How do I insert an image into a post

[Lapis]

I would like to know how to do this without having to rely on a website like imgur

 

[Snark]

Moving to Kerbal Network, since this is about the forum website rather than about KSP itself.

43 minutes ago, lapis999 said:

I would like to know how to do this without having to rely on a website like imgur

Can't.  The forum doesn't host images; that's not a thing.  The only way to insert an image is to host it on some third-party site (such as imgur) and then add the link so it shows up in-line.

That's what everyone on the forum does, and what everyone has always done.

Note that it doesn't have to be specifically imgur-- any website will do.  It's just that imgur happens to be by far the most popular on the forum, possibly because it's so convenient (doesn't require signing up for an account, literally takes only one mouse-click and a drag-drop to put an image there, takes only a couple of seconds).

May I ask, is there some particular reason why you don't like doing it that way?

[Lapis]

no, just wondering

[Lapis]

https://imgur.com/a/aGh5rIc

It doesn't work am I doing it wrong?

 

Edited December 6, 2018 by lapis999

[Vanamonde]

Use the BBCode link from Imgur. It works best. Just copy it straight into your post with no formatting. 

[Snark]

49 minutes ago, lapis999 said:

https://imgur.com/a/aGh5rIc

It doesn't work am I doing it wrong?

 

You linked to the page.  That's not what you need.  You need to link to the image itself, i.e. it needs to be a URL that ends in a well-known image extension such as .jpg or .png.

How to get that:

1. Go to the imgur page (e.g. the link you just pasted above) so you're looking at the image
2. Right-click on the image and choose "Copy Image Location"
3. Paste that into your forum post.

Like this:

^ see?  The actual URL that I pasted in order to insert that inline image was this:

https://i.imgur.com/lE2PAKT.jpg

 

[Lapis]

ok thank you. I'm still a noob on the forums

[Snark]

3 minutes ago, lapis999 said:

ok thank you. I'm still a noob on the forums

No problem, that's what we're here for. 

And you're far from the first person to ask this particular question.  It's not exactly something that leaps readily to the eye; your confusion is a common one!