Posting a photo in a message

[Mutiara]

Can anyone tell me in simple terms how to post a photo in a message. I do realise it has to be online with photobucket or similar but what I don't understand is the forum instructions that say the following;

" When posting/replying, switch to the HTML view. Add the unique link they gave you using this code: <img src="http://www.example-website.com/directory/picture.jpg">
Then switch back to the Design view and your picture should be visible."

I can't see how to switch to the HTML view when posting a message. What part of the above code do I use ? In fact I am surprised that there is not a FAQ simple explanantion on how to do this? Any help please?

 

[Clair]

[quote]Can anyone tell me in simple terms how to post a photo in a message.[...] I am surprised that there is not a FAQ simple explanantion on how to do this?[/quote]

There is. It is here: How to post a photograph

It says

 To put a photograph into your post:

• The photograph must be on your computer.

• The format should be .jpg

• Re-size your photograph(s) to a maximum width of 400 pixels.  This ensures that they fit the forum browser window properly.

• Open a free account at Photobucket.

• Browse from Photobucket to your photo and choose it.

• Upload to Photobucket.

• When the photograph has uploaded it will appear in your album. Underneath there are three addresses.

• Highlight and copy the one marked Img - make sure you have
  copied the whole address. There should be IMG and /IMG in square 
  brackets at the beginning and end of the address.
• Paste the address into the appropriate place in your post, and the picture should appear.

You can get a false representation if you simply put in a photo

address without the IMG tags, as your computer finds the photo in its

own innards, whereas other viewers don't have access to that.

Courtesy Dick Smith and Bugbear

[Mutiara]

Thank you Claire,

The image below is from a photobucket account so that seems to have worked! However I tend to use Picassa2 for my photo albums and there doesn't seem to be an image [IMG] link on their album site.  Could I just put the [IMG] at the beginning and end of a http link to the photo?

Note from mod

Sorry, I tried to fix this and lost it, but the HTML was repeated in the link - you had two of everything: Http etc, which looks like it may have been the problem

[Clair]

I have looked at Picasa and, unlike with Photobucket, there does not seem to be a way of posting the picture directly from the album, although you can link to it.

[AnOther]

You are effectively 'switching to the html view' when you preceed your image link with (img) then close with (/img) - Note: had to use ( ) instead of [ ] as it seems to confuse the forum software if not actually posting a link.

Believe it or not, by incorporating those two little html (HyperText Markup Language) commands you have actually written you first web page [geek]

Jargon can be such a b itch [:D]

 

[Dick Smith]

[IMG]http://photobucket.com/albums/v464/Etvoila/1bc492ce.jpg[/IMG]

Hmm. Didn't work. Is that a real Photobucket address?

If you have a Photobucket account, use the PB IMG tags.

[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/Dick5.jpg[/IMG]

that is (square bracket)IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/Dick5.jpg[/IMG](square bracket)

[Russethouse]

 

Test:

[IMG]http://photobucket.com/albums/v464/Etvoila/1bc492ce.jpg[/IMG]

I surrender.....you did leave the picture there didn't you ?

[Clair]

another test (same picture)

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Etvoila/d3fce521.jpg[/IMG]

[Clair]

The photobucket link reads          http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Etvoila/d3fce521.jpg

The unusable link reads                http//photobucket.com/albums/v464/Etvoila/1bc492ce.jpg

[Russethouse]

Well done Clair. [:)][:)]

[Mutiara]

Yes well done, Claire and Thank you to everyone so far; I stil havn't worked out how to do it from Picassa2 though!

[Mutiara]

Test from picassa2

[IMG]http://picasaweb.google.fr/snakehipster/Landscapes/photo?authkey=6uwhFof_u_0#5116058934612716114[IMG]

[Clair]

Your last tag should read [/IMG], but as Picasa doesn't make it possible to display a photo elsewhere, it wouldn't work anyway [:)]

[Cat]

Another test from Picassa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That seems to work.  Simple old right-click copy in Picassa, followed by right-click paste here.  Seems a bit small though.

 

 

 

 

[Cat]

Howzat?  Increase the display size in the Album view by selecting the largest taille button, then right-click copy, right-click paste, or control-insert followed by shift-insert will also work (old DOS trick).

[Clair]

Well done Cathy! [:D]

[Mutiara]

Cathy - Thank you so much!

Who would have thought that it was just a simple thing such as "copy + paste". No mucking about with all that IMG stuff [:D]

Maybe it works also in photobucket ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mooky]

Is that you Dick Smith. Well I never did. I thought you had gray hair and where around 70. If thats you now you are rather scrummy!

[Clair]

[quote user="Mutiara"]Test from picassa2

[IMG]http://picasaweb.google.fr/snakehipster/Landscapes/photo?authkey=6uwhFof_u_0#5116058934612716114[IMG][/quote]

test from Picasa (same picture)

[Clair]

and another, just to be sure:

To post from Picasa,

• go to your picture

• right-click and click on copy image location
• return to the forum and click to post or reply
• switch from Design to HTML (the option is found on the left below the text box)
• type the following code in the text box
• <img src="paste the image location here">

[Mutiara]

[quote user="Clair"]and another, just to be sure:



To post from Picasa,

• go to your picture

• right-click and click on copy image location

• return to the forum and click to post or reply

• switch from Design to HTML (the option is found on the left below the text box)

• type the following code in the text box

• <img src="paste the image location here">

[/quote]

 

Thanks Claire but are you sure about the following ?

" switch from Design to HTML (the option is found on the left below the text box) "

I don't have this option/feature to change to HTML view anywhere when I post a message. In fact you just need to copy and then paste the photo as Kathy has mentioned a couple of posts back.

[Russethouse]

 

Go to 'reply' as if you are replying to this message

Look just under the text  posting box.

On the left you have a 'File Attachment' option (In blue type), above that there are two little box's Design on the far left, (it has a little right angle icon) with the  HTML option next door to it.

[Mutiara]

[quote user="Russethouse"]

 

Go to 'reply' as if you are replying to this message

Look just under the text  posting box.

On the left you have a 'File Attachment' option (In blue type), above that there are two little box's Design on the far left, (it has a little right angle icon) with the  HTML option next door to it.

[/quote]

I don't have that on my screen. I think this is where the problem lies - everyone seems to assume that I do !!

All there is at the bottom of my text box is the following;

1. Post Icon - with all the various smilie type icons;

2. below that there are the Post and Preview buttons

3. Then just the logo with "telligent Community server"

Could someone please look into this for me and see if I am running an old version of the Forum or something please?

 

 

 

[Clair]

Quick survey:

can anybody see the Design and HTML options on the left below the post box when typing a post?

[Mutiara]

Claire,  (hopefully) here is a screenshot of what I see when I want to reply. As you can see there is no such option !??