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Originally posted by D.Levesque:
Hey Pete,
Trying to figure out how to post some of these pics, might just end up forwarding some of them to someone (any takers!) who knows how...
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Basic crash course
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NOTE WELL to display any picture on these forums it must be already on a web site as corfid itself does not store pictures,
so use a free picture hosting service that
1A allows "hotlinking "
1B prefernbly hosts pictures indefinitely
I thoroughly recommend imageshack as shown below
2. select the pix you wish to display
2A if you took them with a digital camera great
2B if on film then after printing get out your scanner, If you do not have either a scanner or a digital camera you are SOL
3. put them all together in a single folder
If the image files are small enough then they might all fit on a floppy disc (if you have such a drive)
this is to make step 3 below easier especialy if you wish to upload then display many pix
However if they are large as they will be if you were using a megapixel digital camera create a folder on your desktop
4 go to
http://www.imageshack.us
browse your computer to locate the folder or floppy drive
5 upload noting that there is a handy "resize image" option for large files, if necessary use the
640x480 (for message boards) option
6 upload
7 wait till uploading is complete
you should get a page listing a selection of codes with a thumbnail of the picture just uploaded in the page's centre
8 highlight and copy the bottom code
(which is actually the URL or address of the picture on image shack's server)
9 start a new corfid topic or reply
10 type your intoductory words
11 put your mouse cursor where you want the picture to apppear
12 look at the bottom of the page under the reply text box and see the section headed
"Instant UBB code" (UBB code-Ultimate Bulletin Board code) this is a special simplified version of the more common coding tags used by all web pages
13 select the last option in the right hand column "image"
14 click on it a pop-up box will er um pop up
15 delete the http:// that appears and paste in the image shack URL that is now on your clipboard (Tip use control and V)
16 press OK
automatically the URL surrounded by the UBB tags [img] and [/img] will appear in your reply text box where the cursor was
17 add a caption of your choice under that to tell readers what you are displaying and/or why
18 now check that it displays correctly by using the "preview" button
19 close this (preview) window and edit/correct typos etc if necessary
20 press "add reply or "add topic" as applicable
21 wait for all the glowing praise for your efforts!!
22 try to pat your own back and/or
23 grin hugely
John
24,I hope that helps a bit
[ October 09, 2006, 11:33: Message edited by: johnfowles ]