Testing links to Google photos

[cmm303]

Photobucket - same photo, tested to make sure there was nowt wrong with it.
with this code

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[img]http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a481/Christopher_Merriman/Bongo%20misc/Resized%20Piddle_zpss3rgsnqf.jpg[/img]

displays as


All good so far

Google photos - the method that you would expect to work doesn't. This does NOT work:
- Open up the photo from the album
- click the share icon top right
- click get link
- click copy
when pasted in to forum's editor the URL looked like this

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https://goo.gl/photos/wod9UA5yaX3nmhPg7[/img]

and gives an error when enclosed between the IMG tags

But this method does work:
- Open up the photo from the album
- Right click on the picture itself
- Select Copy image address (the option may vary between browsers - I'm using Chrome)
this collects a horribly long URL which when pasted between IMG tags in the forum's editor displays fine:

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[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RiaARkdU1-vHRmflEK1d6epvy99XfhDc0S7pIi-1WUK8kTmDxf34tSTzp0j2ccIRKqx-Lr48IsAs-KO0BwPD60xNj8cw9vek38dEOgOuy370mybXIGm7jz6wKH6LQfWNp0-NmH2BODQg56ai1MG-iW_NHHr1ptui1gb2y50r9SyiEeg4MNRxeFoZ6DmdnS3gMQx1YgmCZpMgR1kGnnEOvrRBgor9cEvIG8KOlOPjZHWNaT6ZmpV1MQPoMRIltzFOUvRiN_Ce2IKXyQR6htUH7jvuxszSN3Fw6zkV4fF1_B5XF-b0s5FEuc5nO3sU5u2GI9CMC2xCpxkxBaV2vTIq3xol1rCnmc4sAsVWaxsgWn8L-az1UPo-GRd8ZrkA3-PFB8KTlJk8ZQiRfR_wllz7EFwmyc2Ef2L5sKaop6-bUaMac9pYw26UrO399TWV6albg2BlqPlO1n3LNrqQM0RptfQ81n69M8FoV2e2Z2cuK51S5nFHbyV8PNWVipJRwwWKn2OKpffCi6SQ4bauM0ucztK13ms5qslIJnatbs3RuUyp2NeNb9h6WJYsXmShJfd2h5vIoV2zixrYMMb0iVOyZtalZK15MiNODFkPlC3b91WmUYux=w600-h448-no[/img]

displays as


Pre-requisites
The photo was resized within the forum's size spec
Album and photo sharing was set to Anybody with the link in Google photos. I presume it would also work if sharing set to Public.

[cmm303]

I'd be interested to know if somebody else can see the 2nd picture ok

[mikeWalsall]

I find Face book easier to directly post pics on .. and tend to use Photobucket for Forums ..

[cmm303]

I find Face book easier to directly post pics on .. and tend to use Photobucket for Forums ..

I recognise that pic The power of a bongo to recover 3.5 tons stuck on slippy sodden sloping grass.

Another thread has included almost off-topic debate about posting pics from Google so I thought I would investigate and report separately.

[Bob]

Showing fine here.

A few years back someone posted security camera footage of a Bongo pulling an artic backwards in snow.

[cmm303]

Showing fine here.

A few years back someone posted security camera footage of a Bongo pulling an artic backwards in snow.

Thanks Bob.

[Gasy]

I can see the same pic twice

[Bongolia]

I can see the same pic twice

Stay off the sauce Gasy.

[Bongolia]

Thanks again Chris.

[Gasy]

Too late I fried my brain years back
Been off the booze now for 3 and a half years ( 6 days 2 hours and 1 min 20 seconds )
And I'm still messed up

[Bob]

But not counting...

[cmm303]

Or counting in two's

[Gasy]

Naa im not really counting
Nice to wake up with a clear head every day tho

[Bongolia]

I started drinking heavily when I lost the mother in law.

[Bongolia]

On reflection... it was when they found her again.

Boom Boom.

Les Dawson.