A tip for embedding gifs in posts and get rid of the little gray boxes on the dash

Let’s say you want to embed (insert) this gif:

The URL of this gif (as it appears when you right-click/View Image the original source gif) is: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0nh6cDeIn1r8byrro6_250.gif

If you embed the gif using this above exact URL, it will appear like a small gray box on the dash (not on your blog), till you click on it to enlarge:

But if you just delete the “25.” (or whichever 2-digit number is there) from the URL while or after embedding it (i.e., the new URL should be http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0nh6cDeIn1r8byrro6_250.gif), it will appear just fine, like this:

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  1. laissezfaireall posted this