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posted: 1/31/2007 at 11:42 AM |
Hi
I am clearly 'not the brightest penny in the piggy bank' as I'm struggling to add a picture to a post. I use the 'add an image' button and in the post I get the stuff but then next part is beyond me. I've tried copy/paste, drag & drop etc but so far no joy. I'm using IE7 with WIN XP.
BTW - I've even tried the help text so kindly provided by Eric (yes - a man that tries to use the user manual) but I cannot find anything.
All help gratefully received.
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posted: 1/31/2007 at 12:23 PM |
Hey, Neil. Here's my version of the picture directions. Hope this helps!
To post a picture in the forums: You'll need the URL of the picture. There are several ways to do this. I right-click on a picture and select "properties." In the pop-up box is an URL. I copy this (and close the box) and paste it over to the message I am writing. Then I link it. Look at the boxes under Formatting: (the one you can use to make text bold, itialics, underligned, or strike-through). The picture-box with a globe and a chain is for linking to a webpage. The picture-box with mountains and a sun is for linking pictures. Click this one while the URL is highlighted in your message. If you have done everything correctly, your picture will show up in your message.
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posted: 1/31/2007 at 2:51 PM |
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posted: 1/31/2007 at 6:25 PM |
Janell - thanks ... that works fine if the image has a URL (ie is a web image) ... what happens if the image is a file on my desktop (eg JPEG file) ... is there a way to attach the file or to open it in a picture viewer and copy/paste?
In this case my picture is a file...
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posted: 1/31/2007 at 6:40 PM |
Hi Neil, Although it would be nice if you can upload your pictures to this site, it is beyond its purpose at this time. To display such a picture, you'll need to upload your picture to an online photo site. There are many such services you can choose from, such as picasa.google.com and flickr.yahoo.com.
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posted: 1/31/2007 at 7:01 PM |
Eric
Thanks ... I'll check these sites out and do it that way.
Thanks, as usual, for great service!
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posted: 4/21/2007 at 3:32 PM
modified: 4/21/2007 at 3:33 PM |

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If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther.
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posted: 12/21/2007 at 1:59 AM
modified: 12/21/2007 at 2:06 AM |
Can anyone help me? Why isn't it working? The album it is in is public (picasa) |
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 12/21/2007 at 2:10 AM
modified: 12/21/2007 at 2:11 AM |
Picasa treats its images funny. It is better to upload your pics to a site dedicated to message board hosting, such as http://www.photobucket.com.
Photobucket also lets you reduce the size of the image so that it fits in a browser window. |
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posted: 12/21/2007 at 7:47 PM |
Quote from trails2run on 12/21/2007 at 1:59 AM: Can anyone help me? Why isn't it working? The album it is in is public (picasa)
Hi ... I initially tried PICASA as well and it didn't work. Other options (like photo-bucket) seem to work fine.
Good luck!
Neil 
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posted: 12/24/2007 at 6:49 PM
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posted: 12/24/2007 at 10:23 PM
modified: 12/24/2007 at 10:35 PM |
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 12/24/2007 at 10:26 PM
modified: 12/24/2007 at 10:28 PM |
Don't use photobucket's img code. Eric uses regular html. It needs to have < > around it rather than [ ] .
So instead of this:
[IMG]http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/trails2run/DSCF4012.jpg[/IMG]
It would look like this:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/trails2run/DSCF4012.jpg
Which you should then highlight with your cursor and then click on the image button above:

Which then gets you something that looks like this:
< img>http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/trails2run/DSCF4012.jpg< /img>
Using that you get this:
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posted: 12/24/2007 at 10:27 PM
modified: 12/24/2007 at 10:28 PM |
| gosh your quick on this help board trent! thanks, i just figured it out, too! |
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posted: 12/24/2007 at 10:28 PM |
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