MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zip to Voyager@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 天前How do people put cools gifs in Lemmy replies? Is that possible in Voyager?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareHow do people put cools gifs in Lemmy replies? Is that possible in Voyager?MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zip to Voyager@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 天前message-square18fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-27 天前Yes, it works just like any other image.  Some instances might not support uploading them. In that case you would have to host them somewhere else. Edit: It also works with mp4 and webp. Edit 2: Here, try it with this one: https://swg-empire.de/pictrs/image/0d968fba-f087-46e7-9043-16d5bd178dc1.gif
minus-squaresquirrel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 天前https://catbox.moe/ is great for gif hosting.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 天前Same people have been having issues with catbox.moe, maybe https://postimages.org/ can be used too
minus-squarehitstun@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 天前 gives you:
minus-squareMochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 天前Oh I get it now, you have to have the gif locally stored on your phone to upload it as an image with the image function. If you want to embed a gif hosted by giphy its not as pretty.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 天前If you have the direct gif url it should work fine.
minus-squareDearMoogle@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 天前Giphy works. You just gotta do it exactly like:  On Voyager, I type the gif comment then tap the ••• button, “preview” to make sure it looks good before posting.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 天前 Giphy works. You just gotta do it exactly like: Escape characters (\) are handy 
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 天前![] (https://media0.giphy.com/media/C9x8gX02SnMIoAClXa/giphy.gif)
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 天前You forgot the exclamation mark.
minus-squareMochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 天前Is there a native button you’re selecting from within the app? When I click the image button on Voyager it looks like a normal upload file type function.
Yes, it works just like any other image.
Some instances might not support uploading them. In that case you would have to host them somewhere else.
Edit: It also works with mp4 and webp.
Edit 2: Here, try it with this one:
https://swg-empire.de/pictrs/image/0d968fba-f087-46e7-9043-16d5bd178dc1.gifhttps://catbox.moe/ is great for gif hosting.
Same people have been having issues with catbox.moe, maybe https://postimages.org/ can be used too
gives you:
Oh I get it now, you have to have the gif locally stored on your phone to upload it as an image with the image function.
If you want to embed a gif hosted by giphy its not as pretty.
If you have the direct gif url it should work fine.
Giphy works. You just gotta do it exactly like: 
On Voyager, I type the gif comment then tap the ••• button, “preview” to make sure it looks good before posting.
Escape characters (\) are handy 
![] (https://media0.giphy.com/media/C9x8gX02SnMIoAClXa/giphy.gif)
You forgot the exclamation mark.
Is there a native button you’re selecting from within the app? When I click the image button on Voyager it looks like a normal upload file type function.