Another Basic question regards forum images

brdy

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I just posted my first images to forum and noticed that when you click on the larger image link it opens a new window and goes to my Flickr page... This doesnt happen on other peoples images I have viewed. How do I prevent this. To place images in forum post I inserted the BBcode. ??
 
It has to do with the code you are copying from Flickr. You are basically posting a link with the image (which is what flickr wants (I'd guess) because it drives traffic back to their site).

When you post an image, all you need is the actual url of the image itself, not the page that it's on. The url should end in .jpg
Then when you paste the url onto the forum, make sure that it has
 

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