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Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:38 pm
by cmm303
Photobucket - same photo, tested to make sure there was nowt wrong with it.
with this code

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[img]http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a481/Christopher_Merriman/Bongo%20misc/Resized%20Piddle_zpss3rgsnqf.jpg[/img]
displays as
Image

All good so far :)

Google photos - the method that you would expect to work doesn't. This does NOT work:
- Open up the photo from the album
- click the share icon top right
- click get link
- click copy
when pasted in to forum's editor the URL looked like this

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https://goo.gl/photos/wod9UA5yaX3nmhPg7[/img]
and gives an error when enclosed between the IMG tags

But this method does work:
- Open up the photo from the album
- Right click on the picture itself
- Select Copy image address (the option may vary between browsers - I'm using Chrome)
this collects a horribly long URL which when pasted between IMG tags in the forum's editor displays fine:

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[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RiaARkdU1-vHRmflEK1d6epvy99XfhDc0S7pIi-1WUK8kTmDxf34tSTzp0j2ccIRKqx-Lr48IsAs-KO0BwPD60xNj8cw9vek38dEOgOuy370mybXIGm7jz6wKH6LQfWNp0-NmH2BODQg56ai1MG-iW_NHHr1ptui1gb2y50r9SyiEeg4MNRxeFoZ6DmdnS3gMQx1YgmCZpMgR1kGnnEOvrRBgor9cEvIG8KOlOPjZHWNaT6ZmpV1MQPoMRIltzFOUvRiN_Ce2IKXyQR6htUH7jvuxszSN3Fw6zkV4fF1_B5XF-b0s5FEuc5nO3sU5u2GI9CMC2xCpxkxBaV2vTIq3xol1rCnmc4sAsVWaxsgWn8L-az1UPo-GRd8ZrkA3-PFB8KTlJk8ZQiRfR_wllz7EFwmyc2Ef2L5sKaop6-bUaMac9pYw26UrO399TWV6albg2BlqPlO1n3LNrqQM0RptfQ81n69M8FoV2e2Z2cuK51S5nFHbyV8PNWVipJRwwWKn2OKpffCi6SQ4bauM0ucztK13ms5qslIJnatbs3RuUyp2NeNb9h6WJYsXmShJfd2h5vIoV2zixrYMMb0iVOyZtalZK15MiNODFkPlC3b91WmUYux=w600-h448-no[/img]
displays as
Image

Pre-requisites
The photo was resized within the forum's size spec
Album and photo sharing was set to Anybody with the link in Google photos. I presume it would also work if sharing set to Public.

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:40 pm
by cmm303
I'd be interested to know if somebody else can see the 2nd picture ok

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:49 pm
by mikeWalsall
I find Face book easier to directly post pics on .. and tend to use Photobucket for Forums ..

Image

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:36 pm
by cmm303
mikeWalsall wrote:I find Face book easier to directly post pics on .. and tend to use Photobucket for Forums ..

Image
I recognise that pic :lol: :lol: :lol: The power of a bongo to recover 3.5 tons stuck on slippy sodden sloping grass.

Another thread has included almost off-topic debate about posting pics from Google so I thought I would investigate and report separately.

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:51 pm
by Bob
Showing fine here.

A few years back someone posted security camera footage of a Bongo pulling an artic backwards in snow. :D

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:07 pm
by cmm303
Bob wrote:Showing fine here.

A few years back someone posted security camera footage of a Bongo pulling an artic backwards in snow. :D
Thanks Bob.

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:19 pm
by Gasy
I can see the same pic twice :D

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:24 pm
by Bongolia
Gasy wrote:I can see the same pic twice :D

Stay off the sauce Gasy. :P

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:26 pm
by Bongolia
Thanks again Chris. =D>

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:27 pm
by Gasy
:D
Too late I fried my brain years back
Been off the booze now for 3 and a half years ( 6 days 2 hours and 1 min 20 seconds )
And I'm still messed up
:D

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:34 pm
by Bob
But not counting... :lol:

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:36 pm
by cmm303
Or counting in two's :D 8) :D

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:13 pm
by Gasy
Naa im not really counting
Nice to wake up with a clear head every day tho :D

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:49 pm
by Bongolia
I started drinking heavily when I lost the mother in law.

Re: Testing links to Google photos

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:51 pm
by Bongolia
On reflection... it was when they found her again.

Boom Boom. :P

Les Dawson.