How to add images from Google Photos?

[martin.a.ball]

Hi Folks

 

Has anyone figured out how to use the img tag to include an image from google photos?  Trying to include something like https://goo.gl/photos/GnyVq6KeH2yqQv4p7 results in an error.

 

I can download, resize and upload the image to RMweb but this shouldn't really be required. Searching for google / photos / images within RMweb hasn't thrown up a fix for this annoyance just yet.

 

Martin

[martin_wynne]

 

Testing:
 

[float='left']https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/12VCpz4EAzo3LW8uH5Hb95YTRjbA9e9ytTE1WXDSqMvCrXD7ct15Fe1j3wCiIle2696v1jWQFSwe-nFiTlWfjdHVTka0WjCXZ0LmVhbEI1yYXXf5aZqqBPraeZ90N_RooPfk4TqA4Up5GG2tCW2_hGGTD_GfKexyGX-Th2YzlS6O18GfUSm4H_iFUuazVQQWASfLOv_jY7OrbV9MMLDVLxxqYiM1VdG-CIQSWN80vv51JPEYeVcOorKIX0M6iM8_8mFbPdWEAptXZTNEPrAHD60BW8KMz7m1m-2lUo82p3ZbtCgbCixD2xdFClgEXBdli_lrtGmojYvf_TL6hlHuL5rseEuuV0CvJ2-6UfTDtwWK5cy-EEhc19hLetGT4mqbeqcveg35oKyr5MbdcMOZVC4BUI4rosX9KpYMshiyeEka3-UTTIaUoGxszU7ghMgQHmPE6waioXL9KP1jHQ7WgIMh-jsV6JAN7ApZasH7ab2USOTPO4siV2EuOZfh7MMnX3KewrWM4jKVk8zzocZN_R2l10b_S7H4WpMNaV_3EwaFdTooUvIbfxaxWQq1AqqQ_NSiIhwBdb_tgQYMdp19KhmwUPI4r0py4l5GxeIeKDHV2wq-aNiqH_d3jKil3s4Fs3u4DCKiNoipR4IVW7p4ADuArphy0MTwDFHpIm-REQ=w964-h542-no[/float]

[martin_wynne]

Hi Martin,

 

On the Google Photos page, click on the image. It will display in lightbox format.

 

Then right-click on it and Copy Image Location (Firefox) to get the image URL.

On RMweb that URL won't work within ordinary img tags because the URL doesn't contain a file extension -- Google will select the file type to suit the browser/device.

However, it seems that it does work in the Special BBcode option (3rd button, top row of the editor) of  float='left'   ...  /float

 

Or at least it is working for me, and displaying on RMweb in both Firefox and Internet Explorer.

 

regards,

 

Martin.

Edited April 27, 2017 by martin_wynne

[martin.a.ball]

Edited April 27, 2017 by martin.a.ball

[Mikkel]

Martin, that is a great help - I had given up on getting my Google stored images to work on here and was using Flickr instead. Thanks also to you Martin B for raising the issue.

 

I suppose the only issue is whether a future software update to RMweb might create problems for images used with this particular code.

 

 

TEST

 

Edited April 27, 2017 by Mikkel

[bgman]

Test

 

 

Blimey it must have take you all morning to type that out Mikkel !

[martin.a.ball]

thanks Martin. I had got as far as working out the issue was the expectation of the RMweb forum software that the image would end in .jpg but hadn't considered using a different BBcode. I experimented with trying to add height="xx" and width="yy" but float doesn't appear to accept those additional parameters which is a shame as I tend to prefer smaller images as I find them easier to view in a topic.

 

There is always a risk that google will change the format again in the future. Youtube changes on a regular basis.

 

Martin

Edited April 28, 2017 by martin.a.ball

[sjrixon]

 

Thanks.. Didn't know that

Edited June 30, 2017 by sjrixon