User blog:CK/How to URL Upload

This is a short (and hopefully simple) guide for users about how to URL upload images. You can click on any of the images to make them larger.

Have you ever received the following notice every time you try to upload a specific image on the wiki?

Then you're not alone. It has unfortunately become somewhat of a persistent issue on the wiki. We're not sure what causes it (though I think it happens to any image over 1,000x1,000 pixels), and only the CPWN Tech Staff can fix it, and unfortunately Seahorse and Tux are busy most of the time. Despite this, there's still hope! You can still upload those images on the wiki, but you have to use the second option on the Upload page: URL uploading. I'm going to show you how, using imgur.com as an easy example (Please note there may be inappropriate images on the main page, as the images change based on what is popular).




 * First, go to imgur, click "New Post" (Shown in image 1), and find the image you wanted to upload to the wiki. Your image should load and appear something like Figure 2. If you have more than one image, you can load it on the same page for easier access by clicking "Add more images" on the right side, underneath the social media symbols. Once all of your images are uploaded, you can right click on an image, then click "Open image in a new tab" (Image 2), or whatever the equivalent might be on your computer.






 * In the new tab should be your image, and it should have a different URL that ends in .png (Image 3). This is the URL you want to copy for the URL Upload on the wiki- it should have the filetype on the end of the URL. You can then go to the wiki's Upload page, make sure the URL bubble is ticked, then paste your URL into the box beside it (Image 4, Figure 1). Then you can continue as you would for any other image, customizing the Destination filename, image summary, licensing and etc. for the wiki (Image 4, Figure 2). You can then upload the image, and it should work perfectly!




 * Once your image(s) are uploaded, you can delete it off of imgur if you'd like by clicking the pink "Delete post" button on the page with your image(s) (Image 5).



If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! Hopefully this is helpful to someone. You can probably do this on many different sites, but I prefer imgur because you can delete your images once you're done, and you don't even need to make an account.   C  K   Sysop / BOBmaster ? 21:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)