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RE: Cover Images On Steemit Now! :) Instructions In Article!
Well maybe you can explain how to get a url better... i been trying to figure out how to get a profile pic.. camera and gallery are useless.. i tried posting what i wanted as a profile pic here as instructions above... there's no spot for me to attach a image..
Hi @davedickeyyall , yeah, absolutely! It is definitely the challenging part. So, the way that uploads work on steemit is a little different than some other sites. Normally, you would see an option to choose a file from your computer but the only option available on Steemit currently is the 'Cover image url' field. In that field, you want to put the URL for an image, an example being something like https://steemitimages.com/DQmUm652GeSsU5JiZ35xH/image.png .
The image has to already exist on another site in order to have a URL, so you won't be able to just pick an image file directly from your computer.
However, you can use an image from your computer if you upload it to Steemit first by pasting it into an article or a comment.
So, for example, if you paste an image in a reply to me (choose 'copy' on the image and then choose 'paste' in the comment field), you will see a URL appear, which will be something like https://steemitimages.com/DQmUm652GeSsU5JiZ35xH/image.png .
You can then put that URL that has been created in the 'Cover image URL' field, which will make that your cover image. The same goes for your 'profile picture url' field.
To see exactly how it works, put the url https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_lights.jpg in the 'profile picture url' or the 'cover image url' field and click the 'update' button. This will illustrate what I mean.
Thanks.. I got it ☺
Awesome! Glad to hear it! Cool pic! :D