Posting pictures from iPhone or iPad

Tex S · November 22, 2012, 12:50 AM

Does anybody know how I can post a pic to the forum directly from my iPhone or iPad?

Brian Pfleuger · November 22, 2012, 09:21 AM

You can do it either from TapaTalk or directly from Safari if your iOS is up to date.

When composing a reply in Safari, click the Manage Attachments button under the typing window.

In the new window that opens, click the Choose File button and proceed accordingly.

**tyme** · November 22, 2012, 10:59 AM

Or upload them to some image service (iphoto, tumblr, picasa, imgur, etc) and link to that.

The only real reason to host images at TFL is if you think the image is going to be taken down from those services. vbulletin can do it, but why? It's one more place you have to go to manage images. There are apps for uploading to major imagehosting services that are easier to use than uploading to TFL.

Tex S · November 22, 2012, 12:31 PM

I just couldn't get the hang of tapatalk. I tried it, but I'm just too used to the native forum.

When I click "manage attachments" and attemp to upload a pic from my phone I get denied. It says that my pics are too large and are over the forums alotted size.

How does iPhoto handle this? I use iPhoto to manage all of my pics.

**tyme** · November 22, 2012, 12:34 PM

I'm guessing iphoto has some way to create public links to individual images? Copy one of those to the clipboard, then paste the link into a post, either as an image with [img] or as a link with [url] (non-embedded)

I'm not an apple customer, so I don't know much about iphoto. I only listed it because I figured it would be the default way to handle images on iOS.

November 22, 2012, 12:50 AM	#1
Tex S Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TEXAS Posts: 909	Posting pictures from iPhone or iPad Does anybody know how I can post a pic to the forum directly from my iPhone or iPad?

November 22, 2012, 09:21 AM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	You can do it either from TapaTalk or directly from Safari if your iOS is up to date. When composing a reply in Safari, click the Manage Attachments button under the typing window. In the new window that opens, click the Choose File button and proceed accordingly. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

November 22, 2012, 10:59 AM	#3
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	Or upload them to some image service (iphoto, tumblr, picasa, imgur, etc) and link to that. The only real reason to host images at TFL is if you think the image is going to be taken down from those services. vbulletin can do it, but why? It's one more place you have to go to manage images. There are apps for uploading to major imagehosting services that are easier to use than uploading to TFL. __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg)

November 22, 2012, 12:34 PM	#5
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	I'm guessing iphoto has some way to create public links to individual images? Copy one of those to the clipboard, then paste the link into a post, either as an image with [img] or as a link with [url] (non-embedded) I'm not an apple customer, so I don't know much about iphoto. I only listed it because I figured it would be the default way to handle images on iOS. __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg) Last edited by tyme; December 2, 2012 at 08:42 PM.

November 22, 2012, 12:31 PM	#4
Tex S Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TEXAS Posts: 909	I just couldn't get the hang of tapatalk. I tried it, but I'm just too used to the native forum. When I click "manage attachments" and attemp to upload a pic from my phone I get denied. It says that my pics are too large and are over the forums alotted size. How does iPhoto handle this? I use iPhoto to manage all of my pics.