Hi, can you guide me with attaching images to my posts for used instr. for sale? I'm not seeing any obvious attachment buttons in my control panel or on the post itself...
Thanks,
Nathan
How to attach images...?
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Re: How to attach images...?
You can't attach an image, but you can link to an image that is elsewhere on the net. This is a two-stage operation.
There are a lot of third-party servers which offer free image hosting. One I use is Image Shack, because I don't have register or remember a login and password. I go to this link, click the 'choose' button to select a file on my computer, and click the 'upload now' button.
Once it uploads, the site gives me a few options for format code to copy. I generally select the "Direct Link", although other options include smaller thumbnails with embedded links to the big pic.
What I look for looks like this:
This directs a browser to a remote image hosted on a ww.imageshack.us server.
To embed that image in your post, you need to wrap it in the bbs code forums like this use. The simplest way to do that is to paste your link into the text box you use to write any post, highlight it, and then click the
There are a lot of third-party servers which offer free image hosting. One I use is Image Shack, because I don't have register or remember a login and password. I go to this link, click the 'choose' button to select a file on my computer, and click the 'upload now' button.
Once it uploads, the site gives me a few options for format code to copy. I generally select the "Direct Link", although other options include smaller thumbnails with embedded links to the big pic.
What I look for looks like this:
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http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2710/chiffheader.gifTo embed that image in your post, you need to wrap it in the bbs code forums like this use. The simplest way to do that is to paste your link into the text box you use to write any post, highlight it, and then click the
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Re: How to attach images...?
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Re: How to attach images...?
Thanks so much--It took a while, but was able to get pics posted finally. I had luck with image shack. The guidance was most helpful! -Nathan
Re: How to attach images...?
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Re: How to attach images...?
How? So far, I've had no hassle of any kind.Denny wrote: Imageshack is trying too hard to make a living.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Re: How to attach images...?
cool, I left years ago, maybe they reverted?
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.