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Question for people who do with and :

Can I link to a file (eg a larger and uncropped version of an image) in a post? If so, how?

And, should I give the link in the caption, post body, end of post...? Should I give the filesize and dimensions?

(For context, this is a post about selecting fabrics for a costume; I've cropped and scaled images to show in the post, but I want to link to the unedited photos if people need to see more detail. But they're *big* images.)

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@dartigen Yes, by making the picture a link to a bigger picture. It's the practice of thumbnailing. I'd start talking about lightboxes and whatnot here, but that's out of scope.

@DenubisX Ah, so make the image itself the link - so I would then put the linked file's size and dimensions in the caption?

I use HTML to insert the images (so I can wrap it in <p> tags to keep the captions aligned) so would I be using <a href>?

@dartigen

<a href="foo"><div with some stlying><img>captionshit</div></a>

@dartigen I think this the easiest way, at least with [![Alt text](/path/to/img.jpg)](example.net/)