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(Message started by: Vulcan on Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:19pm)

Title: Posting pics...
Post by Vulcan on Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:19pm
For anyone who wants to post pics that are visible inside a thread you first need somewhere to "host" your pics on the web. A good place is....

http://www.photobucket.com/

You create an account and then upload pics from your PC to the account.
Once you have your pic on your account you will see under it two boxes, one says url the other img.
If you want people to just see the pic inside the thread copy the whole of the text in the img box and paste it into your posting, press preview to make sure it's working and there you are.

If you would like to post a link to the pic on your photbucket album then use the url box text and paste that into your thread, when the url has appeared in your draft post highlight the whole of the url and then press the button above the smiley bar, second from the left.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/url.gif
This will enclose the url in [ url ]....[ /url ] tags.
When the post is viewed clicking the link will take the viewer offsite to your pic.

The two effects are shown below

img:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/DCP04059.jpg

url:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/DCP04059.jpg

I hope that this helps somewhat in getting peoples pics of their pride and joy in the public eye.

Oh and if the pic goes absolutely huge when you post it then go back to Photobucket and click edit above the pic then click "resize" and reduce it by 50% That should bring it into shape.

George

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by ScorpioWidow on Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:21pm
u showing off ur car again vulcan eh...!!!!

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Lee on Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:35pm
like this do you mean  ;)
http://tinypic.com/1zu3ar
what a great car thats what your thinking and i would like to thank you for admiring it  8)
                      Lee

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:52pm
ooh.... same angle!  Well, almost!   ;)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/PCBoulton/Bellepic2.jpg

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by craig on Mar 2nd, 2005, 7:40pm
paul...
is that an early pic ?,or have you changed back the indicators....

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by ScorpioWidow on Mar 2nd, 2005, 7:51pm
ok ok ok....boys and their toys eh...what u lot like  ;)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 2nd, 2005, 7:58pm
Well spotted Craig. It is indeed an earlier photo.
Still got the crystal repeaters on.

Must do a fresh photo session when the weather gets better.  ::)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by ScorpioWidow on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:07pm
we can all do this....lol. Kreg,  1.6 16v escort orion, 104k on the clock, my first car, bought for £250,  goes under the name of 'Dusty Daisy'.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/orion.jpg

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:10pm
Ah, now you need to follow the instructions and re-size  :)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by ScorpioWidow on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:12pm
it's fine, both on my laptop and Vulcan's p.c,   :)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Vulcan on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:13pm
???
Fits fine 576 x 432 at 70k.

fairly small pic really...  ???

EDIT: the original was 1280 x 1024 on my pc but I reduced it and uploaded it, can you tell me what you see, what screen def do you use?
If it's still too big on some peoples PC's I will have to find out why.
Have you tried a ctrl F5 to hard refresh your browser?

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:31pm
Screen def.?   I don't know do I !!  :D

I'm using a Sony Vaio laptop though.

The pic goes off the right off the screen so I have to scroll across to see it all (even with the window maximised)


Just did the CTRL/F5 thing and its done the trick!
As you say, its quite small really isn't it.  :-[

Thank you  :)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by phuturephantasy on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:32pm
Don't want to feel left out so here's a piccy of a mate and I after we binned a car we were testdriving - Ooops
!

http://tinypic.com/1zufyf

;) ;)

and YES that is Craig with his head out of the window     ;D

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 2nd, 2005, 8:34pm
Hi Bert!    ;D

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by johnv on Mar 2nd, 2005, 9:29pm
hi vulcan, can i do the same as you say but use AOL pictures.
When I am selling on Ebay, I use AOL. I find that easy.

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Vulcan on Mar 2nd, 2005, 9:48pm
Don't know John, I've never used AOL so I don't know anything about how it works... sorry

If you post the procedure that you use for ebay I try and figure out if it will work for here.

George

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Baz on Mar 2nd, 2005, 11:23pm
Chaved up Large!!

http://tinypic.com/1zvl9v

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by craig on Mar 3rd, 2005, 7:07am
graham...
you said you woulden't say nothing about that.... :o :o,
bloody good job it ain't the earlier picture with the 2 "birds" as well............... ;D ;D ;D

how the hell would we have lived that one down !! ;) ;)

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by urbanracer on Mar 3rd, 2005, 2:38pm
Hi vulcan thanks for explaining how to post pics,

anymore computer tips are welcome.

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 3rd, 2005, 2:47pm
John.... I'm on AOL but I've never used their picture thing.
Had a little go with it earlier though, just to try it. I think its good for sharing pictures (via e-mail, etc) but for posting them up on here, you'd do better to set up an account (free) with someone like "PhotoBucket" (thats the one I use).

Let me know if you want me to experiment for you.

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Highlander on Mar 3rd, 2005, 3:34pm

on 03/03/05 at 14:38:30, urbanracer wrote:
Hi vulcan thanks for explaining how to post pics,

anymore computer tips are welcome.


http://atlas.walagata.com/w/highlander250469/Anykey.gif

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by craig on Mar 3rd, 2005, 4:10pm
hmmmmmmm.. ???

why is it when i post a pic on the site (i also use photobucket),does it come up on the screen so big  ????,if i was to post a pic now you would have to expand the page.... :o
all the pics on this thread are all the same size......
what am i doing wrong here then :'( :'(

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Highlander on Mar 3rd, 2005, 6:34pm
reduce the size of the pic you are trying to post before you upload it to the hosty place :)

I use paint, I open it and use Stretch/skew option under Image on the toolbar but theres lots of ways im sure

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Vulcan on Mar 3rd, 2005, 6:46pm

on 03/03/05 at 16:10:31, craig wrote:
hmmmmmmm.. ???

why is it when i post a pic on the site (i also use photobucket),does it come up on the screen so big  ????,if i was to post a pic now you would have to expand the page.... :o
all the pics on this thread are all the same size......
what am i doing wrong here then :'( :'(


Craig, when you are in photobucket select the "edit" function above the pic you are posting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/edit1.jpg


...and come down to the middle portion which is resize picture, make sure 50% is selected.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/VulcanScorpio/edit2.jpg

Click update and the pic will be a more reasonable size for the forums.


George



Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Paul B on Mar 3rd, 2005, 7:21pm
Or.... if you're taking a picture that you know is going to appear on screen only (in an e-mail or on here) you could alter the resolution on the camera before you take it. They tend to come out small enough in the first place that way.
Mine's only set at 640x480 for doing the stuff I have been doing on here.

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by Badboytunes on Mar 3rd, 2005, 7:56pm
I use imagecave and i can resize images before i save them onthere. Its quite good........ bit like all the others really

Title: Re: Posting pics...
Post by craig on Mar 4th, 2005, 6:45am
ahaaaa

paul,never even thought about that (doh !!),thanks,camera is set as something (i dont know),pics come out lovely on the pc,(problem is when i go into settings on the d**n thing,there's bl**dy loads of different thing's,and as for the manual,takes 2 of us to pick it up)............ :o :o

but george,your suggestion does sound a bit more "foolproof ;)" to me,i'll have a go with that later,when i get my camera back,and will post some pics of the mats i got from ford parts........
thanks guys.....



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