Help - difference between URL & HTTP link???

Wiggynut

I'm trying to add examples to a website of my retouching skills and it asks for URL links but I have images on Flickr and Google Web site but these links are http - so I'm at a loss of how to link these images??!??!

'Image URL must be a direct link to the IMAGE, not the PAGE.
ie.) https://www.page.com/myimage.JPG (NOT www.page.com/mypage.HTML)'

can someone please explaine this in nice easy simple terms please :rolleyes: cos my brain is a little slow. ta

Old_Skool

Hi,

Basically you upload your pictures to your webspace in .JPG or.GIF format and then when you want to use the picture on a web page or link to that picture on its own you enter the path..... www.yourwebsitename/picturename.jpg

Edit: sorry, reading this again I don't think my post helps. I've just commented on adding pictures to the web in general.

random456

On photobucket you get 3 options, the option to insert a photo into a webpage or forum starts with 'img' (which is then followed by the url)

random456

Stupid question, but you are copying the link under the photo and not from the address bar aren't you?

Wiggynut

thanks for your help... mentioning photo bucket reminded me that I do actually have an account with them (sign up to so many things that I forget after awhile!)

Hopefully this will do the trick.

Pumpa... I was using the address bar info because that's all that shows! (from Flickr and Googleweb pages!)

I would have thought that I could have used Flickr myself but I guess not.

Thanks for your suggestions... I'm off to try the photobucket route.

Wiggynut

Email & IM
Direct Link
HTML Tag
IMG Code

photobucket only give these options... no URL ???

Image URL must be a direct link to the IMAGE, not the PAGE.
ie.) www.page.com/myimage.JPG (NOT www.page.com/mypage.HTML)

Image URL 1:
Image URLs must be in URL format.

(I've taken off the image name and .jpg as it actually pasted the image into this thread... now why can't it do that on the site I want it to????)


still confused

superscaper

Should be "direct link". URL is the address. So http://www.page.com/pic.jpg is the URL.

random456

In photobucket then, depending on where you are trying to insert the pic, it is either 'direct link' or 'img code', forget the terminology. For instance, if i wanted to insert a pic here in mse, i would copy and paste the 'img code' link.
Edit- reread your post, Superscaper is right, copy and paste the 'direct link' one, i think it is in blue if memory serves!

superscaper

Just to reemphasise, the http:// address is the URL code.

Wiggynut

superscaper wrote: »

Just to reemphasise, the http:// address is the URL code.

ahhhh... that's the bit that was confusing me - actually still does slightly (?) but I am easily confused.

But as to adding the link on to the site I wanted it has worked a treat.

thanks guys.