HOW TO POST PHOTOS

[Marcus]

This is a tutorial on to post photos of the forum. In order to post pictures in a thread you must host the photos elsewhere.

The following websites are photo/video hosting sites:
www.photobucket.com
www.flickr.com
www.picasaweb.google.com

1.Create an account and upload your photos from your PC or camera.

2. Once they are hosted you will either need to find the "[\img] tags if the site features that, such as photobucket. Copy the whole line of information and paste into a post window on the forum.

Example:
i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/Oceanview23/2009%20Trench%20Battle/11435_1090238274883_1794275044_1845.jpg [/img*]
(I put a * at the end of the text in this example so you see the text and not the photo).


3. If the service you are usiing doesn't have the image tags done for you, right click on the actual photo and click on "properties". On the pop-up window, it should show the URL of the photo. Copy the URL and go to the forum.

4. Open the thread you want to post in and hit reply or just start new thread if you are the first person to post photos on a specific event.

5. In the post window there is a small icon above the text box that looks like a a small picture. Click on it and you will see [/img*]appear (The * will not be there, its just here so it will show in this tutorial)

6. Paste the URL you copied from your photo hosting service between the and [/img*] tags. This will allow the photo to show up in the thread.

[Wolfgang]

Thanks. I never could quite figure it out.

[Marcus]

Simple links to an account on the above websites works just as well. They just don't show up on the forum. Probably should have said that as well.

Phil, you have make sure you hit the [\url] button when posting your links. For whatever reason, Flickr links won't work if you simply cut and paste the address from your address bar.