Facebook has now begun supporting & playing GIFs animations, however the GIFs do not move if uploaded directly to the Facebook site. There's a specific simple technique which has to be practiced to make sure that your GIFs constantly animate on Facebook-- So here's a small tutorial on how you can Include or Upload & Post animated GIFs on Facebook PC & mobile Site in addition to Facebook Mobile App for Android & iPhone-iPad (iOS). This approach even lets you post GIFs as Facebook status upgrade, or in comments, or in Private Messaging also! How To Post Gif On Facebook.

 

How To Post Gif On Facebook

1. Getting the Direct URL of GIF from another host, That is uploading GIF on some other server and copying its Direct Link.

2. Pasting the Direct Link of GIF into the Facebook Text Window (Status/ Comment/ Messaging) and Posting it! That's it! (You have actually successfully included an animated GIF on Facebook-- Now let's have a look onto each action in detail).

Pre-Requistes.

• A GIF You can use the existing GIFs or you can even develop a new one utilizing the particular methods.

Developing GIF on Android-- Use Graphica App for Android. Graphica even lets you produce GIFs using frames, and has an inbuilt direct facebook share alternative which you can directly utilize to share Andimated GIFs on Facebook.

Produce a GIF on iPhone-- Follow this linked tutorial to Produce & View GIFs on iPhone (Uploading GIFs to facebook will need some additonal methods).

Approach.

• Now, considering you have your GIF files all set, To start with Upload the GIF files to an image-hosting website which supports hotlinking, (for e.g You can utilize Giphy.com, UltraImg.com to upload your GIFs and get the direct links. for instance in our tutorial we will be utilizing Giphy.com as our image host.


• Navigate to http://giphy.com/upload and Publish your Existing GIF by drag and droping your GIFs onto the upload Window as displayed in the listed below image.

Now it will begin submitting your GIF onto the Giphy server. Now you have to consent to their Regards to Service then click the "Upload GIFs" button.

Now when you have actually submitted your GIF onto Giphy, it will load a preview window, Now scroll-down to the bottom of the GIF image preview and select "Advanced" alternative.

• When you select "Advanced" choice it will present you with various links, Now just "Copy" "ctrl+ c" the GIF Download Link as revealed in the image below.

Note-- Giphy does notes that Giphy links sneak peek in Facebook & Twitter however Giphy Links do not animate by default and thus we are utilizing the GIF Download Links.

• Now, Open Facebook.com-- And Paste the GIF Download Link into the "Update Status" field, and wait till the sneak peek loads as displayed in the image below.

Note-- If the sneak peek doesn't load even if you pasted the

correct link, Please refill the page and attempt again until the sneak peek appears. (If you're utilizing the Facebook mobile app-- The same approach requests Facebook app also, paste the direct link into Update Status field and work for the sneak peek to load.

• Once the preview is packed, Merely Click "Post" and voila! you will see the GIF is stimulating and moving, therefore you have actually successfully posted Animated GIFs on Facebook!


• Quick Pointer-- You can even eliminate the pasted link, once the preview is packed so that no one can guess how you did it, If you deal with any problems while utilizing this approach don't hesitate to comment.

We extremely advise utilizing Graphica App for Android for publishing the GIFs on Facebook, as it immediately does the total task of creating GIF, publishing, and copy-pasting the URL for you, and besides it likewise supplies remarkable Frame Live GIFs choice so you can design your GIFs also!

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