Can't seem to find a way to copy the url of an image in my dropbox folder to this forums, using "insert image"!?
Cheers
What you did was attaching an image that was then uploaded to macrumors and is now stored on the macrumors server.Yes you can use Dropbox to store images and then share them on other sites. I do this all the time here on MacRumors.
As far as I know Dropbox can not be used as an image store that lets you hotlink images to other sites.
PLEASE correct if I am wrong. (I think Photobucket can do that though) Originally Posted by flameproof
Yes you can use Dropbox to store images and then share them on other sites. I do this all the time here on MacRumors. Originally Posted by SandboxGeneralHi All,
Hi All,
When I use the link-share from dropbox no image will be shown! @Sandbox, could you please share your workflow using DropBox? Thnx!!!
Cheers Originally Posted by BDM STUDIOS NL
Let me try it with a shared image....:First you must use the Public folder in your Dropbox folder.
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Update: seems not to work..... What's your trick? Originally Posted by flameproof





Hey Sandbox,It can be done from iPad as well, but its way more cumbersome that way. I don't even fool with it. I use my Mac when I need to link images from Dropbox.
Great tutorial!!! I'll try this in a moment (now on iPad ;-)
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Hi, in my DropBox folder I only have:Was my dropbox installed propperly?
Camera Uploads
Photos
No public folder!
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I'm no longer at home now, so I will have to look into how I got that later. It's been a while since I setup Dropbox and I wonder if I did some kind of custom setting or something. Originally Posted by SandboxGeneralHi Sandbox,

No public sharing! Originally Posted by BDM STUDIOS NLI'm reading through the Dropbox support forum and saw this thread. You might try updating your OS X Dropbox installation and/or uninstalling it and installing the latest version. You should get a Public folder in there. Also check out the thread I linked to.
Hi Sandbox,Okay good, glad you got it working!
Thanks for your support man! As usual this is a matter of RTFM!I had to get into my web-UCP and setup the public folder for using in DropBox!
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All works fine now!
Have a nice Sunday!!!
Cheers Originally Posted by BDM STUDIOS NL
I thought I had read the manual now correctly, and have setup a public folder. But with all means, I cannot get to see the option of selecting the 'copy public link'. All I see instead is an option 'share link'. When I follow that one, I can get a link for a download or for sharing via Facebook or Twitter. But no hotlink for use on a forum.Tried the download link yet? If it is an image, it should end on PNG or JPG or whatever format you chose.
Am I still missing then something, or is it simply not possible for me since I am not a rather new subscriber to Dropbox (account created early 2013). Originally Posted by Leut
button, unless you want something else.I thought I had read the manual now correctly, and have setup a public folder. But with all means, I cannot get to see the option of selecting the 'copy public link'. All I see instead is an option 'share link'. When I follow that one, I can get a link for a download or for sharing via Facebook or Twitter. But no hotlink for use on a forum.I only use Dropbox public linking from within Finder and/or Explorer as discribed in above posts, but I gave it another try just now
Am I still missing then something, or is it simply not possible for me since I am not a rather new subscriber to Dropbox (account created early 2013). Originally Posted by Leut

Old thread but figured you might want a solution on this anyway since I just wrote a blog post on this very topic.
Solution: Add ?raw=1 to the end of your Dropbox Public Link URL
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Image you see here is coming straight from Dropbox, I promise!
Full write-up, including tips on taking screenshots. Originally Posted by canton
So if I understand correctly this issue is still not resolved by DropBox? Originally Posted by BDM STUDIOS NLI have a feeling that while direct image linking isn't prohibited, it's something Dropbox wants to discourage -- so they make it a sort of secret/hidden feature.