Help Center

I've read a couple of BBcode and bio/forum guides, but I just can't figure out how to get most images to work.
My only success has been my forum signature, and now I can't quite figure how I did that. Oh, and scry/dragon widgets, but those are technically links.
Some of the guides say to "copy image address", but I'm on mobile, so it's long-press instead of right-clicking, and when I do that, there's no copy image address option.
There's "Open image in new tab", "Preview image", "Copy Image" (which isn't the same and also doesn't work), "Download image", "Search for this image (in browser)", and "Share image".
Opening it in a new tab also doesn't help; the new tab URL doesn't work as an image url and I still can't copy the image address from there.
What am I doing wrong? Is this a device issue? Thanks in advance!

@cleanslate

Scry/dragon widgets ARE image codes; "Image address," "Image link," and "Image URL" all mean the same thing here. All 3 are referring to the page URL of that image specifically, which is how the rest of the internet can see the image and its "address," which is how FR can display it with BBCode.

For a mobile device, opening the image in a new tab should work; the page URL would then be the image URL, so copying that should give you the correct link. If not, you're either copying the wrong thing, typing the incorrect code, or it's a problem with the image host.

Could you post the troublesome links/code in [ code] these boxes [ /code] without the spaces? That will allow us to view the raw text and better identify the issue. Please include ALL relevant code/text you're working with.


Keep in mind that the image URL must end in the proper file extension (.png, .jpeg, .gif, and the like) in order for the BBCode to recognize it as an image. Certain websites (such as deviantart/stash) or file extensions also don't work, but we can't say for sure without seeing the code for ourselves!

@NightmareJudge Okay, so, for example - the image of my first dragon Amethyst. This is her widget, no problems there: [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78860732][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png[/img][/url] Which if I make it visible looks like: [code][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78860732][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png[/img][/url][/code] I'm familiar with the basics of BBcode in a general sense, mostly from learning some web design (CSS is very similar). if I try to do this with her actual image, by long pressing, and "open image in new tab", I get this URL: https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png?mtime=ZYq56q55yaQ Which if I put it in the image link popup, just spits out the same link with image tags, like so: [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png?mtime=ZYq56q55yaQ[/img] It's an identical problem for any image I try to do that with. Links to imgur pages that are the sources of user made images do the same thing.

I think the problem is the gubbins after the '.png', which is presumably being added by your browser. What happens if you delete everything after the image extension? I.e. instead of: [code]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png?mtime=ZYq56q55yaQ[/code] Try this: [code]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png[/code]

[img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/788608/78860732_350.png[/img] That works!!!! Thanks so much! @Inskora I'm gonna see if that works for other images...

Okay, so what do I do about, like, graphics and stuff hosted on imgur? Those don't have a .png ending even if I open them in a new tab and everything.

https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

You delete the parts after the file extension (.webp in this case). Instead of: [code]https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium[/code] Try this: [code]https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.webp[/code] (I'm not sure if this will work because .webp is a weird format.) Edited to add: it looks as though the image still displays if you swap out the webp for png (because webp is basically png in a stupid container). Try using this: [code]https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.png[/code]

@cleanslate I'm glad @/Inksora could help with that hurdle! As I said before, certain file types do not work as BBCode; .webp is one of them. I've heard Imgur is a little weird on mobile devices and won't always show the same image URL you'd get from right-clicking it on desktop, so this is technically a web host/device quirk. Luckily, the fix is easy; delete "webp" and everything after, and replace it with the file type it's supposed to be - in this case, "png." Voila! [code][img]https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.png[/img][/code] [img]https://i.imgur.com/i08Ekgo_d.png[/img]

@NightmareJudge @Inskora Thank you both so much! Makes sense now. Reminds me of when I used to have a 2ds that could only download jpegs, lol. Thank you again