How to add picture to a posting

stargazer · Post by **stargazer** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:16 pm

Hello All,

May I know how to add/insert a picture in a message I post?

Post by **Airconvent** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:38 pm

Hi
You load the image here or some image hosting website. Then link the image address between these tags "[img]link%20to%20your%20photo[/img]" The link need to point to an image file.
Cheers

stargazer · Post by **stargazer** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:59 am

Thanks Airconvent!

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:59 am

This is one way of doing it:

Upload your pictures to Flickr (www.flickr.com). Create a free Flickr account if you do not have one.

1. Click on the "Share this" button on top of the photo
2. Click on "Grab the HTML/BBCode"
3. In the drop-down box, select the size you prefer. E.g. "Large"
4. Scroll down the text box in the middle and look for a url link that looks like this --> "http://farm5.static.flickr.com.....................jpg"
5. Copy this url and paste it as an image in this forum by clicking on the forum insert picture icon or manually adding the image tags to this url. For example, "[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com.....................jpg[/img]" (without the quotes).

stargazer · Post by **stargazer** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:45 am

Thanks Gary...hmm sounds complicated...will try that!

Had tried using the method shared by airconvent in another post but not successful. Guess I got it wrong then ...

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:19 pm

Yupe. You got it wrong because you have mistaken the address Airconvent was referring to. The address we are talking about refers to an internet address (i.e. url) in a webhosting service (e.g. Flickr). And not the "address" (location) of the saved image file in your computer's C hard drive because your computer is not a webhosting/filesharing server computer connected to the internet 24/7.

Post by **Airconvent** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:17 pm

yes. the part in between the [img] is supposed to be where you online image address should be. You normally right click a photo and select "copy image address" and put it between the [img] tags.
But of course, the photos needed to be uploaded to an internet photo hosting site that is accessible when your computer is switched off.

Some popular image hosting sites include flikr and photobucket. The latter is easier to use but images once loaded is not as good due to higher compression.

stargazer · Post by **stargazer** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:57 pm

Thanks for your advice Airconvent & Gary!!