Attaching Images

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How do I attach an Image so it looks like this?
 

Attachments

What the hell!?

Let me change that question, why do some images show up as the "Attachment" link above, rather than just a normal picture?

OA
 
All you have to do is click the 'img' button in the posting control panel thingy. Like this:

MattDancing.gif


If you're trying to link to a free web server, most of them prohibit external linking.
 
Originally posted by duo17
What the hell!?

Let me change that question, why do some images show up as the "Attachment" link above, rather than just a normal picture?

OA
If you have the option in your options set to display images and attachments in posts, then you will only see JPEG and GIF images automatically displayed. Other formats, like that bitmap, will appear as a link like that.
 
bitmaps take a long time to load so they are shown as links because most people probably don't want to load a meg image.
 
I only use bitmaps for wallpaper because jpgs always stuff up as wallpaper.
 
Originally posted by M5Power
May I ask what this is?

No, you may not.

Bitmaps are fine for windows-based PC's, but they are a windows format so, AFAIK, other computers won't have an easy time displaying them.

And they're big, much bigger than a .gif or .jpg, so don't use them for anything online.
 
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