Why can't I post a photo taken by a cell phone on DU?

CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:05 PM
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Why can't I post a photo taken by a cell phone on DU?

I can post it in emails to people, but I try to post it on DU and can't. These aren't my photos, but my son in law's. Does that change anything (I just copy and paste into emails and save them in My Pictures)?

I have a great photo I'd like to share with DU...help!

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Kali

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:22 PM
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1. you have to put it on a photo hosting site first

like photobucket or whatever, then you can post the link to it here

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CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:26 PM
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2. Can you explain how that works to a person who is pretty lame tech-wise?

I tried to figure it out once a while back and couldn't grasp the concept well...

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Xicano

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:33 PM
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3. Here's a free photo hosting website

Just create an account and upload your photos and post its link here.

http://photobucket.com/

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CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:35 PM
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4. Thanks. I'll try to figure it out...again. I was hoping there was another way, but...

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Skittles

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Mon Dec-28-09 09:46 PM
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12. photobucket is easy, CTyankee

and it's free - get on there, create and account - click on UPLOAD PICTURES/VIDEOS - it will ask where on your computer the pic is - locate it and you're good to go! Save and return, then when you click on the picture it will give four links - right click and copy the second one and post on DU! :D

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gmoney

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:40 PM
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5. tinypic.com is another free picture hosting site

you just upload from your computer, and it gives you a URL you copy and paste into your post.

flickr.com is also a good photo sharing site, but might be a little bit more involved.

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CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:43 PM
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6. I had high hopes for flickr but it looked too complicated for my poor brain.

I'll try tinypic. Here's hoping...

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CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:53 PM
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7. Let's see if I've done it...

Edited on Mon Dec-28-09 03:54 PM by CTyankee

I guess so!

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Lex

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:55 PM
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8. Beautiful! nt

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gmoney

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Mon Dec-28-09 08:58 PM
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10. Glad it worked for you...

I have a photobucket, but that's gotten so swamped with advertising and gimmicks that I don't really care for it. Stuff I just want to throw on a post real quick and don't necessarily care about keeping forever, for that, tinypic.com is great.

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Kali

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Mon Dec-28-09 09:22 PM
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11. you did it!

great! sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, not that my explanationing is very good anyway:rofl:

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susanr516

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Mon Dec-28-09 09:55 PM
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13. That's beautiful!

Thanks for taking the time to figure out how to post it.

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CTyankee

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Mon Dec-28-09 03:57 PM
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9. Thanks. I'll post this photo later with a bit of explanation of where it is and why

I am posting it...wanna guess where?

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