It probably just failed to upload due to some issues with the network

My GIF doesn't show the 'place inline' option, probably due to the size. As you saw in my last email, the attachment didn't show up at all, though there was no warning that it was too big, I was short on permissions, or anything. The Status was just a green bar. It stayed that way a few minutes.

I was able to 'place inline' and preview a .gif of a smaller size (98 kb). The Status showed a green circled check mark for this file.

[attachment=0]Commodore_Olympics.gif[/attachment]

Test uploading my GIF.

:/

Picture attachments (image files from your computer's hard drive) should work for you already: [c]Full Editor > Attachments > Add files[/c] > (optionally use 'place inline' to position images at the caret position instead of the end of the post)

Max 3 images per post... perhaps you currently can (are allowed to) even upload gifs this way, not sure.

Until this spring, rules were at lot more loose, but then a massive spam wave occured and current rules seem mostly ok now... they were necessary for sure... these images of headless corpses haven't been pure fun :crazy:


Upload of a gif from my hd:
[attachment=0]tenor.gif[/attachment]

[quote=nnnik post_id=294983 time=1570179194 user_id=74]
Well if its not a .gif but instead an html that you linked why do you expect it to work?
[/quote]

I tried using it as an attachment, which didn't work, as well as a link to Google Drive, which I incorrectly assumed was a pointer to a file.

So, what I think I'm hearing here is: 1) I need to have more posts, roughly 30. 2) I need to make sure the link is to a source where it is still a .GIF and now a link to a viewer (or whatever Google Drive gave me for my example). 3) Uploading an image may work instead of using a link, but I can't tell until I have more posts.

30 seems a bit high. Is that for attachments in general, or just animated GIFs?

Simple misunderstanding here, no worries for anyone :+1: haha

??? I think that was merely pointing out where the flaw lied? I dont think I was rude or anything?

albeit nnnik made it clear for me ahah
Wasnt sure what this error was about... I didnt implement this safety feature. I could take a look if it's truly necessary, but I dont want to go poking around needlessly :? :mrgreen:
I think a "invalid image" would be more helpful :+1:

why the attitude? he’s new and asking a very simple question

maybe the “error” should read “not a valid image file” instead of “broken link for safety”

Well if its not a .gif but instead an html that you linked why do you expect it to work?

[img]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img]

[quote=nnnik post_id=294820 time=1570082197 user_id=74]
It happens when you have less than 30 posts or so.
[/quote]
That's the general [i]broken link for safety[/i] thing, which is intentional. But you [i]also[/i] need a certain link [i]format[/i] to make it work.
For Ben, both limitations are probably true.

gwarble is right. For users with more (enough) posts, it does work with the [i]direct[/i] link with [i]gif[/i]-extension (which is on another service, not google drive), while the [c]<img>[/c] tags don't work with the link format in the original post, even if it's [i]unbroken[/i]:
[code][img]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img][/code] just "creates" :
[img]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img]

But the google drive link above is just a link to some kind of "viewer" which limits access, and which seems to be the problem - instead of a "direct" link to a gif.
Not sure, if you could create a direct link on google drive that would work with our forum's <img>-tags, even if you wanted...

It happens when you have less than 30 posts or so.

seems to work when the link ends in ".gif"... doesn't seem like a permission issue, as I could not use your unbroken link either

https://i.ibb.co/NrsgTKf/2019-09-16-0-04-42-Access-Query-Design-AHK-gif.gif

[img]https://i.ibb.co/NrsgTKf/2019-09-16-0-04-42-Access-Query-Design-AHK-gif.gif[/img]

[mention]tank[/mention]
Can you take a look at this?

[img]https drive.google.com /file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img]

I want to share a script and I've made an animated GIF that shows what it does. My image is stored on Google Drive with a public link. When I put the link between [i]img [/i]tags and preview the post, it says "Broken Link for safety" and does not show the image.

I have seen other posts on this site with animated gifs. Do those users have more rights than me? Is there a file size limit, or does the image need to be uploaded?? What is the a trick to making this work?

I will submit this post and see if the links below appear differently than in Preview mode.

Ben


[code][img]https drive.google.com /file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img][/code]

[img]https drive.google.com /file/d/1PcLc6Zusy2Ah8wvzmrOQVU5yZ6ecZmcX/view[/img]