quote:Originally posted by stationmaster:
Dear LSH you have to link your picture to a website before you can post it. You may have to send it to Mr. johnfowles for editing and linkage...
So sorry Laurel but you only get 2 out of 10 for that failure. If you reread my tutorial
you should notice the first step I pointed out was:-
"1.locate a picture already on a web site somewhere"
Unfortunately as the Stationmster pointed out you have tried to link to the picture file where you last put it
i.e.
C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Desktop/GL%26L.jpg
and then found that corfid cannot link to your hard drive!
I suspect that you tried to verify the address as I had advised by pasting that address into your browser's address bar and as the browser knows where your hard drive is the picture no doubt appeared.
BUT to be a kosher web site the address therefore should start with the internet linking protocol "http"
Agreed I did go on to say under item 3
"Or start your own free web site (suggestions and guide to follow)"
and this I have yet to write up but as an interim solution:-
Go to Sidney Freedmen's MSN group site:-
TheHomePageOfGordonLightfoot at:-
TheHomePageOfGordonLightfoot@groups.msn.com
sign-in to MSN Passport sign up if you haven't already
(hotmail e-mail users who also use MSN Messenger as I do will already have such a passport)
click on "pictures" then "add a picture"
at some point you will be asked if you want to "Install the MSN Photo Upload Control
This will take approximately 3 to 4 minutes with a 56-Kbps modem"
(if you don't you can upload one pic at a time it says)
create your own album
click "add photos"
In the left column you will see the contents of your computer
find the file you wish to upload
TIP have your pic on a floppy (that way I found it was far easier to locate)
click on the filename the pic should then appear in the main area, with a link under it "click to edit title"(so future visitors can see what or who it is)
click the "upload now" link in the upper right corner and when you are returned to your album page left click on the pic referring to your newly uploaded pic
to see it full sized in all its glory
then right click and select properties to see the pics address like this example
highlight and copy this address.
In that example the address contained a group of extraneuos numbers after the filename which really ended at "jpg" so I used the shorter version (as far as jpg only, first double checking that it worked by pasting it into a browser address box.Note that when the other day I tried to use a pic's address obtained that way on corfid the pic did not appear possibly because the URL was too long. So if using a long address seems to be causing that to happen create a nice short URL by going to:-
http://www.notlong/com
pasting the long URL in the upper box and think up and enter a nice easy name in front of where it says notlong.
then go back to corfid and paste the "notlong" address in between the [img] and [/img] tags
Here is the little screenshot of the CTV video that I displayed in one of the Peterborough topics earlier and have uploaded to that MSN group site
I do hope that is clear to anyone else who has trouble emulating Laurel!!
But as the stationmaster has so amply demonstrated once you get the hang of it you can have lots of fun choosing both
fixed and animated pics to display without damaging your computer or your health
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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot