Apr-22-2010, 05:17 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Apr-22-2010, 05:36 PM (UTC) by Nuytsia.)
Hehehe don't worry about driving me nuts (apart from being too late to 'drive' me nuts) - I love mucking around on forums and giving out strange advice.
Wish I could remember what went wrong that time I tried to link to FB pics.... but the fact that I signed up to Flickr makes me think it was a pretty fatal flaw....
(although obviously you were able to do it once.... which means it should be possible - it's not just something like the preferences for the pictures is it? I know you can set preferences on FB that pics are viewable by anyone, or 'just friends' or other options. It's not that your pics aren't set to public viewing?)
It's annoying to have to do it in a way - I guess you could always just keep on doing it as an 'attachment'
A lot of forums won't let you do that, which is why I started using Flickr.
Maybe try a test post linking to an image somewhere elsewhere on the internet (just anything) to make sure you are using the [img] tags correctly? Just as a process of elimination?
Edit: ok I couldnt resist trying to link to my Facebook pic to see what happened and it seemed to work..... it doesn't seem to make any difference if the photos are marked as 'friends only' in FB (that WAS a longshot). When you right click on the picture in FB you need to 'copy image URL' (not something else like 'copy link address') and you should be able to paste in the link (the text should start with http and end with .jpg) between the img tags ......
[Image: 9135_1260500233182_1249962217_750218_8027658_n.jpg]
Wish I could remember what went wrong that time I tried to link to FB pics.... but the fact that I signed up to Flickr makes me think it was a pretty fatal flaw....
(although obviously you were able to do it once.... which means it should be possible - it's not just something like the preferences for the pictures is it? I know you can set preferences on FB that pics are viewable by anyone, or 'just friends' or other options. It's not that your pics aren't set to public viewing?)
It's annoying to have to do it in a way - I guess you could always just keep on doing it as an 'attachment'
A lot of forums won't let you do that, which is why I started using Flickr.
Maybe try a test post linking to an image somewhere elsewhere on the internet (just anything) to make sure you are using the [img] tags correctly? Just as a process of elimination?
Edit: ok I couldnt resist trying to link to my Facebook pic to see what happened and it seemed to work..... it doesn't seem to make any difference if the photos are marked as 'friends only' in FB (that WAS a longshot). When you right click on the picture in FB you need to 'copy image URL' (not something else like 'copy link address') and you should be able to paste in the link (the text should start with http and end with .jpg) between the img tags ......
[Image: 9135_1260500233182_1249962217_750218_8027658_n.jpg]
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