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How to use a Drobox photo in an online forum (CSS)

I've researched this topic, buy can't seem to find any info that is correct. How do you use photos, .pngs, or gifs that are in my Dropbox and have them show up in an online forum that uses CSS? I've ...
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10 years ago
It sounds like you're referring this feature of shared links:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/201

Can you share the code you have so far that isn't working? Thanks in advance!
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      Greg-DB
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      10 years ago
      That note is about hosting and rendering .html files in particular. Image files are fine.

      For example, using your sample link, you can embed it as an image using:

      <img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucf6qub7ueuzbez/holder.jpg?raw=1">

      I just tried that out and it worked for me. (You'll have to translate that for the syntax for whatever forum you're using though.)

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