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What is the magical incantation I need in order to attach a gif? I have never managed to do this. If I try to upload it from my computer it always says the file too large. If I try linking to an external site it says the file is too large.

Help me in order that I might help the forum. Everybody is suffering for lack of the gifs I am not able to use here.
 
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What is the magical incantation I need in order to attach a gif? I have never managed to do this. If I try to upload it from my computer it always says the file too large. If I try linking to an external site it says the file is too large.

Help me in order that I might help the forum. Everybody is suffering for lack of the lack of gifs I am not able to use here.

Resizing it maybe

Resize animated gif
 
What is the magical incantation I need in order to attach a gif? I have never managed to do this. If I try to upload it from my computer it always says the file too large. If I try linking to an external site it says the file is too large.

Help me in order that I might help the forum. Everybody is suffering for lack of the gifs I am not able to use here.

I copy the url of the gif, paste it in my post, then wrap it with img tags.

Example:

Post the url

http://www.lememe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/funny-gif-cats-fight-angry.gif

Wrap it with


funny-gif-cats-fight-angry.gif
 
Uncheck "Retrieve remote file and reference locally"
 

I copy the url of the gif, paste it in my post, then wrap it with img tags.

Example:

Post the url

http://www.lememe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/funny-gif-cats-fight-angry.gif

Wrap it with


funny-gif-cats-fight-angry.gif



Everything I attempt to upload exceeds a meg, which is automatically too large. If I attempt to use the following gif

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vader_didnt_read.gif

It says "remote file too large.
 
tumblr_nr8h69S0FR1qcsnnso1_540.gif


tumblr_nb6u6xgh381s5mgubo1_500.gif


dda8ab6478a526f70abdf256db2f8c703e14a927_hq.gif
 
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Uncheck "Retrieve remote file and reference locally"

Where is that box located? Somewhere on the control panel? I had a gif I wanted to use in my sig that got the same "file too large" response.
 
Where is that box located? Somewhere on the control panel? I had a gif I wanted to use in my sig that got the same "file too large" response.

boobwatch.jpg
 
Yeah, I can't find that "Insert Image" option. I can't seem to find it from my computer files, or from the URL. I guess I'm pretty stupid when it comes to computer literacy.

That insert image popup should pop up when you click the image button in the post editor. It is right next to the insert video button, and next to the (usually) greyed out unlink button that looks like a globe with an X.
 
Yeah, I can't find that "Insert Image" option. I can't seem to find it from my computer files, or from the URL. I guess I'm pretty stupid when it comes to computer literacy.

It's not available in signatures. There's a hard image size limit for sigs. Gifs are too big.
 
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