Questions tagged [images]
For questions about the images used on Stack Exchange sites or about using images in your own posts.
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Resizing an image in a post?
Is it possible to resize an image in an answer? For example, How important is PhD research topic to getting a job? has an answer that should have the image in the answer, but it's too big.
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Creating an image link in Markdown format [duplicate]
How can I create an image link using the Markdown format? I want an output like <a href="" rel="some text"><img src="/path/to/file" alt="" /></a&...
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How to upload an image to a post?
Sometimes I need to upload, embed, or display inline an image in a question or answer. How can I do that?
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Stack Exchange’s image hosting arrangement with Imgur has ended - migration complete!
Update on the Imgur migration, May 28th 2024: Migration complete!
As of today, we are pronouncing the work associated with the Imgur migration "complete" for all intents and purposes. There ...
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What's the recommended syntax for an image with a link?
What's the recommended syntax for an image with a hyperlink? I tried doing it
with the markdown toolbar buttons and the image and link buttons conflict
with each other, so I had to resort to HTML.
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Please allow image uploads directly onto the site
Sometimes images are required to ask questions. Currently images need to be stored on external servers. If the image gets deleted, or the server goes down the question could become far less useful to ...
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Ban ImageShack images because they are reusing old URLs for advertising
There's a very popular topic on Stack Overflow's Meta asking to Ban ImageShack Images. This was created because ImageShack deletes old images to free up server space, making images within older posts ...
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Roadmap to HTTPS: serving and uploading HTTPS-images only
This is a cross post from mSO, but affecting the whole network. 1. is already enabled network wide, 2. and 3. will be enabled shortly on mSE and another SE community (main site + meta) of our choosing ...
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Mysterious Butt
I was attempting to answer a question today on SO and include some screenshots to help illustrate what I was talking about. Everything was fine until I went to upload my fourth image. Here is what ...
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Allowing images from external sources opens doors to serious security exploits and privacy risks
Note: Please see this answer for more info on how this poses a security risk.
I'm sure you guys already know this, but allowing users to put images from any source in questions means that askers can ...
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Imgur image URL migration: Coming soon to a Stack Exchange site near you!
Update on the URL migration, May 15th 2024
The work described below will be under way shortly. For further updates, we'll be maintaining the update log in the main post for the Imgur migration.
We're ...
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Allow SVG image uploads
I am unable to upload SVG image files to Stack Overflow. So I would like to know why it is blocked while other image formats are allowed. SVG images are useful for diagrams such as tree diagrams for ...
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How do I set the size of a picture in my question post? [duplicate]
The picture I uploaded is too large... Is there a way to limit the size (width & height)?
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"The Loop #2" contains inaccessible images with no transcription
The latest blog post, "The Loop #2: Understanding Site Satisfaction, Summer 2019", contains a graph showing percentages of responses to the site satisfaction survey:
Coded responses to &...
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The Stack Imgur service is no longer resizing images correctly
I noticed at the start of August 2018 that new images like https://i.sstatic.net/MJrvX.png no longer resize when an m is placed before .png.
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https://i.sstatic.net/MJrvX.png
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