Photo Posting Option #2

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Here, for the record, is how to post a photo full size. I learned how to do this when some forum members (Apple users, maybe?) reported that photos posted from Dropbox using the "raw=1" method (see my last post) did not show up. What I didn't know, in looking for an alternate method of posting, is that this second method would actually display images that are larger than what you otherwise get here on the forum. Here is how to do it:

As an example, we'll use this photo of a Mac Shops Pacific-series 10-6 sleeper currently awaiting couplers and diaphragms:



Here is what the posted link looks like in edit mode. Note the bracketed image tags and the "raw=1" at the end :



To show the image full size, use the URL button (next to the IMG button at the top of the edit window) and repaste the link. Then again erase the "dl=0", but go one character further and delete the ampersand as well (so delete "&dl=0"). Then click near the front of the link and replace the "www" with "dl". In edit mode, you wind up with this:



Which, when posted, looks like this:

https://dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yw07svujzclui4nlkunm2/Mac-Shops-10-6-Pullman-UP-Pacific-Ocean.jpg?rlkey=z64vdlgpr83p1y98gy4duiyym

OK, so it doesn't show the photo full size by itself. You have to click on the link. But what a difference (at least on my computer). Having the browser in full-screen mode (as large as possible) will give you the biggest image. Note that this method of posting images only makes a difference if the image is large (high resolution). It makes no difference on small images.

Normally I post the image using the standard method (so it shows without having to click a link) and then put the link to the full-size image immediately below that. I didn't do that here as I figured it might confuse things.

Jim