andy1201 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hi folks, I'm not very good with computers and need some help,could someone please tell me how to post pictures,many thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 The explanation below is very long winded to read but in reality, doing it takes just a few moments. Firstly a picture published in this forum must exist somewhere on the internet (not on your computer) For this you will need to "upload" it to a server, there are many free and pay for sites that offer picture hosting some are useable others are not. The one's that are not useable are often MSN, Yahoo etc this is because they don't allow "external linking" to a file which you will need to do. Here are some known useable one's: www.photobucket.com (costs) www.imageshack.us (this one is very good, completely free, best to register so you can delete if needed) There are plenty of others but I'm sure you've all heard of Google. All of these places will have file size limitations, probably the best size for a forum is no more than 700 pixels wide at 72dpi If your pictures are still full size from your camera you will most certainly need to edit them in your favourite image editing program on your PC (you did install one didn't you) Once your file is uploaded to the internet make sure you are viewing the full size image (not a thumbnail) and right click the image, then select "properties" a box will appear in which you can see the address (url) of the image, drag your mouse over this url to highlight it (make sure to include the "http" all the way to the end of the image name which will normally be ".jpg") Once highlighted, hold down "CRTL" and at the same time press "C", this will copy the highlighted text Now you're ready to post your image on the forum Start your post as normal, you will notice above the text area that you type in there is a button like this , click on it, it will open a small window where you enter the URL to the image, click in the box, now hold down "CTRL" and press "V", this will paste the url you copied a moment ago, now press the "OK" button. That's it your done, you can now preview or submit your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1201 Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 The explanation below is very long winded to read but in reality, doing it takes just a few moments. Firstly a picture published in this forum must exist somewhere on the internet (not on your computer) For this you will need to "upload" it to a server, there are many free and pay for sites that offer picture hosting some are useable others are not. The one's that are not useable are often MSN, Yahoo etc this is because they don't allow "external linking" to a file which you will need to do. Here are some known useable one's: www.photobucket.com (costs) www.imageshack.us (this one is very good, completely free, best to register so you can delete if needed) There are plenty of others but I'm sure you've all heard of Google. All of these places will have file size limitations, probably the best size for a forum is no more than 700 pixels wide at 72dpi If your pictures are still full size from your camera you will most certainly need to edit them in your favourite image editing program on your PC (you did install one didn't you) Once your file is uploaded to the internet make sure you are viewing the full size image (not a thumbnail) and right click the image, then select "properties" a box will appear in which you can see the address (url) of the image, drag your mouse over this url to highlight it (make sure to include the "http" all the way to the end of the image name which will normally be ".jpg") Once highlighted, hold down "CRTL" and at the same time press "C", this will copy the highlighted text Now you're ready to post your image on the forum Start your post as normal, you will notice above the text area that you type in there is a button like this , click on it, it will open a small window where you enter the URL to the image, click in the box, now hold down "CTRL" and press "V", this will paste the url you copied a moment ago, now press the "OK" button. That's it your done, you can now preview or submit your post Cheers XTreme,I think I managed it,my pics are in the rideout forum,thanks again mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 No probs Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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