Putting a picture in a post.

[Mark Davies]

Okay, I'd worked out how to do this on the old board, but the all new, singing and dancing YD has defeated me.

I've worked out that I can upload pictures into the Attachment Manager by pressing the 'Manage Attachments' button in the box below the posting. That's great, so now I've got a URL address to use when I click onto the Insert Image icon just above. Doing that the image will appear in my draft posting. Fantastic! But once I submit the post and it goes onto the thread all that appears is the link with the URL address. (See my posting in Kate's thread 'Vroom vroom!' in Non-Diving).

So how do I get the actual picture to show in the post?

[Dr Stevil]

if you're posting from another url do this (without the spaces)
[ i m g ] h t t p :// x y z . a b c . c o. u k / i m a g e s / w h a t e v e r .j p g[ /i m g ]

[Dr Stevil]

Thusly...



this pic is "Main Street" in Durham (where my workplace is) top left is the Castle, top right is part of the Cathedral

[dave archer]

Originally Posted by Steve W

...top right is part of the Cathedral

..where if you go outside on the roof on a windy day and lean against the stone wall, you can feel it sway in the wind - most sick making if you get vertigo like me :o

My part of the world this is, originally, (Sedgefield to be exact). I remember from school trips there is a big knocker on the Cathedral door too.

[Mark Davies]

I tried that when it first didn't come out and it didn't work. I think it might be because the address you get once you've uploaded into the attachment manager isn't in a .jpeg format.

The properties on the picture you've posted suggests that you've loaded it direct from your computer - not Photobucket or similar. Is that right?

[Jules]

Originally Posted by Mark Davies

I tried that when it first didn't come out and it didn't work. I think it might be because the address you get once you've uploaded into the attachment manager isn't in a .jpeg format.

The properties on the picture you've posted suggests that you've loaded it direct from your computer - not Photobucket or similar. Is that right?

steve's looks like the photobucket method. it is by far the best because the quality is better. see Kyrres post in the photography forum for the full on idiot guide.

Jules
xx

[Dr Stevil]

well it's loaded from my personal webspace but same difference as using Photobucket. The attachements feature on this new board is quite restrictive in terms of image size
BTW here's that famous door knocker from the Cathedral "Sanctuary....."

[dave archer]

that's the fella! I spent weeks drawing that swine for art

[Mark Davies]

So the upshot is that I can no longer put a picture into a post direct from my C: drive?

[Lou]

Well, you can put it on from your C: drive because I have done it. Just find it by browsing in the attachment manager, then press the upload button, then finish and it goes in as a thumbnail. The problem i have is that I can't seem to shrink it down to a reasonable file size and still have quality that isn't remeniscent if those drawings you used to do on squared paper in primary school - now class, draw anything you like but only use exactly half the squares....


Lou