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Hi, and welcome to the Classic Rover Forum!
As we’re very fond of pictures on the forum, a few words on how to add them to a post might not go amiss!
There are 2 ways to do it: as an attachment to your post (the easiest way, but see the note on file size below) or by using a picture-hosting site and creating a link to pictures you’ve stored on there.
As an attachment
. Note - the maximum attachment file size is 512 kb. If your file is bigger than this, you can reduce it using an image editing program. These are freely available on the internet (e.g. IrfanView). Alternatively, use a picture-hosting site as described below.
When you click to start a new forum topic or post a reply on an already-running topic, a window opens for you to type your post. Underneath this window you'll see 2 tabs - click on the one marked "Upload attachment" and a box will appear with a button marked "Browse".
Click on this Browse button and an Explorer window will open - use this to browse to the picture on your computer you want to upload. Click on the filename to highlight it and click "Open" Your filename will then appear in the textbox. Click the "Add the file" button the file will load to the site in a few seconds and you will see its filename appear as a posted attachment.
Underneath the filename there will be 2 new buttons. Click "Place inline" and the attachment text will appear in your original message window. If you then click the "Preview" button you should see the picture appear. Nothing has been posted to the thread at this point so you can carry on editing and typing in your post. You can Preview as many times as you like and, once you're happy with your final preview, click Submit. And that's it!
Picture-hosting
There are loads of free hosting sites around, such as flickr, imageshack, photobucket, etc, etc, which you can use for larger files. I use photobucket, which you can find by clicking >here<
You’ll need to create an account, then just follow the site instructions to create an album and upload pictures from your computer to it. In the album settings make sure it's set as a public, rather than a private, album.
Once you've uploaded and saved your pictures, hover your cursor over a picture and 4 lines of code will appear beneath it. The bottom line is the IMG Code, which is the one you want. Click this line and the code is copied to your clipboard. Return to your posting, right-click in the posting box, select Paste, and the IMG code is copied into your posting. Click the Preview button to check the picture is visible. Again, nothing has been posted to the thread at this point so you can carry on editing and typing in your message. You can Preview as many times as you like and, once you're happy with your final preview, click Submit. And, again, that's it!
Remember that if you delete your photo from your hosting space, it will no longer show up in your forum post.
Have fun…and let’s see those pics!
Cheers for now,
Stan
(Many Thanks to Stan - vaultsman - for writing this guide)
As we’re very fond of pictures on the forum, a few words on how to add them to a post might not go amiss!
There are 2 ways to do it: as an attachment to your post (the easiest way, but see the note on file size below) or by using a picture-hosting site and creating a link to pictures you’ve stored on there.
As an attachment
. Note - the maximum attachment file size is 512 kb. If your file is bigger than this, you can reduce it using an image editing program. These are freely available on the internet (e.g. IrfanView). Alternatively, use a picture-hosting site as described below.
When you click to start a new forum topic or post a reply on an already-running topic, a window opens for you to type your post. Underneath this window you'll see 2 tabs - click on the one marked "Upload attachment" and a box will appear with a button marked "Browse".
Click on this Browse button and an Explorer window will open - use this to browse to the picture on your computer you want to upload. Click on the filename to highlight it and click "Open" Your filename will then appear in the textbox. Click the "Add the file" button the file will load to the site in a few seconds and you will see its filename appear as a posted attachment.
Underneath the filename there will be 2 new buttons. Click "Place inline" and the attachment text will appear in your original message window. If you then click the "Preview" button you should see the picture appear. Nothing has been posted to the thread at this point so you can carry on editing and typing in your post. You can Preview as many times as you like and, once you're happy with your final preview, click Submit. And that's it!
Picture-hosting
There are loads of free hosting sites around, such as flickr, imageshack, photobucket, etc, etc, which you can use for larger files. I use photobucket, which you can find by clicking >here<
You’ll need to create an account, then just follow the site instructions to create an album and upload pictures from your computer to it. In the album settings make sure it's set as a public, rather than a private, album.
Once you've uploaded and saved your pictures, hover your cursor over a picture and 4 lines of code will appear beneath it. The bottom line is the IMG Code, which is the one you want. Click this line and the code is copied to your clipboard. Return to your posting, right-click in the posting box, select Paste, and the IMG code is copied into your posting. Click the Preview button to check the picture is visible. Again, nothing has been posted to the thread at this point so you can carry on editing and typing in your message. You can Preview as many times as you like and, once you're happy with your final preview, click Submit. And, again, that's it!
Remember that if you delete your photo from your hosting space, it will no longer show up in your forum post.
Have fun…and let’s see those pics!
Cheers for now,
Stan
(Many Thanks to Stan - vaultsman - for writing this guide)