Someone provide me the picture posting instructions again please.
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Well, the first thing is you have to use a picture hosting site. Many of us USED to use photobucket. It decided to change things & want to charge us almost $400 annually to use their site. So,,, most of us went to a different site,,, such as
imgur.com
There,,, you can upload pics, & use the link to paste them here.
A few tips.
Once you upload a picture,,, EDIT IT for size. I use 864 x 576 as a posting size. Otherwise,,, you get a HUGE picture here. Once I edit a picture,,, I hit the save button. Then, I get the share links,, and use the one marked BB whatever for Forums. It's not too hard at all,,, even I was able to learn how easily enough.
(And I'm computer stupid!)
imgur.com
There,,, you can upload pics, & use the link to paste them here.
A few tips.
Once you upload a picture,,, EDIT IT for size. I use 864 x 576 as a posting size. Otherwise,,, you get a HUGE picture here. Once I edit a picture,,, I hit the save button. Then, I get the share links,, and use the one marked BB whatever for Forums. It's not too hard at all,,, even I was able to learn how easily enough.
(And I'm computer stupid!)
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iPad is all I use. It all works, as far as I can tell. I'm using Picturetrail.
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pete44ru
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contender said:
FWIW, there's no need to resize pics as they're uploaded to imgur - just upload them as-is.
If/when posting an imgur pic is desired, just follow these steps:
1) Double-click on the selected pic in your album, to separate it from the herd.
2) Look at the vertical menu on the RH side of the isolated pic - there will be several stacked link areas, and a size area at the bottom of the menu.
3) First select the desired size: "small square" + avatar size, "medium" & "large" thumbnail sizes are appropriate for posting on a forum.
Left click on the desired size, to illuminate/choose it.
4) Second, on the vertical link menu, 1st left click then right click and "copy" the "Direct Link", which will turn into a solid color when clicked.
5) In your forum thread, 1st left click, then right click & "paste" to move the imgur pic's url to your thread.
6) Type in a header & a tail at the front & rear of the pasted pic url, without any spacing.
The header should be "[ img ]", w/o spacing or quote marks.
The tail should be "[ / img ]", again w/o spacing or quote marks.
Each pic's pasted url should look something like this, w/o any spacing:
SAMPLE: [ img ] https://i.imgur.com/sf4qDUlm.jpg [ /img ]
Repeat as required for multiple pics, stacking the url's instead of arranging them side-by-side (for best viewing).
The pic(s) should propagate when you submit your thread.
This is the sample above, with no spacing:
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I use Postimage and so far it has been a dream, compared to what I had to go through with Photo $##et,,,, near the end just before they demanded the $399 to keep me up.
https://postimages.org
https://postimages.org
