Hello everybody. I could use some help.

[gmilb97]

I've actually had this account for years now and I was about to make my first post. It was going to be a bunch of custom cards that I've made based on the legend of Beowulf. However, when I tried to post it , I got this message: You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community.

 

What' going on?

[Yui]

You'll want to make sure you're using the right URL. This is a very common problem with newer members for some reason, so here's what you may be doing wrong and how to fix it. It's a common mishap for people to use the url of the Imgur page an image is on instead of the actual image. For the purpose of this explanation, I'll be using an image I pulled from my RP gallery. The page and image URLs are as follows.

http://imgur.com/0SJRuxz

http://i.imgur.com/0SJRuxz.jpg

 

Note that the image's URL starts with "i.imgur.com" instead of "imgur.com", and ends in a file extension for an image (.jpg in this case, but you might have .png instead). If I try to use the page's URL for an image code, I'll receive the error you're having. Using the image's, however, gives me this.

 

So in short, just double-check that you're using the image's location; not the location of the imgur page it happens to be on.

[gmilb97]

Wait Imgur is involved? I thought I could just copy the image address from the card maker itself.

 

EDIT: Well, now that I know about the Imgur thing, this is going to be a lot easier. Thank you.

 

Just a quick test:

 

http://i.imgur.com/jKjWIUJundefined.jpg

[Trebuchet MS]

Nnnnope. The imgur link is not necessarily a direct link to the image in question. Always ensure that the URL you're using ends in an image extension type, like gif, jpg, png, bmp, and so on.

[gmilb97]

So... like this?

 

http://i.imgur.com/jKjWIUJ.jpg

 

EDIT: Sigh... Like this?

 

 

 

Another Edit: YES!

[gmilb97]

I've resolved my issue. Thank you for such a helpful welcoming Keith & Trebuchet. Please come check out my first set of cards on this post.