Author Topic: How to Post Photos from Google Photos  (Read 3460 times)

kenmoremmm

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How to Post Photos from Google Photos
« on: March 30, 2021, 01:28:36 PM »
I've tried the [img] tag from the MMM forum along with a couple different links from Google Photos, but have been unable to see my photos when previewing a post. Help.

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Re: How to Post Photos from Google Photos
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2021, 02:32:47 PM »
This is ... not how to post from google photos but you can upload to imgur without an account and post from there. See a recent post in my journal for an example, which will look like this without the asterisks:
[im****g]
https://imgur.com/rqD2iNe.png?1

[/im****g]

I'm not sure if you just can't use google photos or if they are not publicly available photos which might be causing the issue.

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Re: How to Post Photos from Google Photos
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2021, 02:54:48 PM »
You can't hotlink from Google Photos. You have to copy them to a different service like Imgur. Alternatively download them to your local computer and add them as an attachment to your post if inline placement isn't important (this is usually what I do).

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Re: How to Post Photos from Google Photos
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2021, 03:31:19 PM »
You can't hotlink from Google Photos. You have to copy them to a different service like Imgur. Alternatively download them to your local computer and add them as an attachment to your post if inline placement isn't important (this is usually what I do).

noted. that's what i ended up doing.

 

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