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    Default *HOW TO* Post Pictures

    Overview
    This guide details how to inset images to your posts on PNG. I use manual tags for this, as I find it easier than using the insert image button () above.


    You will need

    1. Pictures. These will need to be hosted online somewhere. In this guide, I've used photobucket because at time of writing it was the most common host. There are others you might wish to use - imgur and imageshack are my favourites - but the process for linking to them will be similar.


    Method

    1. Write your post
    Ok, so the first thing you want to do is compose your message on the forum. Thats pretty straight forward. Here's my example message:

    Code:
    Blue cars are very gay
    Photobucket users: If you've uploaded a pic to your own PB album, go to Step 3
    Non-Photobucket users: If you're getting a pic off the internet, Go to Step 2


    2a. Get URL of image
    Before putting an image into your post, we need to know the address (URL) of the image.
    Note: If you've uploaded an image to your own photobucket album, skip to step 6

    a) To find the image URL in Firefox, rt-click the image and choose Copy Image Location

    b) To find the image URL in Internet Explorer, rt-click the image and choose Properties, then highlight and copy the image Address (URL)


    2b. Insert URL to post
    Simply paste the URL into your thread in the spot you want the image to appear, like this:

    Code:
    Blue cars are very gay
    
    http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/2008_07_26f.jpg

    2c. Add tags
    For the forum software to recognise your URL as an image, you need to add Image Tags. These are the [IMG] and [/IMG] bits of text that tell the forum anything in between them is an image. Here's the example with the tags added:

    Code:
    Blue cars are very gay
    
    [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/2008_07_26f.jpg[/IMG]

    3. Photobucket users
    Photobucket actually provides you with a link that has the [IMG] tags already added. Once you have uploaded your pic, simply find the image in your album, roll the mouse over it and a few text boxes should appear - copy the text that begins with [IMG] and paste that into your message


    4. Repeat & Preview!
    Insert more images (if required) the same way. When you're happy, use the Preview Post button to check everything is ok:

    Blue cars are very gay


    Notes
    If you have less than 15 posts, the forum software might flag your post for moderation (i.e. moderators need to approve it prior to being visible on the forum). This is purely because spam bots normally stick an image in their spam posts, so nothing to worry about - a moderator will soon approve your post. Don't spam your way to 15, its quite possible to engage in the forum to get enough posts.
    Use the preview post button to checkout your post before hitting submit. You can also play around in the testing forum for practice.
    If taking an image from the wider internet, one you found on google images or suchlike, just be careful where your image links from - some sites don't allow remote hotlinking to images, so you'll need to download the image, then upload to your own host.
    Also watch out for images hosted on photobucket, as if you try to use Step 2 above to link an image from there, you may get a duff link which doesn't display in the forum properly.
    Facebook users - bear in mind that FB is NOT an image host, and regularly change their image URLs as they move them on their servers. So you may well find a Facebook linked image will disappear a few hours/days/months/years after posting in the forum. And there's nothing more frustrating for your 200-page long project thread to suddenly lose all its images... So for that reason, we strongly advise that you don't link to Facebook images.

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    blue cars are gay

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    this is no good if my pics are neither on the internet or on photobucket. they are in my files on my computer. where do i go from there

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    Quote Originally Posted by mk2maniac
    this is no good if my pics are neither on the internet or on photobucket. they are in my files on my computer. where do i go from there
    sign upto photobucket it take 2mins

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    ok might do that

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    Or goto http://imageshack.us/index.php

    Browse for your file and re-size if you like (800x600 is fine)

    Click 'start upload' and wait for the page to refresh showing your picture.

    Copy and paste in here all the code from the 'Hotlink for forums (1)' box.




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    <a href="http://s786.photobucket.com/albums/y...randoms107.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/y...randoms107.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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    ^ thats a HTML link, you want the one that starts with the [IMG] tag

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    Red face hello

    How The **** Do Ya Put A Picture On Youre Profile .... I Think Its Called "avatar" Cant Do It For Some Reason . Sorry 4 Askin You Mate Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUFFIO1983
    How The **** Do Ya Put A Picture On Youre Profile .... I Think Its Called "avatar" Cant Do It For Some Reason . Sorry 4 Askin You Mate Lol
    You need to be a member, it's flashing on the top right in red. Turn caps lock off

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