03 / Add media

Add and manage images or attachments

Managed uploads are stored by CyclingForums, attached to the published post and kept under your account.

Upload through the composer rather than pasting an unrelated download address. A direct supported image URL pasted for publication is privately retrieved once, safety-checked and stored as a normal managed attachment, so readers do not repeatedly contact the original host. Add useful alt text that describes the image’s relevant content. Your attachments lists your managed files, storage use, view totals and lifecycle history, and provides explicit actions for files you own.

Managed attachments require a signed-in account. Files are never automatically deleted by a maintenance report.

MEDIAOne managed lifecycle.
01ReceiveUpload or capture once
02PublishAttach with useful alt text
03ManageReview storage and history

Captured URL images are served locally instead of being requested again from the source.

  1. 01
    AddUpload or insert an image

    Choose the composer’s media control, or paste a direct supported image URL for local capture.

  2. 02
    DescribeWrite useful alt text

    Describe what matters in the image rather than repeating its filename or saying only ‘image’.

  3. 03
    ManageOpen Your attachments

    Review storage, usage and history; attachment removal is always an explicit action.

Manage your attachments