Facebook has actually now started supporting & playing GIFs animations, but the GIFs don't move if uploaded straight to the Facebook website. There's a specific basic approach which has to be practiced to guarantee that your GIFs constantly stimulate on Facebook-- So here's a small tutorial on how you can Add or Upload & Post animated GIFs on Facebook PC & mobile Site along with Facebook Mobile App for Android & iPhone-iPad (iOS). This method even lets you post GIFs as Facebook status upgrade, or in remarks, or in Personal Messaging as well! How To Post A Gif On Facebook.

 

How To Post A Gif On Facebook

1. Getting the Direct URL of GIF from another host, That is submitting 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 successfully included an animated GIF on Facebook-- Now let's take a look onto each action in detail).

Pre-Requistes.

• A GIF You can use the existing GIFs or you can even produce a brand-new one using the particular methods.

Producing GIF on Android-- Use Graphica App for Android. Graphica even lets you create GIFs utilizing frames, and has an inbuilt direct facebook share choice which you can straight use to share Andimated GIFs on Facebook.

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

Method.

• Now, considering you have your GIF files all set, Firstly Upload the GIF files to an image-hosting site which supports hotlinking, (for e.g You can use Giphy.com, UltraImg.com to publish your GIFs and get the direct links. for instance in our tutorial we will be using Giphy.com as our image host.


• Navigate to http://giphy.com/upload and Upload 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 need to consent to their Regards to Service and after that click on the "Upload GIFs" button.

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

• As soon as you select "Advanced" alternative it will present you with numerous links, Now simply "Copy" "ctrl+ c" the GIF Download Link as shown in the image below.

Note-- Giphy does notes that Giphy links sneak peek in Facebook & Twitter however Giphy Links do not stimulate 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 up until the sneak peek loads as displayed in the image below.

Note-- If the preview does not pack even if you pasted the

proper link, Please refill the page and attempt again till the preview appears. (If you're utilizing the Facebook mobile app-- The very same technique looks for Facebook app too, paste the direct link into Update Status field and work for the sneak peek to load.

• Once the preview is filled, Merely Click on "Post" and voila! you will see the GIF is stimulating and moving, therefore you have effectively published Animated GIFs on Facebook!


• Quick Suggestion-- You can even remove the pasted link, as soon as the preview is loaded so that nobody can guess how you did it, If you face any problems while using this approach feel free to comment.

We highly recommend utilizing Graphica App for Android for publishing the GIFs on Facebook, as it immediately does the complete job of creating GIF, uploading, and copy-pasting the URL for you, and besides it also provides awesome Frame Live GIFs alternative so you can design your GIFs also!

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