As of mid day, imgur (on mobile) no longer provides the direct image link to allow for mirroring on Beehaw using .
I always try to upload directly first, but tend to share pictures at the same quality I'm using for our business - which is to say at the highest quality image my device can capture. Those images rarely play nice with pictrs limitations so hosting elsewhere and mirroring are the best way for me to post plant and animal photos I take, and provide the best fidelity so others can enjoy them.
So, do folks have some suggestions for other image hosting that would let me accomplish this easily (I'm not particularly tech savvy)? Do I need to just spin up a pixelfed account and mirror/crosspost? I'd love for you to share your thoughts
I use Imgur mobile and have not been having this issue. I uploaded something this evening and was able to share it.
Interesting. I made another attempt this morning but all the links are to the site and not directly to the image address
Are you including the file type?
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https://i.imgur.com/cKqNtpZ
https://i.imgur.com/cKqNtpZ.jpeg
The only url I'm able to get through the app is
https://imgur.com/a/7sSZfrH#fAh9k4CIf you touch the image so it opens where you have black bars above and below and get the share link from that it should be the direct image link.
The link you have is to an image within an album. If you drop the a/7sSZfrH# that is the image link (you need a file extension to be able to embed it).
First and foremost, I appreciate how patient and helpful you've been; thank you.
That's how I've been doing it for a while. Two years at least, as that's when I first bumped into the pictrs limitations. I'd done it before on other message boards but made full use of it since landing at Beehaw. As of yesterday it started giving me the album links instead when following the steps as you've outlined.
The alternative mentioned by Blaze and seconded by PenguinCoder does what I need very conveniently
Imgur can be a pain to use. But once you figure out its quirks it works well. Glad you found something else that works too.