- Joined
- Sep 5, 2007
- RO Number
- 28496
- Messages
- 50
How can I post a picture in a thread response. I thought I would have seen a prompt.
Adding pictures to response
- Thread starter PortHoleDiver
- Start date
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- RO Number
- 3238
- Messages
- 4,831
A little more explanation:
Place the image somewhere on the net where it is publicly viewable. ( I use photobucket. There are others... )
That site will give you an h t t p link to that image. Copy that h t t p statement, then place it in between these two statements:
[ i m g ] [/ i m g ]
( without the spaces, which were added to as not to get "parsed" )
This should give you an image, in the post.
SPECIAL NOTE:
PLEASE, please, please!, make your image 800x600 or smaller. Failure to do so makes all of those who do not use a "wide screen monitor" need to scroll side to side, which is quite irritating. S, be nice, resize if necessary...
Place the image somewhere on the net where it is publicly viewable. ( I use photobucket. There are others... )
That site will give you an h t t p link to that image. Copy that h t t p statement, then place it in between these two statements:
[ i m g ] [/ i m g ]
( without the spaces, which were added to as not to get "parsed" )
This should give you an image, in the post.
SPECIAL NOTE:
PLEASE, please, please!, make your image 800x600 or smaller. Failure to do so makes all of those who do not use a "wide screen monitor" need to scroll side to side, which is quite irritating. S, be nice, resize if necessary...
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2007
- RO Number
- 28496
- Messages
- 50
ok I tried, but something went wrong. When you view the post it just has a small square with an X in it.? Can someone help me. Example look at "post pic of your boat" page 8. What am I doing wrong guys.
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- RO Number
- 3238
- Messages
- 4,831
"ok I tried, but something went wrong."
True. You used the wrong URL.
See my post in that thread with the corrected link displaying your boat.
------------
The correct link will end up something like the line below. Note I have liberally added spaces to prevent parsing...
[ i m g ] h t t p :/ /i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy278/PortHoleDiver/boat2.jpg[ / i m g ]
If you remove all spaces, this is the result:
True. You used the wrong URL.
See my post in that thread with the corrected link displaying your boat.
------------
The correct link will end up something like the line below. Note I have liberally added spaces to prevent parsing...
[ i m g ] h t t p :/ /i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy278/PortHoleDiver/boat2.jpg[ / i m g ]
If you remove all spaces, this is the result:
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2007
- RO Number
- 28496
- Messages
- 50
You mean I copied and pasted the wrong column under the pic? How do you know you have the correct URL. Sorry, old school, not to computer literate
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- RO Number
- 3238
- Messages
- 4,831
"You mean I copied and pasted the wrong column under the pic"
Yes.
--
Here is the way to get just what you want:
Once you have the pic on p-bucket, right-click on the picture and the select "view image" This should cause a fresh page to appear, with ( hopefully ) nothing but the picture. Confirm this by observing the URL displayed in the URL box on the top line of your web browser ( I KNOW this works in Firefox, and something very similar to it is available in IE ).
If the URL ends with an "image filetype" such as "jpg" then you are looking at just exactly what you want. At this point, left click to highlight the URL in that top box, then right click and select "copy". You now have "the magic words" ready to paste.
Go to the boatered thread, at the bottom and enter "[ i m g ]" without quotes or spaces. Then CTRL-V to paste the magic words into the page. Then type "[ / i m g ]" without the quotes or spaces.
Click "submit".
Does this help?
-edit-
Edited to correct my typing. Content above unchanged.
If you succeed in posting the pic in the "post your pics" thread, I will delete my "corrected stuff so as to keep that thread as clean as possible. It is long enough without my help...
Yes.
--
Here is the way to get just what you want:
Once you have the pic on p-bucket, right-click on the picture and the select "view image" This should cause a fresh page to appear, with ( hopefully ) nothing but the picture. Confirm this by observing the URL displayed in the URL box on the top line of your web browser ( I KNOW this works in Firefox, and something very similar to it is available in IE ).
