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How to add picture to a posting

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:16 pm
by stargazer
Hello All,

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

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:38 pm
by Airconvent
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

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:59 am
by stargazer
Thanks Airconvent!

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:59 am
by Gary
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).

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:45 am
by stargazer
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 ...

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:19 pm
by Gary
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.

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:17 pm
by Airconvent
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.

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:57 pm
by stargazer
Thanks for your advice Airconvent & Gary!!