how do I alow myself to do this?

[jake9039]

I kind of want to upload a picture from my computer, but it says down below that I cant. how do I make myself able to?

[Bill Phil]

Upload to imgur and then use the imgur tags.

I don;t think you can "allow" yourself...

[jake9039]

it wa I saw at the bottom of all pages"you may NOT post attachments."

[Bill Phil]

Mine says that, too. But i'm pretty sure that I could add an imgur album.

Huh? That;s weird...

let me try again...

Didn't work...

What is up with that!

Let's try again...

No dice...

Edited March 15, 2015 by Bill Phil

[astropapi1]

You can't attach things directly on the forum, you must upload them to imgur and then post them here. That's what it says.

Just create an imgur account, upload the picture, click on it, and copy the link that says "BBCode (message boards & forums)". Then just paste the link on your post and voilá.

Here's an example (hit "Reply With Quote" so you can see how it looks):

I'm not a fan of registering on sites and didn't plan on using imgur a lot, but it's just extremely useful. Currently there's no image limit, and the simplicity is a huge plus. I use it for all my image-hosting needs.

[Sampa]

May i be so bold to ask WHY we are not allowed to post pictures directly from our computers?

[tygoo7]

May i be so bold to ask WHY we are not allowed to post pictures directly from our computers?

I think it's because I can't see what's on your hard drive or something like that.

[sumghai]

May i be so bold to ask WHY we are not allowed to post pictures directly from our computers?

To post pictures directly from your computer means uploading them directly to the SQUAD servers.

If everyone's pictures were stored on the SQUAD servers, they would use up valuable hard disk space, and the increased traffic from everyone attempting to view those pictures would exceeding the allowable bandwidth - SQUAD's ISP would end up shutting down the servers and forums for breaching capacity.

Very few companies can afford hosting of very large numbers of images, and even then, it's restricted to dedicated image hosts like imgur and Photobucket.

[Vanamonde]

In addition to the storage concern sumghai mentions, the attachments system was found to have security loopholes, and so has been disabled.