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[pioneer7]

Can any one advise how i can upload an image, i have taken a photo and would like to place on this forum, but i can not paste it, any help please.

Many thanks

Andy

 

[Messiah]

To upload photos - First of all you need to ensure the photos are hosted somewhere such as Flickr. www.flickr.com (Free site)
Once this is done you can start to post pictures. Personally I use Firefox but I assume it will be similar for Explorer.

You will need to get the address location of your picture so (using Flickr) click on the photo you want to upload. Once this is done you will need to right click and select 'properties'. You will then be presented with a small box of data and the top line will say Location. Copy the URL listed opposite this.

When you post there should be a tool bar available under the message header. Located on this is an icon of a picture of a tree. Click on this and it will bring up a little box. The top line will say Image URL. Paste the URL you previously copied here. Then set the Image Alignment. Once this is done the dimensions of your image should be shown. You may need to resize the image if it is too large (more than 400 pixels) as this really peeves of the Mods! Then just click on 'Insert' and job done!!

 

[pioneer7]

Thank you Sir very kind.

 

[Messiah]

Well, lets see if it works

 

[pioneer7]

 

[pioneer7]

Sorry

 

[pioneer7]

 

[pioneer7]

Errrmmm any thoughts ????? what i am doing wrong

 

[Messiah]

Can you post the link to the photo??

 

[pioneer7]

Yes i can but thought it would be better to show it on the page under a new topic, i have made a poster box back lit looks very good well pleased, and thought i would share with every one, and being a computor novice it would have been nice to upload the image, i can not beleave i opende an account with flickr so easily, pretty chuffed so do you think its this site that can not upload, any way i have to upload the photo now then i can give the link and do it that way.

Andy

 

[Andrew Everard]

Think the picture you're trying to post hasn't been made public on Flickr, so this forum can't access it

 

[pioneer7]

 

[pioneer7]

Ok shame i will just link it then when i have done it.

 

[pioneer7]

Thanks Messiah for the help, learnt some thing new tonight.

 

[Messiah]

No worries!

Is the image on Flickr and as Mr E has mentioned, is it set for public access??

 

[Andrew Everard]

Just to prove it does work: uploaded to flickr, made public, image location copied and pasted into the pop-up box...

 

[pioneer7]

Yes opened an account on flickr, and no not on public only personal did not realise.

 

[pioneer7]

Ok i have made it public but still no image Andrew, sorry for being such a dork with this but pretty sure i have done every thing right.

 

[pioneer7]

Piece of cake

this is just a demo.

 

[Andrew Everard]

I think you're posting the flickr page url, rather than right-clicking the picture and copying the image location. You should get a URL ending '.jpg'

 

[Messiah]

Once it is loaded, click on the image that you want to paste from you photostream. Once this has loaded, right click on it and select 'Properties' at the bottom. This will provide a box of information and at the top it will say - location. Copy the whole URL.:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com............jpg

Then when you post your reply you click on the tree icon. Paste the link you have just copied into the top line. Select alignment - usually top. Once this is done you should be presented with the photo dimesnions in the box. You then know it has found the image. Re-size if necessary and click 'insert'. Your image should now be in the post...

 

[Messiah]

pioneer7:

Piece of cake

this is just a demo.



Simples!

 

[Andrew Everard]

And when I go into the office tomorrow and they say 'how was your evening?'...

But if that's your lightbox I think it's suffering from some uneven illumination!

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew Everard:

I worked there for a few weeks last year