Note that Dropbox isn't really designed as an image hosting service to support embedding of images elsewhere, so it's not as straightforward as -eg- imgur. But it's not hard to workaround the restrictions, and this method doesn't need editing of the links that are automatically generated.
From Windows/OSX devices and iPad, via a browser- Login to your account at Dropbox.com
- Display the list of files/etc that you've uploaded and find the file (image) that you want to share
- As you hover the mouse point over the file name, it is highlighted and action options appear to the right
- Choose the "copy link" option - the link is automatically copied to the clipboard
- You now need to edit the link slightly, either in a text editor, or you can paste it into the text editor here
- At the end of the copied link, replace "dl=0" with "raw=1"
- Re-copy the amended link, and then paste that into the attach image/file pop-up here.
It should be that simple, but if it doesn't work, try plan B that's listed out
here.
From iPad, via a browserThe Safari browser seem to work slightly differently on an iPad. Safari has an extra option in the menu list (LHS of page once you've logged into to Dropbox.com). That option is "Photos", which you might think would be the option to use.
It isn't!
Use the file browser view instead, click on the file (image) you want to share - instead of hovering your mouse over it - and then follow the steps above. When you paste the link into the pop-up window here, press space rather than enter.
From iPad, via DropBox appFrom Android, via DropBox app
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How I put pictures in Dropbox and then put link into my Fretboard comments from my Android phone:
1 Take photo with phone
2 Resize photo using suitable free Android app from Playstore.
I use "images easy resizer". Download it and open it. Select multiple image resize (Third one down) It shows you your various photo directories, select one or more photos to resize. Press Ok and choose size. I use 960 x auto(retain ratio). App resizes the selected photos, gives them names with date stamp in the title and puts them into a 'resized images' directory.
3 Upload to Dropbox.
Set up your Dropbox account on the Dropbox website. Download the Dropbox app and open it. Press the Android menu key (bottom left on a Samsung, the one that brings up app-specific menus). Select 'upload files here'. I then select Other files (NOT Photos because we need to select the 'resized photos' folder). Scroll down to the 'images easy resizer' directory, then the 'resized images' subdirectory. Tick each thumbnail of the photos you want to upload. Press Upload and watch progress bars...
4 Put link in draft Fretboard comment.
When upload complete, select the first photo whose link you want to copy by pressing the down arrow on the right. Select Share then select Copy Link. Switch over to your draft Fretboard comment. Select Paste. Edit and change the end of the pasted link by replacing "?dl=0" with "?raw=1".
Repeat step4 until you've created, copied and edited each link into your draft Fretboard comment.
https://www.cultofmac.com/491812/replace-photobucket-sharing-automatic-dropbox-action/
It’s iOS-only, and you have to use the free Workflow app, but it makes stuff a lot easier.
After a bit of Googling, I fixed the problem by changing the domain of the image URL from www.dropbox.com to dl.dropboxusercontent.com. So the ball-ache of Dropbox posting just got a bit more painful
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This works on PC/Mac platforms.
NB, this is using standard (free) Dropbox, and accessing via a browser rather than the Dropbox app.
It's a bit tortuous, but then Dropbox is intended more as a file-sharing service to support collaborative working (etc) rather than as an image host. But you can make it work ...
Copy the link in Dropbox, using the Dropbox functionality (i.e. not by right clicking on the image). It should look something like this (without the curly brackets which I have inserted because I could not get the links to display as plain text):
Paste the link into your post and change the 'dl=0' at the end to 'raw=1':
Done.
So I'm stuck with the old way.
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb