This is a repost of mine - modified for this forum.
Please let me know if it's OK...
A Kirby “first cut” on posting pics – with the non-technical person in mind…
Hang in there – this stuff is not difficult – it just takes a little while to grasp.
I presume you have been able to get a pic on to your C: drive – it probably has a file name that ends with .JPG. If you can’t do this yet, I suggest you get someone to help you. Once you have mastered that, return to the explanation which follows…
First of all, you’re not posting a picture. What you are doing, is inserting a series of characters which POINT to where the picture can be found – this is called a LINK. It tells the Forum program that it has to “go and get something” – the .JPG at the end of the link, identifies it as a picture.
You have to find somewhere to store your pictures (hopefully for a considerable time). This is called a HOST site . There are many Host sites available on the Internet (I use “ImageStation” – it’s free). It’s a privilege to be able to store pics at no charge – you are taking up disk space on someone’s Server, and they are allowing you to access it 24 hours a day. Each Host site will have different methods of storing pics – typically set up to allow you to upload, organize and protect your pics (albums, passwords etc). They also provide editing functions to allow you crop, re-size etc. your pics. Learning how to use the Host site may take a little time – be patient. Uploading pics to your Host site can be very time consuming – remember you are moving a lot of data.
The combination of “Host site” and your “Browser” (Netscape or MS Internet Explorer or ?) will have some way of giving you a LINK – usually it’s by “right-clicking” on the picture. You will then see a menu of things you can do. For example, ImageStation and Netscape 4.78 has a menu option: “Copy Image location” . When you select this option, it places a copy of the LINK onto the clipboard. From there you can “paste” the LINK into the text of your post. If you don’t know how to use the Copy/Paste function of Windows, get someone to show you.
So – You’ve uploaded your pics, organized them into albums and you’re ready to roll.
I recommend you open 2 Browser sessions – one connected the Forum, the other connected to your HOST site. This way you can swap between them – makes things much easier.
1. Start keying your message eg. “Here’s a pic of my latest project:” (press [Enter] so you’re on a new line).
2. Swap to the Host site, find the pic you want to show, right-click on the pic, select “Copy Image location” – or whatever option will do this for you.
3. Swap back to the Forum, select Edit/Paste (or Ctrl-V). You should see something like:
Here’s a pic of my latest project:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fe4b6a4b.jpg
For Sam's site you also need "{img}" before and "{/img}" after the link - without the quotes. (Use [ and ] in place of { and }).
4. To test what will happen, click on the “Preview” button on the bottom of the message area. If all is OK you will see the picture, scroll down to continue posting. If you can’t see the pic: does the LINK have .JPG at the end? If it doesn’t, you probably took a wrong option when you right-clicked on the picture. Swap back to your Host site and try again.
5. Once you find what works, write down what you did – you may want to do it again!
A WORD OF CAUTION: A Host site can “vanish” overnight – with no warning! This means none of your LINKs will work (they’re pointing to somewhere that doesn’t exist any longer) Make sure all your pics are safely backed up – I store all of mine on CD-RW’s, along with a lot of the text associated with them.
A Professional is someone who does what they say they will do.
Please let me know if it's OK...
A Kirby “first cut” on posting pics – with the non-technical person in mind…
Hang in there – this stuff is not difficult – it just takes a little while to grasp.
I presume you have been able to get a pic on to your C: drive – it probably has a file name that ends with .JPG. If you can’t do this yet, I suggest you get someone to help you. Once you have mastered that, return to the explanation which follows…
First of all, you’re not posting a picture. What you are doing, is inserting a series of characters which POINT to where the picture can be found – this is called a LINK. It tells the Forum program that it has to “go and get something” – the .JPG at the end of the link, identifies it as a picture.
You have to find somewhere to store your pictures (hopefully for a considerable time). This is called a HOST site . There are many Host sites available on the Internet (I use “ImageStation” – it’s free). It’s a privilege to be able to store pics at no charge – you are taking up disk space on someone’s Server, and they are allowing you to access it 24 hours a day. Each Host site will have different methods of storing pics – typically set up to allow you to upload, organize and protect your pics (albums, passwords etc). They also provide editing functions to allow you crop, re-size etc. your pics. Learning how to use the Host site may take a little time – be patient. Uploading pics to your Host site can be very time consuming – remember you are moving a lot of data.
The combination of “Host site” and your “Browser” (Netscape or MS Internet Explorer or ?) will have some way of giving you a LINK – usually it’s by “right-clicking” on the picture. You will then see a menu of things you can do. For example, ImageStation and Netscape 4.78 has a menu option: “Copy Image location” . When you select this option, it places a copy of the LINK onto the clipboard. From there you can “paste” the LINK into the text of your post. If you don’t know how to use the Copy/Paste function of Windows, get someone to show you.
So – You’ve uploaded your pics, organized them into albums and you’re ready to roll.
I recommend you open 2 Browser sessions – one connected the Forum, the other connected to your HOST site. This way you can swap between them – makes things much easier.
1. Start keying your message eg. “Here’s a pic of my latest project:” (press [Enter] so you’re on a new line).
2. Swap to the Host site, find the pic you want to show, right-click on the pic, select “Copy Image location” – or whatever option will do this for you.
3. Swap back to the Forum, select Edit/Paste (or Ctrl-V). You should see something like:
Here’s a pic of my latest project:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fe4b6a4b.jpg
For Sam's site you also need "{img}" before and "{/img}" after the link - without the quotes. (Use [ and ] in place of { and }).
4. To test what will happen, click on the “Preview” button on the bottom of the message area. If all is OK you will see the picture, scroll down to continue posting. If you can’t see the pic: does the LINK have .JPG at the end? If it doesn’t, you probably took a wrong option when you right-clicked on the picture. Swap back to your Host site and try again.
5. Once you find what works, write down what you did – you may want to do it again!
A WORD OF CAUTION: A Host site can “vanish” overnight – with no warning! This means none of your LINKs will work (they’re pointing to somewhere that doesn’t exist any longer) Make sure all your pics are safely backed up – I store all of mine on CD-RW’s, along with a lot of the text associated with them.
A Professional is someone who does what they say they will do.