10.twitpic.com/img/62831047-324ed4e76670bb77baff84968e8d37c3.4b6bdbdd-full.jpg[/img]
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2010, 23:23:19 »
yeh, sorry pumpkinbot, wasn't actually bagging you out there, was taking your advice happily.  I thought it was working when it appeared in the preview.  So, i THINK it works ( ), just for some reason not always. Sorry if i'm missing obvious explanations, my HTML is nonexistent.

Well, as I now have a picture in my signature, I suppose it might just be twitpic.  That's what i'll blame it on, anyway.  Thanks all!
« Last Edit: February 05, 2010, 23:33:02 by atinypony »
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2010, 01:28:57 »
Just click view full size, right click and copy image url. However, this doesn't work always, and this is one fo those cases. Instead, click properties and copy the addres where it says URL.
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[img]http://web10.twitpic.com/img/62831047-324ed4e76670bb77baff84968e8d37c3.4b6bdbdd-full.jpg[/img]
Quite. The code you're putting in is an attempt to place the webpage showing the image into a signature, rather than the actual image. As limelemon said, right click -> copy image location (I use firefox)
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2010, 02:26:16 »
Yes I know, but I thought that I just as well could serve the whole thing on a silver plate for him. Ctrl+C is your best friend.
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Re: how to put an image in one's signature?
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2010, 03:43:09 »
And I thought I'd dish out the whole explanation for future reference. So everyone's happy. C)
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