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#9 ·
Kind of funny that I can change the address lines and those pics don't change. Makes you think there's a lot of un-nesessary letters in the line. (I don't really understand puters.)
I played with the URLs a bit and you're right that there's a lot of extra stuff to them. Here's your URL:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/fullsize/dscn0181L.jpg


But you would get the same image if you just use:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/fullsize/


As will this:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/fullsize/SchwimIsTheCoolestGuyOnTheFaceOfTheEarth.com


The filename at the end is a dummy but there for a good reason. There's a lot of systems like some forums that wouldn't know to treat the URL like an image without a filename of some sort, so Supermotors puts it at the end.

I also figured out that you can get a thumbnail, large or fullsize image from them(I can't find any other sizes but posted on the SM forum to see if any others are available).

For a thumbnail version of your image, You would do this:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/thumbnail/


And fullsize is what we've already seen:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/fullsize/


For the original size, get rid of all the sizing bit in the URL:

Code:
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1073691/


That's all I've found for the Supermotors service but if anyone posts anything handy in that forum thread, I'll let you know.
 
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Hi there Hugo!

I see you're trying to embed photos from Dropbox but it's not working well for you. I think I can help you out.

Dropbox is not primarily intended for this sort of thing, so they don't have an easy or automated way to embed your photos in forum posts but the fix is super simple.

Take the URL you posted:

Code:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfkdtwlusu9u1fl/Bronco_01.jpg?dl=0
And simply change the portion of the URL that says "dl=0" at the very end and change it to say "raw=1" so your URL now looks like this:

Code:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfkdtwlusu9u1fl/Bronco_01.jpg?raw=1
Which, when wrapped in img tags, gets you this!



And that gets you your embedded image :)

If you're using Dropbox because of the automatic upload feature, Flickr has the same feature, unlimited storage and caters to those of us that like to share photos online. You can run both services at once on your phone as well if you want to continue using DB for a backup.

And finally, CONGRATS ON GETTING YOUR SWEET RIDE!
 
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Hi there again,

Your issue right now is that you copied and pasted the code from the window but this forum truncates long URLs, so if you look at your URL, there's a bunch of dots in the middle that shouldn't be there.

If you look up at my post above you'll see I edited it so you could see the whole URL without the forum system shortening it. Let me know if that doesn't fix you up :)
 
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PHP:
[IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfkdtwlusu...co_01.jpg?raw=1[/IMG]
I notice https:// vs. http://


"https://" is a sign of a secure site. I've found many problems over the years linking images from secure sites. A lot of the time, the hosts security will not allow for remote image hosting, as it creates a tiny gap in the security to be exploited. It's a crap-shoot though as sometimes it seems to work fine and others times it won't. I tech challenged though. :toothless

I may be totally off. Hopefully @schwim will have better info for you than I.
 
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see there. I need to pay more attention to what schwim posts. :thumbup
I suck at the internet. :brownbag


Was I completely off schwim?
I may have assumed the "s" in "https" was a problem I ran across awhile ago and have been working under a false assumption so I figure it's worth asking.
FWIW, I greatly appreciate your knowledge and your willingness to share and educate.
 
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Heya Pepe!

Although serving secure images across domains and over an insecure connection can be problematic, if you're serving https images on an http connection (https://image on http://site) and it's not working, it's almost always caused by the host you're trying to serve secure content from not having a valid SSL cert. With sites like Dropbox, however, you can pretty much count on it working.

The more common problem is serving non-secure images on a secure connection (http://image showing on https://site). It's actually your browser keeping it from displaying as a security measure. an SSL connection is a guaranteed encrypted connection and any non-encrypted information(an image servered over http, for instance) is kept from displaying. That's the issue you're probably thinking of as it's the most common.

As long as the SSL cert is valid, you can always display an https:// image, regardless of whether you're viewing it via http or https. That's why you see the image hosting sites always using https. That way they can be sure the images will display across either connection method.
 
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#23 ·
Glad you got it fingered out with his help HC. :thumbup


You know... a lot of that sounds very familiar but it's been decades since I had to deal with SSL.
I remember just enough to be dangerous. ;) Thanks for dumbing it back down for me bud. :beer
 
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Heya :)

You can post directly from Google Drive, but the main issue with that is you won't be able to size them, so if you uploaded a monster image, that's what will get shown. To show the image you linked, visit that URL and right-click the image and choose "Copy image address" (The wording may differ slightly depending on your browser). You should now have the direct image URL copied to your clipboard.

Code:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/WGzdFWWh4yLUIM6hjVEDaORfh246bbtNsCTazF15jmuo0sdQ37m_8n2RoJXpxK-VySXOCDwGAr8P-a9-zq_Ihk-oTism1EZw92iu=w1693-h937-rw
Just wrap that in img tags and you're set!

 
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