I have a terrible problem...

elittler · January 2014

I CANT SEEM TO STOP GIF-ING

I might need help.

otter1103 · January 2014

Edit: think had a bad link

snowpants · January 2014

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Kidding!

This post made possible by Benedict Cumberbatch and my own love of gifs.

erind228 · January 2014

I can't figure out how to GIF. I suck. I wish I had your problem.

elittler · January 2014

So I think this ones really cool, but I can't find the right thread to put it in and I just know I'll forget it later. So I'm going to insert it here.

elittler · January 2014

erind228 said:
I can't figure out how to GIF. I suck. I wish I had your problem.

Isn't this a place of learning? It's super easy!

snowpants · January 2014

@erind228, are you on a desktop? Phone? iPad? There's a whole thread about doing it from a phone or iPad I think (though I must admit I didn't read it and still don't know how to do it from either), but if you're on a desktop I can help.

elittler · January 2014

And I would like to thank you ladies. IRL I'm terrible with quick comebacks and finding witty things to say at the right moment and not ten minutes after the fact (unlike my husband. Dick).

I feel that I've found my calling! GIFS!

snowpants · January 2014

elittler said:

And I would like to thank you ladies. IRL I'm terrible with quick comebacks and finding witty things to say at the right moment and not ten minutes after the fact (unlike my husband. Dick). I feel that I've found my calling! GIFS!

It's always good to play to your strengths.

erind228 · January 2014

I'm usually on my phone. I read the other threads and apparently lack iPhone skills.

snowpants · January 2014

Hey look, I did it! I gif-ed from my iPhone!

lclark79 · January 2014

snowpants · January 2014

@erind228, I'll write what I did but it's probably similar to the other mobile gif-ing thread so not sure if it will be helpful or not....

On my iPhone I searched for "puppy gifs" on google images. When I found one I liked (and not all of them are actually gifs...some are just photos) I held my finger down on the image until the menu popped up. Choose "copy". Open a new internet window and paste into the address bar to make sure it loads.

Then I selected the whole address again and copied it (might be redundant, am I not just copying the same thing as before?). With me so far?

Go to the thread and reply to the post you want to reply to. Type in the following:

<*img src="

except do not type in the *

after the " hold your finger down and paste the address you previously copied. Then type:

">

And you should be done. Give it a try!

coffee-saur · January 2014

That's just fine... Keep it up!

snowpants · January 2014

lizardbreath14 said:

I don't know how to gif. I'm a failure
<img src="https://cheezburger.com/8001283072">

Not positive (I'm no computer genius, trust me) but I think your problem might be that the address you pasted is the address to a page with gifs on it, not the address of the actual gif. Try again but hold your finger on the actual gif until the menu comes up and you can copy the gif address to a new page and make sure it pops up there. Does that make sense?

otter1103 · January 2014

lizardbreath14 said:

snowpants said:

lizardbreath14 said:

I don't know how to gif. I'm a failure
<img src="https://cheezburger.com/8001283072">

Not positive (I'm no computer genius, trust me) but I think your problem might be that the address you pasted is the address to a page with gifs on it, not the address of the actual gif. Try again but hold your finger on the actual gif until the menu comes up and you can copy the gif address to a new page and make sure it pops up there. Does that make sense?

It does make sense - but I'm not on my phone. I'm on my work desktop. I just right clicked and copied, but I don't know. LOL! Also, the instructions of what you type around it... do you just put that in the comment box like a regular comment? Or should I have put it in the Attach a file spot?

If on desk top, but the red source code button that looks like <> Then paste the link in the comment section

snowpants · January 2014

lizardbreath14 said:

snowpants said:

lizardbreath14 said:

I don't know how to gif. I'm a failure
<img src="https://cheezburger.com/8001283072">

Not positive (I'm no computer genius, trust me) but I think your problem might be that the address you pasted is the address to a page with gifs on it, not the address of the actual gif. Try again but hold your finger on the actual gif until the menu comes up and you can copy the gif address to a new page and make sure it pops up there. Does that make sense?

It does make sense - but I'm not on my phone. I'm on my work desktop. I just right clicked and copied, but I don't know. LOL! Also, the instructions of what you type around it... do you just put that in the comment box like a regular comment? Or should I have put it in the Attach a file spot?

If you're on a desktop it's easier! (At least for me.) Sadly I can't make your gif work because the site it blocked at my workplace but here's what you do:

Find the gif you want on that site (or Google image search a gif you want) and when you find the gif right click on it. Choose Properties. A box should come up and the Address (URL) is listed. Highlight and copy that address. Make sure you get all of it as sometimes it's longer than two lines.

Come back to post your comment but chose the little picture box in the upper right corner and paste the URL there. Hit submit and it should come up. Like this:

snowpants · January 2014

Woohoo @lizardbreath14!

Nice work, and super cute gif! I can't see it from work but I can on my phone.

mrs_drc_rn · January 2014

diagonalley · January 2014

otter1103 said:

Edit: think had a bad link

I don't know why, but this particular gif makes me sad. I know he's not REALLY snorting a kitty, but it looks so cute and helpless

bebemac · January 2014

So I am pretty sure this just adds to your fabulousness! GIFs have infiltrated my work life. Yesterday I finished a two-year project and notified my boss via email was done. I expressed the idea that a pizza party was in order to celebrate the fact that we had finally finished. In the email, I hyperlinked the word pizza to this GIF:

erind228 · January 2014

erind228 · January 2014

@snowpants, your directions were awesome. I apparently am not. I'll keep trying. Thanks so much for helping. You're a doll!

erind228 · January 2014

snowpants · January 2014

Hooray @erind228, you did it!!

ElTrain5 · January 2014

elittler said:
So I think this ones really cool, but I can't find the right thread to put it in and I just know I'll forget it later. So I'm going to insert it here.

I am probably going to steal that for the sandwich thread eventually.