Problems posting gifs

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not the hippos in Spelljammer, but the short, animated pictures.

For a while now, I’ve been getting “extension is incorrect” or “remote file is too large” errors when attempting to use them.

 

[Umbran]

Animated gifs can be very large. Could that be the issue?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It could be, but it has been EVERY one I’ve tried, including really short ones, like Dr. Ian Malcom going “Life...finds a way” and a Tony Stark facepalm.

 

[Umbran]

Try a non-animated one?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

AFAIK, all gif are animated. If not, how would I tell? (When I select them, they are often not showing their animation.)

 

[Nagol]

AFAIK, all gif are animated. If not, how would I tell? (When I select them, they are often not showing their animation.)

Not all gifs are animated. Most are just static pictures. The animation is an optional block of data that is placed after the base image.

There used to be a service that would check if a gif is animated: the creatively named doesthisgifcontainananimation.com, however the link appears dead. The other ways I know to check all require coding. It is likely some image processing software will tell you.

 

[trappedslider]

Not the hippos in Spelljammer, but the short, animated pictures.

For a while now, I’ve been getting “extension is incorrect” or “remote file is too large” errors when attempting to use them.

if the link starts with httpS try removing the S or adding it if it's not there.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Testing: https://media.giphy.com/media/RQzxAaAg3aAU/giphy.gif

This gif of Dr. Malcom “life finds a way” generated an error message “remote file too large”

https://media1.tenor.com/images/8f0119acbcfafe988bdd11b02ac53eec/tenor.gif?itemid=11538289

This one of a Tony Stark facepalm enerated a huge error message.

Removing the S had no effect beyond changing the error messages.

Copied this one from someone else’s post on ENWorld: http://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/you-keep-using-that-word-gif-3.gif

When copied, it had brackets. When I tried it using the Image button, I got an error message. Using the brackets instead of the button:

[IMG]http://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/you-keep-using-that-word-gif-3.gif

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Testing brackets on the others:

[IMG]https://media.giphy.com/media/RQzxAaAg3aAU/giphy.gif

1) Apparently, the problem is in the Image button’s function, either uniquely to me or possibly universally, and

2) those 2 gifs pair nicely.

 

[CapnZapp]

So, to summarize, what's your issue (if you still have one)?