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#1 ·
I am creating this thread to address on ongoing issue: pictures! Everyone has different backgrounds and computer experience, so this should even the playing field. If anything I share is confusing, PM me and I will square you away :)

Sharing pictures on an internet forum is pretty simple, just follow these steps!

1. Find a website to host your picture(s).
a. www.photobucket.com A solid website to share photos, but it IS blocked by many firewalls at most workplaces. Meaning, if SS members are surfing from work, they will NOT see your pictures.
b. *RECOMMENDED* www.imgur.com This is a great website and I currently use it to host pics. It allows you to manage your pictures in different ways, offers different upload options, and overall the website is very user friendly.
c. You can google picture hosting and come up with a million options...

2. Upload your pic(s) to the hosting website of your choosing OR find the address for a picture you would like to use off of the internet. If you want to share a picture that is hosted somewhere else already, some websites allow you to right click the picture and COPY location. If you cannot copy the location, right click the picture, go to properties, and copy the web address of the picture.

3. Input the web address of the picture and format it properly so it will show in your thread.
Use this "coding."

Essentially,

Most decent hosting websites will provide you with the message board/forum sharing code already input, just copy then paste it into the thread/post you are making.

4. Preview your post before you submit it to make sure that the photo information is entered properly. Typos happen, just fix them!

So, the steps in action:

1. My photo is already hosted, http://www.sweetgfx.com/TiS60R.html

2. Since it is hosted, I do not need to upload it. I had to right click on the top photo to get its address, http://www.sweetgfx.com/sitebuilder/images/P1010416-600x419.jpg

3. Without the quotations, I am going to type this:
"[img ]http://www.sweetgfx.com/sitebuilder/images/P1010416-600x419.jpg[ /img]"

Which will come out like this!


And voila, I am sharing a picture!

PLEASE keep in mind, if you upload something on the internet, other people can see it, grab it, and essentially make it their own. Do not upload anything involving your social security number, sensitive information, or anything you would not want a stranger or your grandmother to see!!!!!
 
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#4 ·
Welcome to the wide world of weirdness - the internet.

First, the no-show pic in Post #1 above...

Right-click on the .jpg link immediately under "Which will come out like this!" then click on Properties and you get this...

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...-600x419.jpg&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13259052851848

...which is where the image is stored in an internet server (api.viglink.com) and which looks nothing like the .jpg link reads i.e. http://www.sweetgfx.com/sitebuilder/...16-600x419.jpg

Why the pic won't show? BTHOOM!

As to not using a pic hosting site to post pics in Swedespeed - no problem.

Just do a free web page with your pics in it then post the pic url in your reply.

Please excuse the popups...

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/texaschaptervcoa/page7.html

Now right-click on the Texas Chapter VCOA logo, click Properties, right-click on the url, select all, right-click again, copy and you get...

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/texaschaptervcoa/VCOATXlogo.jpg

The other option is to have your very own internet server at home which is fairly common nowadaze.

George Dill
 
#6 ·
I use Picasa Web Albums and I'm satisfied with them, plus which, it's your own web site so you can control the photos.
 
#8 ·
Yup, you need a hosting web site.
 
#14 ·
...and once you sign up with Photobucket, it's very difficult to unsubscribe. I've done so multiple times and still receive an email from them 2-4 times a week... which goes directly into my spam folder.
 
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