#image hosting

[frightfullytreeish]

dear everyone on tumblr who needs to host images elsewhere (e.g. to embed on ao3 etc), please give squidge a go!! it's free, it's nonprofit and it's geared towards fandom so nsfw images won't get deleted!! and please stop using imgur if you can because they blocked the uk rather than acquiesce to the fucking internet safety laws, which I can't really hold against em but it does mean all imgur pictures just show up as big purple boxes now

[anstarwar]

Can you tell me how you post your art on Ao3? I keep trying and failing. Maybe it's my image hosting site?

Hey! Sure I'll attempt to explain. It's possible it's your hosting site, but hard to say. I use a site called Maltshop, or more accurately MLTSHP. It's been working great for me since I started using it but the downside is that it is a paid hosting service at $3 per year. I know not everyone can do that though, but if you're able to throw them $3 per year it could be worth it. At that tier they allow for up to 300MBs per month uploads. They have a $24 per year tier that is unlimited file size uploads. Another benefit - and this may not apply to you, but maybe someone who's reading this - is that they allow for Adult/Mature/NSFW whatever you want to call it image hosting.

Here's my process - and keep in mind this is just for adding an image. If I'm adding an image to a fic then I start a new post on Ao3, paste the fic in first, then add the image in the body of the fic where I want it also following this process:

I go to MLTSHP and upload my image. It thinks for a second then gives me two URLs. A "post url" and an "image url." I copy the "image url"

2. Then I go over to Ao3, click "new post," add all that necessary stuff it asks you to add like title, tags, summary, etc. then in the actual Work Text editor box I click "Rich Text." That's key as it defaults to "HTML" editor when you start your new post and while some people are awesome and good at HTML, I am not that "some people" and need my Rich Text editing box.

3. When you're in the Rich Text editor version of the Work Text box, click the little image icon

4. A dialogue box will pop up where you can paste that Image URL link from step 1 above. You can then add your Alt Text (called Image Description) and adjust the size of your image, then click save

5. Then I futz with the sizing for a bit, make sure all the necessary post info is included, add text if there's any to go along with your image - ya know like if you have a whole fic you're posting, then preview, then post the image and voila!

And that's my entire image posting on Ao3 process! I hope it helps, but if you need further help, feel free to DM me!

[squidgiepdx]

Image Hosting + SquidgeWorld

First off, SquidgeWorld didn’t fully come up this morning, but that’s because we’ve been working on Squidge Images. Our new anti-bot software didn’t start as it was supposed to, but that has been found and corrected. So SquidgeWorld is up and running now. Squidge Image Hosting went through an upgrade this morning and everything is working – with a limitation. Image hosting is there, and works…

[anonymouspig]

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[cacodaemonia]

Well, I've officially purchased a web hosting package for my AO3 images. As far as I can tell, the hosting service is specifically aimed at 'adult content,' which is exactly what I wanted in order to be sure they would allow me to upload and share nsfw images.

I'm going to start very sloooooowly changing all of my AO3 images from the urls on the shitty hosting site I use at the moment to my own private server (changing them AGAIN UGH—there are probably close to 800 now, and I nearly gave myself a repetitive strain injury from all the clicking and copy/pasting last time). This way, no one can suddenly decide that explicit images or plain old queer stuff are 'against community guidelines,' and I don't have to worry about a fee image hosting site disappearing. All of my stuff will be on there until I croak and the bill stops getting paid 😂

[therottenkingsreckoning]

I've been keeping a large part of my WH fanart collection on a private discord server in order to still have access to it at work/in bed without overloading my phone's storage space. But with the impending restrictions on that site I'm thinking it might be a good idea to move them elsewhere. Any suggestions? Preferably somewhere they can still be easily scrolled through as an image gallery

[pdivaricata]

tip for image hosting on google drive (valid as of April 8, 2026)

Upload an image to google drive

2. Make sure your file is shareable by using the Viewer setting. Then copy the link.

3. The link will look something like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10iuLCHhkesAOpi8pb1JSlwfjVlsDtTsc/view?usp=sharing

4. Copy the code for your file: 10iuLCHhkesAOpi8pb1JSlwfjVlsDtTsc

5. Put that in the HTML code for looking at an image, like this (put the alt text in, don't be a lazy asshole): SAMPLE: <img src="pic_trulli.jpg" alt="Italian Trulli"> SAMPLE WITH GOOGLE DRIVE LINK

<img src="https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=10iuLCHhkesAOpi8pb1JSlwfjVlsDtTsc" alt="omega badge">

Et voila, your image will show up wherever you put the HTML, like in a fic (but not tumblr)

[soa-intros]

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