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Posting Photographs/images Onto Forum.; Step by Step Instructions/Advice
Topic Started: Aug 19 2006, 06:55 AM (245 Views)
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Step 1. What you need to know.

Before you can post into this forum you have to put your photos into a host web page. Most host sites have free service. We use www.photobucket.com but there are others you can use. Check Google or with your internet provider who may have a service or can help you.
Once you have registered etc on the host web site just follow their instructions. They have tools/tips there to help too. Basically you load your photos from your computer onto the host site chosen, clicking on Image (chosen file). Your aim is to get a [ IMG] code for message boards which you can then copy and paste into this site's video and photos forum. ( The same way as you would post a message).
The codes will come up and if you want to add any descriptions/text you put this underneath the codes. Preview Post first and when you scroll up the page, you will see your photos plus any text you added. If you are happy with what you see then press the Add Reply button and this submits them to the forum (just like the observations forum).

Keep your images small 3" - 4" in width to prevent un-necessary sideways scrolling and for faster loading.

It is a little tricky at first but I'm sure you will soon get the hang of it (we did).
Perhaps try with just 1 photograph first to see if it works.
Hope this helps.


Step 2 This is what I do...at Photobucket....Step by Step, ( Hopefully making Step 1 above more understandable)

Register onto Photobucket...or any other web hosting site.
Upload your photos..you select the number and then Image (Choose File)
Then click submit.
When the photos are uploaded it will tell you and you then scroll down and then you select which ones you want and put a check in the small box.
I do not take the URI/Tag/IMG code from under these photos.....I scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Generate HTML and IMG Code.
The next page that comes up, scroll down to the bottom of the page to IMG images for Message Boards (Do not select Thumbnails even though it is marked recommended in red)
Highlight and right click over it and copy this IMG.
Log out.
Come to the forum and start your post and paste the IMG ...THEN PREVIEW first otherwise the photo will not show only the code will appear.
Post any comments/captions etc and then press Add Reply.

Sounds complicated?......If I can do it You can do it!

Just Another Step....this time regarding LARGE Photographs.
I am adding a further step so that if anyone has a large photograph, or a photo that appeared larger when they posted it, they can use the thumbnails instead and then follow the instructions below.

What you do is go back into photobucket... for the photo that appeared larger in the post... do not upload the photo again..just find the photo and follow the instuctions to get to the message board page but this time click on the thumbnail size,make sure it is the one for MESSAGE BOARDS, bring it over and do a post and preview it, to bring the photo up. That way you can see the difference in size. I believe if you click on the thumbnail it will enlarge it to original size when you view it.

You then have a choice of clicking Add Reply to repost or just deleteing the post altogether.

For the large photograph that you are uploading for the first time.. you simply follow the original instructions but use thumbnails instead.

The only reason I do not use the Thumbnail size is because I capture from the screen at the lower resolution and the thumbnail size would be too small.

You also have the option of going back into your original post and removing the larger photograph's code and replacing it with the thumbnail's code instead, but that is another workshop! :lol:
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