# Animated GIF as an Alternative?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022 "2016-05-23T22:06:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Butternut](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/butternut/32/3946_2.png) [@Butternut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Butternut)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022/1 "2016-05-23T22:06:46Z")

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In an earlier post, it was pointed out to me (much to my dismay) that IOS prohibits auto-play video.

I am wondering if an animated gif falls into that same prohibited category, or will it play all by itself?

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022/2 "2016-05-23T22:38:25Z")

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Try it out, here is a classic animated gif, go to the URL on your iOS device  
`http://media.giphy.com/media/LPBYImbgzsKpG/giphy.gif`  
 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/8/8d9aa8c5a78060154feac0b9ce2f8e5892720765.gif)

Answer - Works on my iPhone 6

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**Author:** ![Butternut](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/butternut/32/3946_2.png) [@Butternut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Butternut)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022/3 "2016-05-23T23:44:19Z")

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It does indeed work, Zeebe. Thank you.

So the next burning question is: after all is said and done, what is the best way of getting an animated GIF onto a Foundation website?

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**Author:** ![ashleykaryl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ashleykaryl/32/4202_2.png) [@ashleykaryl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ashleykaryl)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022/4 "2016-05-24T11:01:58Z")

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Simply add it as an image I imagine and it will be uploaded to the server. I suppose you could try warehousing if that didn’t work for any reason but I can’t see this being any different to a Jpeg or any other graphic file as far as Foundation is concerned.

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**Author:** ![Butternut](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/butternut/32/3946_2.png) [@Butternut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Butternut)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animated-gif-as-an-alternative/7022/5 "2016-05-24T20:54:25Z")

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Turns out my little GIF experiment was an abject failure, but thank you, anyway, for the information.