If the URL ends with an "image filetype" such as "jpg" then you are looking at just exactly what you want. At this point, left click to highlight the URL in that top box, then right click and select "copy". You now have "the magic words" ready to paste.
Go to the boatered thread, at the bottom and enter "[ i m g ]" without quotes or spaces. Then CTRL-V to paste the magic words into the page. Then type "[ / i m g ]" without the quotes or spaces.
Click "submit".
Does this help?
-edit-
Edited to correct my typing. Content above unchanged.
If you succeed in posting the pic in the "post your pics" thread, I will delete my "corrected stuff so as to keep that thread as clean as possible. It is long enough without my help...
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2007
- RO Number
- 28496
- Messages
- 50
When I right click on the image I don't have the choice of "View Image" Any other suggestions?
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2007
- RO Number
- 28496
- Messages
- 50
Ok, thanks Bill, I couldn't get it to work like you so patiently wrote out in the above response, But Under the photo on Pbucket is a choice that has the thing in front. So I picked that one and it worked. Don't know why it didn't work the other way. Are you limited on this site as to how many you can post in a single reply? I noticed several folks have published several photos.
I appreciate the help. I am in forensics and deal with science all day, these computers have unique features that are sometimes greek to me. Thus the slow curve for me to understand how these things work. I know it is not supposed to be this difficult.
I appreciate the help. I am in forensics and deal with science all day, these computers have unique features that are sometimes greek to me. Thus the slow curve for me to understand how these things work. I know it is not supposed to be this difficult.
Capt. Bill1
Active member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- RO Number
- 2017
- Messages
- 6,127
You seem to be able to post all the pics you wish.
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- RO Number
- 3238
- Messages
- 4,831
fwiw: I just cranked up Internet Exploder ( ok, yes. I am quite biased about browsers ) and was unable to perform the necessary actions. Works just fine with Firefox, however.
But, yes, using the "img" ling provided works... I sim[ply prefer "doing it myself", as features tend to morph over time, and knowing how to do it manually generally is helpful over long time frames. ( I miss the stick shift in my car! )
---
As for limits on photos, well essentially there aren't any that I know of. BUT!!! This forum is used by folks with high bandwidth connections and wall-sized monitors, as well as those with very expensive ( s l o w ) wireless connections with small screens. Etiquette dictates that you resize photos to 640x480 pixels ( though 800x600 is ok ) to help prevent users from having to scroll right/left as well as up/down. Also, larger pictures take a lot of time to load over a slow connection ( we have several active users with very limited bandwidth ), so it is a courtesy to keep images to a minimum, and to keep those images to a "reasonable" size.
btw: the number and size of the images has little/no effect on this forum provider, but is has a potentially large effect on users. The forum only stores the "link", not the image, which is stored on some other system, somewhere. ( ie photobucket ) Loading all of those images uses up -their- bandwidth... ( and that of the user )
But, yes, using the "img" ling provided works... I sim[ply prefer "doing it myself", as features tend to morph over time, and knowing how to do it manually generally is helpful over long time frames. ( I miss the stick shift in my car! )
---
As for limits on photos, well essentially there aren't any that I know of. BUT!!! This forum is used by folks with high bandwidth connections and wall-sized monitors, as well as those with very expensive ( s l o w ) wireless connections with small screens. Etiquette dictates that you resize photos to 640x480 pixels ( though 800x600 is ok ) to help prevent users from having to scroll right/left as well as up/down. Also, larger pictures take a lot of time to load over a slow connection ( we have several active users with very limited bandwidth ), so it is a courtesy to keep images to a minimum, and to keep those images to a "reasonable" size.
btw: the number and size of the images has little/no effect on this forum provider, but is has a potentially large effect on users. The forum only stores the "link", not the image, which is stored on some other system, somewhere. ( ie photobucket ) Loading all of those images uses up -their- bandwidth... ( and that of the user )