Shadow Hog

@ShadowHog

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Shadow Hog @ShadowHog8/3/2023, 4:24 AM

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Tom (tired of the computer)@masklayer8/2/2023, 3:14 PM

Ok we Need a way to upload images for inline use in code so people stop hosting parts of their cool html posts on fucking DISCORD though

Lupi @lupi8/2/2023, 3:15 PM

and NOT the clumsy draft trick

apparently imgur doesn't work either for some folks so i can't even use the image hosting site to host images????

Ackart @Ackart8/2/2023, 3:17 PM

I’ve used Imgur in the past for my posts, but I didn’t like it

Staff please :(

Wobbly Python @WobblyPython8/2/2023, 4:21 PM

Until then, discord's workin fine >:3

#The Cohost Global Feed

Tom (tired of the computer)@masklayer8/2/2023, 4:28 PM

Until discord makes some change to how direct links to your images work which doesn’t mess up any of their stuff but does mess up any external embeds, which they could totally just do at literally any time

Or until they decide they’re going to delete old files if you’re not a nitro subscriber or something

which they also have no reason not to randomly just do at any time

kata 🌊 aqua!@kadybat8/2/2023, 8:51 PM

Please do not use Discord as file storage. It is a terrible idea.

I say this as a Discord employee. My opinions aren't my employers but also

Discord is not a file host. It is a chat app. It is not designed to host files for use on other websites. It will fail, without question, more often than not, and you need to use something else.

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in reply to @masklayer's post:

Charlotte the Useless Ghost @confusedcharlot8/2/2023, 3:21 PM

currently you need to use drafts to do that?

shork @shork8/2/2023, 4:00 PM

we can a) use drafts, though I think it wouldn't be hard for the website to have a "upload this file and paste the url into the body text" button or ~~b) you could put an inline base64-encoded image (which makes the post lorge)~~ (not currently supported)

Charlotte the Useless Ghost @confusedcharlot8/2/2023, 5:33 PM

base64 encoding sounds silly enough to become a defacto standard around here

shork @shork8/2/2023, 5:49 PM

hm nope, I was thinking of something like

<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" />

but that gets stripped completely (see https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/html/how-to-display-base64-images-in-html.html)

Tom (tired of the computer)@masklayer8/2/2023, 5:59 PM

.. I swear I used base64 in a poast before..

signal eleven @widr8/2/2023, 8:00 PM

i think you can use it inside styles, as for example the background property of an element, but not an href

shork @shork8/2/2023, 10:21 PM

oh! yes that's probably it

\phi @phi8/2/2023, 11:12 PM

If u want the image to be the body of an element instead of a background, use the context css property, then it's about the same as jusf an inline <img>.

e.g.

<img
title="alt-text"
alt="alt-text"
style="
content:
  url('data:\
  image/\
  png;base64,\
  iVBORw0KG\
  goAAAANSU\
  hEUgAAAAU\
  AAAAFCAYA\
  AACNbyblA\
  AAAHElEQV\
  QI12P4//8\
  /w38GIAXD\
  IBKE0DHxg\
  ljNBAAO9T\
  XL0Y4OHwA\
  AAABJRU5E\
  rkJggg==')
">

(sorry for the narrow formating, I jusf wanted it to fit in the comment, hehe (edit: and then it didn't anyway, hehe))

signal eleven @widr8/2/2023, 11:15 PM

oh my god there's a content property in <img>?

\phi @phi8/3/2023, 2:09 AM

yesh, hehe

did a little test/demo here: https://cohost.org/phi/post/2335250-svg-test

Tom (tired of the computer)@masklayer8/3/2023, 11:29 AM

Ah Neat..

in reply to @Ackart's post:

shork @shork8/2/2023, 4:50 PM

imgur recently updated their terms and started deleting old, unused, and inactive content uploaded anonymously so unless you like link rot they are not an alternative

in reply to @masklayer's post:

belgianwaffle82 @belgianwaffle828/2/2023, 5:49 PM

hosting in unlisted folders on some gallery sites (Itaku) works fine too until admins discover you've been uploading memes to their website.