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Hi there!

I am new to Carbonite and I am trying to post a thread to sell my car.
When I try to add pictures it won't let me add from Pinterest even though it said Pinterest is an approved site.

It says " The specified URL cannot be embedded as media."

Any help?
 
What URL are you trying to use to add the pic? The correct way is to go to the site where the pic is, right-click, and select "Copy Image Link" or "Copy Image Location." This link will usually end with a file extension, e.g. .jpg, ,png, .gif etc.

To test if it's the right link, paste it into a new tab and press enter, and see if it loads the pic on a completely empty page with nothing else on it. If it loads a page with Pinterest headers etc. then it's the wrong link. Also make sure the pic is available to people who aren't logged into Pinterest and that you haven't restricted who can see it.

Lastly it may be easier to just upload the pics to imgur.com. You can click New Post, drag and drop all the photos into that window, and wait for them to upload. Then you can copy and paste the link to the album it creates (i.e. the URL of that page, which you can copy straight from the address bar at the top of your screen) straight into the message body of your post (without even using the Insert Image button) and it will automatically make a nice little slide show in the post.
 
I see you posted an image from imgur

why not make an album there?

what is the Pinterest link you trying to post?
 
I see you posted an image from imgur

why not make an album there?

what is the Pinterest link you trying to post?
Yes I uploaded to imgur after the Pinterest link didn't work.
It was just a link to the picture of my car.

I'm going to try again with imgur again but when I tried it worked for the first image but when I wanted to add more it said the same thing about the link.
 
What URL are you trying to use to add the pic? The correct way is to go to the site where the pic is, right-click, and select "Copy Image Link" or "Copy Image Location." This link will usually end with a file extension, e.g. .jpg, ,png, .gif etc.

To test if it's the right link, paste it into a new tab and press enter, and see if it loads the pic on a completely empty page with nothing else on it. If it loads a page with Pinterest headers etc. then it's the wrong link. Also make sure the pic is available to people who aren't logged into Pinterest and that you haven't restricted who can see it.

Lastly it may be easier to just upload the pics to imgur.com. You can click New Post, drag and drop all the photos into that window, and wait for them to upload. Then you can copy and paste the link to the album it creates (i.e. the URL of that page, which you can copy straight from the address bar at the top of your screen) straight into the message body of your post (without even using the Insert Image button) and it will automatically make a nice little slide show in the post.
Will test it out thanks!
 
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