How to post images, gifs, avatars and YouTube videos on the forum

"chazmanianD;c-1888054" wrote:
@johncolombo is there a best practices way to post photos to the forum? I tried with imgur, but I couldn’t get the embed link as described in this thread. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I just opened my first doomsday mb & got the zombie sandwich!! This is first-pic-post worthy ☺️

often I just right click and save the image to my hard drive, then use the browse function in the image icon to upload it. It's way easier than linking.

@chazmanianD Mine doesn't look like that either ....
https://i.imgur.com/opRKDuml.jpg
I use my PC and imgur to upload images.
New post > drag image into box > move mouse over image > drop down list - get share links > BB code (forums).
You can also alter the size of the image by putting lower case letters immediately before the .jpg. s for small, m for medium, or l for large. As examples of the same image:
https://i.imgur.com/zt5Bs6js.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zt5Bs6jm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zt5Bs6jl.jpg

"Muhsterino;c-1888702" wrote:
@chazmanianD Mine doesn't look like that either ....
https://i.imgur.com/opRKDuml.jpg

Nor mine. I had a discussion with another mod last year about this very issue. The mod insisted that he or she was able to upload an image from his/her device directly to the forum in the way (I presume) that @johncolombo is describing for us. I’ve never been able to do anything other than link to an image, whether from my iOS device or under OS X. So am I missing something obvious here? Is this ability platform- or browser-dependent? Or something only mods can do? Can you provide any further insight here, @johncolombo?

"chazmanianD;c-1889096" wrote:
I use both iPhone & iPad, but am excited now that tiny pic works. Don’t know how to get the imgur app to give embed links with the device I use. Thanks for all the help. And please feel free to delete any of my posts that may mess up this stickies thread. Thanks again!

this thread is so old and outdated I think as long as we stay on topic of images here it's fine.

well if two mods have/had this option and the three of you who contributed to this conversation do not, it must be part of the moderation skills. Thanks for making me aware and I'll only reply with ways to use links in the future.

@KrustyBrand I did a double check and my community manager confirmed only mods and admins can upload images. Sorry none of us knew that before.

"2502amanda48;c-1902961" wrote:
How can i have a Avatar?

Settings (gear icon in upper right corner) ==> Edit Profile ==> Change My Picture

I just registered with my Origin Id and I don't see the tool bar at all :-( No way to add a picture... No way even to quote((( I was reading the forum for many years, wanted to have my first post with 10 000% picture and it doesn't work. Upsetting.

@jimmymax030 this thread is 2 years old. New members that do not meet the minimum time and points required cannot post links or pictures until they do. Please read the first post here https://forums.ea.com/en/the-simpsons-tapped-out/discussion/239767/role-changes-member-or-new-member/p1

How to post YouTube videos from an iOS Device:

1- load up the YouTube video you wish to share. On the on-screen menu bar, click the "share" icon on the far right (circled in red, pictured below):





2- This will open a menu box giving you the ability to share the video. Click on "Email":





3- An email will pop up with the video's full web address displayed:





4- Select and copy this link:





5- Open up and reply to the forum thread you wish to post the video in and past the link:





6- Select the whole link:





7- Click on the YouTube coding option and your text should look something like this:





8- Click the "Submit" button and your post should display your YouTube video: