How Do You Post an Image on FreeRepublic for Free?

December 10, 2022 | Charles S. Meek

[grumpa]

OK. What is a free site where you can easily convert an image to a URL so it can be posted to FreeRepublic?

[Prince of Space]

I wanna know this too!

[Jane Long]

postimage.cc

[rlmorel]

You must find a place to “host” images.

There are plenty of them, one example is a Dropbox account.

You have a way to place images on THAT website under your own account, and you can get a URL that will display the image.

[dynachrome]

Save the image to your ‘puter and use this site:

https://postimages.org/

Copy and paste the “hot link for websites”

paste it into your post.

[real saxophonist]

That’s what I use.

[newfreep]

+1 for https://postimages.org/

[Travis McGee]

https://imgur.com/

[newfreep]

You can also “right click” for “Copy Image Address” to use in the FR post.

[rlmorel]

For example, you open an account with one of the image hosting services. You can find some that will do it for free, or you can pay money. Paying money means less strings attached and often (but not always) more leeway in the content you can post.

When you open an account, you get a folder structure of some kind on a server somewhere that you, and only you can access when you login to the account, usually it is a web page as the interface nowadays.

Then you can grab or create images from wherever you wish and “upload” them to your account on that image hosting system.

There is functionality at that website that allows you to view all your images in thumbnails in some way, and do something like right click (or click a button) to obtain a “URL” that will copy to your computer clipboard a “link” to that image which you can paste in an email, send in a text, or...insert into a thread on FR.

It is all great fun.

[KC Burke]

[NewJerseyJoe]

P4L

[rlmorel]

I have found that doesn’t always work though. It is sometimes inconsistent, and the URL can change without warning.

[realcleanguy]

Like this:

[rlmorel]

See how fun that is? The Internet is Made for Cat Images (ducks)

[cuz1961]

Thank you ( I identify as the kid on the left /-)

[Robert DeLong]

Not from his computer, can he post it here.

He needs to find a hosting site on the internet, post it there, and then use the URL where the picture is hosted at.

[cotton1706]

"You can also “right click” for “Copy Image Address” to use in the FR post." Yes, this is the easiest method. Use Google Chrome. Others may not allow the Copy Image Address option. After that use this format

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

I ordered mine with a trigger activated chainsaw bayonette.

Came with a handsoap dispenser.

[cotton1706]

Ok. the format didn't take. I'll put it within quotes so you'll know what to do. Just leave off the quotes. ""