How to attach image in forum post ?
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Is it not possible to attach an image in a ‘New Topic’ post ?
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It is possible to link to an external image, yes.
This forum is formatted using Markdown, with a help link buried on the little grey
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in the COMPOSE window/pane when writing your post. For more about how to use Markdown in this forum, please see @Scott-Sumner’s post in the “how to markdown code on this forum” topic, and my updates near the end. … That topic also explains how to embed images by uploading them to a public server like imgur.com, and embedding them using the syntax![](http://i.imgur.com/QTHZysa.png)
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Thanks for the reply.
‘Linking’ instead of ‘attaching’ definitely makes it challenging for us old folks.
Thankfully use of Notepad++ is simple :)
We will just try and give a verbal description of ‘images’ for our questions.@PeterJones said:
It is possible to link to an external image, yes.
This forum is formatted using Markdown, with a help link buried on the little grey?
in the COMPOSE window/pane when writing your post. For more about how to use Markdown in this forum, please see @Scott-Sumner’s post in the “how to markdown code on this forum” topic, and my updates near the end. … That topic also explains how to embed images by uploading them to a public server like imgur.com, and embedding them using the syntax![](http://i.imgur.com/QTHZysa.png)