Post by pip on Oct 2, 2007 7:10:58 GMT
Ill add to this as i write it out more!
you need a flickr, photobucket, or other account (which are free, up to a point) Photobuckets best where you can upload your photos .
Once you've signed up and follow the instructions to upload your pictures, do the folllowing:
1) Go to the flickr/photobucket website, click on the picture you wish to display on the forum until it appears full size (usually this means clicking on a thumbnail, and then clicking on the magnifying glass above the image)
2) With your mouse on the full-size picture, right-click (not the left mouse button, the right mouse button) your mouse and select "copy image location" from the pop-up menu. You have just copied the image location into your computer's memory.
3) Now, either start a new thread on the forum, or reply to a thread where you wish to post your photos.
4) Above the message box where you enter your text upon replying to a thread, there is an icon that looks like mountains inside of a square; it's to the right of the globe with a chain link beneath it.
< this one
5) Click on the mountain box icon and you'll be prompted to enter the URL of your image.
6) Now, if you've properly copied the image location into your computer's memory (as outlined in step 2), all you should have to do at this point is clear out the http:// that's already there (delete it) and then press CTRL-V (paste) simultaneously on your keyboard.or right click your mouse and then as the drop down menu apears scroll down to paste & click!
7) Click the OK button once you've entered the url. You'll see an image location appear inside the message box. You can repeat this process with as many images as you wish to post. Make sure the insertion point for your images are below one another in the message reply box. I usually separate my images with a space or two, and enter a title above each image url if desired.
8) Once you're finished inserting image URLs, click on 'preview' and see if picture comes up like you want! if so hit! "post reply" and you should see the image displayed as it appears on the original website.
NOTE: Don't use webshots because webshots won't let you link directly to their images. I recommend flickr. When using flickr, make sure and click on the magnifying glass with the + inside of it to view your picture full size (and copy that image location into your computer's memory if you really want people to view your picture full size the forum).
How to post pics directly into thread without learning the code.
The absolute easiest and fastest way to post pics in a thread where you don't need to figure out the codes (you can learn them later) is to store your photos free at photobucket.com. They post the code under every picture so you would just copy and paste this code into the message. The code to copy starts with
< img src=
The one thing you should also do is change the pic size so it is not too big. Photobucket gives you an edit button above every pic and your final pic should be around 100k or less. I just hit the REDUCE BY 50% button and that usually does it for me.
To post by typing the HTML code yourself:
...First you must post your pictures in an online album like snapfish.com, webshots.com, etc.
Then you use the code
< img src="URLofpicture">
with the only space being between "img" and "src" and no quotation marks.
To get the URLofpicture go to your album picture and right click on the full size picture. Left click on properties and copy the ENTIRE URL address from that window. Then go to the above code and take out the words URLofpicture and paste in what you copied. You can practise posting at the test forum test forum
A couple of hints:
Make sure you get the entire URL...some can be quite long and snapfish you need to get all 3 lines so pull your cursor past the first two so that you can copy the hidden 3rd line. Snapfish's URL's usually end in the letters si.
Make sure you type the code correctly..a lot of people mix up src and type scr and it will not work!
you need a flickr, photobucket, or other account (which are free, up to a point) Photobuckets best where you can upload your photos .
Once you've signed up and follow the instructions to upload your pictures, do the folllowing:
1) Go to the flickr/photobucket website, click on the picture you wish to display on the forum until it appears full size (usually this means clicking on a thumbnail, and then clicking on the magnifying glass above the image)
2) With your mouse on the full-size picture, right-click (not the left mouse button, the right mouse button) your mouse and select "copy image location" from the pop-up menu. You have just copied the image location into your computer's memory.
3) Now, either start a new thread on the forum, or reply to a thread where you wish to post your photos.
4) Above the message box where you enter your text upon replying to a thread, there is an icon that looks like mountains inside of a square; it's to the right of the globe with a chain link beneath it.
< this one
5) Click on the mountain box icon and you'll be prompted to enter the URL of your image.
6) Now, if you've properly copied the image location into your computer's memory (as outlined in step 2), all you should have to do at this point is clear out the http:// that's already there (delete it) and then press CTRL-V (paste) simultaneously on your keyboard.or right click your mouse and then as the drop down menu apears scroll down to paste & click!
7) Click the OK button once you've entered the url. You'll see an image location appear inside the message box. You can repeat this process with as many images as you wish to post. Make sure the insertion point for your images are below one another in the message reply box. I usually separate my images with a space or two, and enter a title above each image url if desired.
8) Once you're finished inserting image URLs, click on 'preview' and see if picture comes up like you want! if so hit! "post reply" and you should see the image displayed as it appears on the original website.
NOTE: Don't use webshots because webshots won't let you link directly to their images. I recommend flickr. When using flickr, make sure and click on the magnifying glass with the + inside of it to view your picture full size (and copy that image location into your computer's memory if you really want people to view your picture full size the forum).
How to post pics directly into thread without learning the code.
The absolute easiest and fastest way to post pics in a thread where you don't need to figure out the codes (you can learn them later) is to store your photos free at photobucket.com. They post the code under every picture so you would just copy and paste this code into the message. The code to copy starts with
< img src=
The one thing you should also do is change the pic size so it is not too big. Photobucket gives you an edit button above every pic and your final pic should be around 100k or less. I just hit the REDUCE BY 50% button and that usually does it for me.
To post by typing the HTML code yourself:
...First you must post your pictures in an online album like snapfish.com, webshots.com, etc.
Then you use the code
< img src="URLofpicture">
with the only space being between "img" and "src" and no quotation marks.
To get the URLofpicture go to your album picture and right click on the full size picture. Left click on properties and copy the ENTIRE URL address from that window. Then go to the above code and take out the words URLofpicture and paste in what you copied. You can practise posting at the test forum test forum
A couple of hints:
Make sure you get the entire URL...some can be quite long and snapfish you need to get all 3 lines so pull your cursor past the first two so that you can copy the hidden 3rd line. Snapfish's URL's usually end in the letters si.
Make sure you type the code correctly..a lot of people mix up src and type scr and it will not work!