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I thought I would stop trying to figure this out myself...so how do you guys put gifs in a forum? Do you use the same method as you would anpxiture? If I'm on my mobile device, can I use my gif keyboard from that device? I just want to join in on the fun!
Sanne Moderator

Crystie78 wrote:
I thought I would stop trying to figure this out myself...so how do you guys put gifs in a forum? Do you use the same method as you would anpxiture? If I'm on my mobile device, can I use my gif keyboard from that device? I just want to join in on the fun!

Gifs work, indeed, the same way any image is posted! They're special file formats just like .png and.jpg, you have to upload the image to a hosting service, and then use the img code to display it.

That also means you need access to the individual files, so things like Stickers from Messenger and the like won't work because they're app/site specific.

Hope this helps!
Crystie78 Topic Starter

Well let's just test this out here..

[img]https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/b/b1/Emma_Watson_THIS_Gif.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130721182530[/img]
Crystie78 Topic Starter

Hmm.. so I can get images to work but gifs won't.. any idea why the above didn't work?

needhelp.jpg
Sanne Moderator

That's because img codes need to end in an image extension! So the URL has to end with .gif - the one you tried doesn't, therefore it's not showing up.

The URL also works when you remove everything that comes after .gif, like this:

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/b/b1/Emma_Watson_THIS_Gif.gif

So putting this into the img tags works. :)

Emma_Watson_THIS_Gif.gif
Kim Site Admin

Sanne's right! From the help file on this: http://www.rprepository.com/help/bbcode#69
Quote:
Please note: only urls that end in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg or .png will work. If there's anything else after the filename, it will fail.
Crystie78 Topic Starter

Okay take two..

Emma_Watson_THIS_Gif.gif


Edit: ahhh!! Took me a couple tries but I finally got it! Didn't even realize that the end wasn't correct. Thank you both so much ! ❤️

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