[SOLVED] The PNG and JPEG file formats.

stf92 · 08-16-2020, 04:45 PM

Guys, all I know is this: there was a site by name www.photobucket.com where I uploaded my tiny images. They accepted the PNG format and life was easy for me. I could at any moment upload the images to, say, The Beethoven Reference Site and the few users in that site, when entering a page, instantly saw, in my post, the image. Now photobucket is no longer free and so I kissed them good bye. But what shall I do now? I thought that it had not the least importance because there had to be thousands of places like that in the internet. However, this very thread is showing me I was wrong. Is it so difficult to find a free file sharing site accepting the PNG format?

elcore · 08-16-2020, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by stf92

I tried imgur.com and it worked fine. However, in the post, the image is not directly seen. All there is in the post is a link and the user must click it in order for him/her to see the image. Instead with photobucket.com the picture was shown in the post as soon as the user opened the page. Any way to make it work in photobucket style?

This sounds familiar, when I last used the imgur site the default output link was an album type link (in URL there is /a/)
The album link won't work for embedding, if you want to embed the image then you must look for embedded link (in URL there is i.imgur.com and it'll end with .png or .jpg)
Usually right clicking on the image and selecting "copy image location" had worked in firefox and some other browsers, it did copy a direct link for embedding into the clipboard although I'm not sure this is still true.

stf92 · 08-16-2020, 06:25 PM

I am trying to register in imgur and they ask me a 7-digit verification code. As I didn't see any in my mail box I pressed the 'Resend' button ("Didn't get a code? 'Resend'"). But in vain. Click the 'Resend' button has no effect. Can the problem be in my browser (Firefox 78.0.1esr)?

elcore · 08-16-2020, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by stf92

I am trying to register in imgur and they ask me a 7-digit verification code. As I didn't see any in my mail box I pressed the 'Resend' button ("Didn't get a code? 'Resend'"). But in vain. Click the 'Resend' button has no effect. Can the problem be in my browser (Firefox 78.0.1esr)?

Yes, well I'd direct you to imgur subreddit where the usual complaints have been archived, but it has been closed for the public.
Maybe check the spam folder in case the verification code was filtered, otherwise contact their support by email? It's not really Slackware problem is it?

stf92 · 08-16-2020, 06:58 PM

That was precisely my question. Can the problem be the browser's or any thing below it (I mean the OS, a driver, etc)?

m.a.l.'s pa · 08-16-2020, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by stf92

Guys, all I know is this: there was a site by name www.photobucket.com where I uploaded my tiny images. They accepted the PNG format and life was easy for me. I could at any moment upload the images to, say, The Beethoven Reference Site and the few users in that site, when entering a page, instantly saw, in my post, the image. Now photobucket is no longer free and so I kissed them good bye. But what shall I do now? I thought that it had not the least importance because there had to be thousands of places like that in the internet. However, this very thread is showing me I was wrong. Is it so difficult to find a free file sharing site accepting the PNG format?

I thought PhotoBucket still has a free trial option or whatever. Anyway, postimage.org is another one I've used, and I've got .png images posted there.

montagdude · 08-16-2020, 11:03 PM

Converting a PNG to JPEG is extremely simple. If can ask how to do it, you already know how.

Code:

convert IMG.png IMG.jpg