Image Hosting

[skargasm.livejournal.com]

I hope it's okay to post this here. Does anyone have a reliable and free image hosting site? I currently use Imgur but realised that if it goes the way of Photobucket, I don't have a reliable back up. I have signed up to Flickr but can't seem to figure out how to grab the images to use in my fics, etc.

Am I just being a dumb-ass? Is there a dummies guide anywhere please?

Comments

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

You're not a dumbass at all.

Are you trying to put the images in your stories on LJ or somewhere else? With Flikr, you need to use the embed code (not sure how the others worked) and paste it into the HTML tab. Feel free to PM me if this isn't what you meant and if I can, I'll help you figure it out.

Okay, and now that I'm sitting here goofing off, I see that if you use the media tool on LJ, you can add pics/video from Dropbox. Which would be an excellent free option, honestly.

Hope this helped somewhat. :)

(didn't mean to post the gif oops)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I've been using Galleries on LJ for hosting/embedding my images.

Ever since the buy out several years ago, I don't know if newer accounts have that feature

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Dropbox is a good option, I agree.

For LJ and DW though, I just upload to my LJ scrapbook and copy the embed url to DW - can sometimes be a bit erratic, but generally I think it works OK. I feel like I've done this with AO3 too, but don't quote me on that as it was a while ago.

[angelus2hot]

Have you tried nickpic I use it for fic banners.