Guide on how to post a picture

[Bodo]

I often read queries about posting pictures. I thought, I'd compile some of the procedures to get a picture in a post.

• 1.) The picture must be stored on a webserver (not on your harddrive)
  
  To get your own picture on a webserver, use an internet picture service, such as www.fotango.com , or your own webspace which some ISP provide with their service (mostly long term contracts). See your ISP's guide on how to upload them to your webspace.



• 2.) You need to know the address of your image.
  
  This is simple: if you see a picture in your internet browser, move the mouse cursor over the picture an press the right mouse button. A menue appears:
  
  Mozilla and Netscape: #Copy Image Location
  
  Internet Explorer: #Image Properties
  
  You'll see the address in that appearing window: select it, and copy it with the right mouse button #Copy
  


• 3.) Now the address is stored in your clipboard. Go to your Gassing Station Post Reply in put field, and #RH mouse button #Paste the address.



• 4.) Now you have to put the [pic] code around the address to identify the address as an image's address and not as a link, which is default for http://www.* strings {see: www}
  
  It should look exactly like this:
  
  
  [pic]http://www.server.co.uk/folder/imagename.jpg[/pic]
  

done.

[only me]

[pic]http://mysite.freeserve.com/tonywebspace/images/0-picture.jpg?0.46098995441170354[pic]

ok so i can get the link but i cant get it to open showing, first attempt and not that clued up!

PLEASE HELP!
>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:42

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:50

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:51

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:54

[Graham.J]

I think you need to get an url which ends in .jpg so that it recognises it as a picture.

[FunkyNige]

only me said: [pic]http://mysite.freeserve.com/tonywebspace/images/0-picture.jpg?0.46098995441170354[/pic]

ok so i can get the link but i cant get it to open showing, first attempt and not that clued up!

PLEASE HELP!
>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:42

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:50

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:51

>> Edited by only me on Sunday 17th November 09:54

You don't need the [url] bits in there - it should be {pic}http://mysite.freeserve.com/tonywebspace/images/0-picture.jpg?0.46098995441170354{/pic}, but replace the curly brackets with square ones.

Like this -

[john yates]

My first attemt at putting a photo on this sight. Fingers crossed.

[mrs fish]

Okay let me give this a go. This is just what I need at the moment.
I've read what I'm supposed to do, but the last time I tried it didn't work

www.funnyjunk.com/redir.php?pic/0384.jpg">

edited to say
Where am I going wrong?

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:10

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:14

[DanL]

mrs fish said: Okay let me give this a go. This is just what I need at the moment.
I've read what I'm supposed to do, but the last time I tried it didn't work

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/redir.php?pic/0384.jpg[pic]
edited to say
Where am I going wrong?

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:10

You've linked to a web page, rather than the picture on it. I think you wanted this URL: www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0384.jpg which gives:


Edited to say:
I got the URL for the pic by doing Bodo's right click on the picture, go to properties and highlighting the address bit of the properties page.

Dan


>> Edited by DanL on Thursday 21st November 17:15

[mrs fish]

DanL said:

mrs fish said: Okay let me give this a go. This is just what I need at the moment.
I've read what I'm supposed to do, but the last time I tried it didn't work

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/redir.php?pic/0384.jpg[pic]
edited to say
Where am I going wrong?

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:10

You've linked to a web page, rather than the picture on it. I think you wanted this URL: www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0384.jpg which gives:


Edited to say:
I got the URL for the pic by doing Bodo's right click on the picture, go to properties and highlighting the address bit of the properties page.

Dan


>> Edited by DanL on Thursday 21st November 17:15

Is this right click business for a pc, as I am using a mac, will it be different in this case, or am I just being a useless woman??

[mrs fish]

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com.pic/0348.jpg[pic]

okay fourth attempt

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:24

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:25
I will figure it out

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0249.jpg[pic]

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:27

[DanL]

mrs fish said:
Is this right click business for a pc, as I am using a mac, will it be different in this case, or am I just being a useless woman??

Oh damn - a Mac user. I've got to admit I've no idea how you manage to get the info up with a Mac (short of changing to a PC ). That's what you get for being a weird deviant computer user.

Dan

[Scruff900]

mrs fish said:

okay fourth attempt

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:24

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:25

You'll get there...

[mrs fish]

DanL said:

mrs fish said:
Is this right click business for a pc, as I am using a mac, will it be different in this case, or am I just being a useless woman??

Oh damn - a Mac user. I've got to admit I've no idea how you manage to get the info up with a Mac (short of changing to a PC ). That's what you get for being a weird deviant computer user.

Dan

Thanks you've been a great help if you can find out at some point I would appreciate it immensley.
From a weird deviant computer user

[DanL]

Possibly use this in the mean time, to help ease the frustration?



Sorry I can't be of more help, really...

Dan

>> Edited by DanL on Thursday 21st November 17:34

[mrs fish]

DanL said: Possibly use this in the mean time, to help ease the frustration?



Dan

Cheers

[mrs fish]

Still trying

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0239.jpg[pic]


>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:38

I FCUKing give up I'm off home

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:40

[farmboy]

mrs fish said:
Still trying

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0239.jpg[pic]


>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:38

I FCUKing give up I'm off home

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:40

I think you had a few too many brackets in there.



As a computer numpty myself, I recomend pressing the qoute button of a post with a picture in it, then you can see what was typed to make a picture appear.

Edited to add, when you get it right, the image should appear in the Preview window.


>> Edited by farmboy on Thursday 21st November 18:26

[FunkyNige]

mrs fish said:
Still trying

[pic]www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0239.jpg[pic]


>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:38

I FCUKing give up I'm off home

>> Edited by mrs fish on Thursday 21st November 17:40

It's supposed to read (I've changed the square brackets to curly ones so you can see the code) {pic}www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0239.jpg{/pic} like this



A useful tip if you ever want to see how someone has done something like this is to press 'quote' on their post so you can see their code.

[mrs fish]

FunkyNige said

It's supposed to read (I've changed the square brackets to curly ones so you can see the code) {pic}www.funnyjunk.com/pic/0239.jpg{/pic} like this



A useful tip if you ever want to see how someone has done something like this is to press 'quote' on their post so you can see their code.

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Thanks for your post, I have been seeing how other people do it, by as you say pressing the quote button, but whatever I do it doen't work. I'm thinking the apple mac has a mind of its own.