OT - embedding GIFs from mobile devices

Anybody have the tips/tricks or instructions for getting a GIF to embed cleanly in a post when using a mobile device (iPhone/iPad). The Giphy app only gives a shortened hyperlink. Or do I need to learn the iframe code?

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I always open the image in a new tab, copy the URL of the image, then paste to TKP using the insert image button.

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Yeah, I prefer this way even on the desktop since it's cleaner. I don't think I've ever used any other way.

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Seems to just give me a "broken image" box.

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For some site, you have to open it again in a new tab, as the first attempt will bring it to the site where its hosted, and not the image itself. Giphy is like that. Whereas you pasted http://gph.is/IU31Q1 the actual URL needed for the gif is https://media.giphy.com/media/QCbsHcryxPQGc/giphy.gif

Good way to look at it is if you're trying to post a gif and the link you are posting doesn't end in '.gif', you're most likely not posting the gif itself.

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do i look like the kind of person who could figure this out

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yeah - so much for trying to be all cool and use the Giphy app. Much easier to just search for GIFs in a web browser and snag the link.

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I told him I’d crawl on my hands and knees to be the DL coach at Virginia Tech. Now, all of a sudden, I’m sitting in this chair and I told him I’d still crawl on my hands and knees to work here. I just want to be here.
JC Price

Google and tap on the image you want and then hit copy and then paste it into the little insert image icon.

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Is there any way to save a gif on Twitter using your phone? I can never figure it out.

Saving it is pretty easy. You have to tap on the image and hit save to photos. Reuploading it then becomes sending it to a hosting site (I use imgur) and then grabbing a URL for it.

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