Picture & Video Posting Sites & Pic Posting Help

Chuck

Moderator (One of the Men in Black!)
Staff member
I did a cut and paste on Dave's Forum post in another Topic so that I could Sticky these links to the top of the Forum.

You can Post to a site such as:
http://www.4shared.com/
http://tinypic.com/

http://photobucket.com/  (Submitted by gpower)

Then copy the link to the file in your BGU forum message.

Bluewater

Some additional sites for posting pictures and Videos (Though not near as easy as the Links above!) are as follow:

http://www.myspace.com/

http://www.facebook.com/

Chuck

I locked this post so we don't get a lot of clutter. If anyone wants to add a Link, either post it below, or PM either myself or John, and we will add it to the Topic.

I'm trying to keep these helpful links from getting buried
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Chuck

Moderator (One of the Men in Black!)
Staff member
Picture Posting Instructions.

It may be helpful to print this first.

Now for posting regular pics! Please Use the Test Section, as I did, to play with these instructions. It makes it easier to find and clean up later.

I used these instructions to post my pics in the Test Area.

Post a picture on your desktop, or anywhere that you can easily find it. Make sure the file is saved a .jpg, or .jpeg (If you want to post this picture on the Forum, it must be less than 350k. Paint Brush, and most grapics programs will re-size the picture for you.  
 
Now, Go to: http://tinypic.com If you don't have an account(Free), create one at this time. Thank Bluewater (Dave) for turning us on to this site!  
 
Once you have an account, sign in, and click Upload, select the Image button, Below that click on the "Resize" option.  
 
For personal pic next to your name on this Forum, select "Message Board" 640x480.  
 
After the file post to your account, click on the image.  
 
Your image will highlight, and give you a few options. Select "View Raw Image"  
 
Your image will come up in a new window, with the address at the top ending in .jpg (ie: http://i44.tinypic.com/30l1nr8.jpg) Make sure the Address ends in .jpg (or .jpeg) or it will not post to the YaBBC Forum.  
 
Highlight the address bar, and right click your mouse and select "Copy"  

Now go to the area of the forum you want to post a picture in.

There are several buttons above the text window. Click the 3rd one from the left (Insert Image), and you will see these symbols appear in the text window:   (img)(/img)

You must insert the address you copied between the symbols.

(img)   Right click between the two, and select "Paste" your address should appear where this typing is.  (/img) Note: there will be Brackets around the IMG, and /IMG. The brackets won't post for these instructions.

Then Click "Preview" or "Post" and your picture should appear. (Note: If you clicked "Preview", make sure you click "Post" before leaving the page or all is lost.)

If you want, you may attach a picture from your computer, by clicking on the Browse button below the text window. Browse to the location on your Computer that contains the file you want to attach. If it is a picture, it must be less than 250 KB (Or any file for that matter)

Files must be of the type specified in the note below the Browse Button. If you did it right, it will look something like my post in the teast section.

I Hope this helps, It can be frustrating!
 

Chuck

Moderator (One of the Men in Black!)
Staff member
Posting a Personal Pic with your Name (Avatar)

Post a picture on your desktop, or anywhere that you can easily find it. Make sure the file is saved a .jpg, or .jpeg (If you want to post this picture on the Forum, it must be less than 350k. Paint Brush, and most grapics programs will re-size the picture for you.

Now, Go to: http://tinypic.com If you don't have an account(Free), create one at this time. Thank Bluewater (Dave) for turning us on to this site!

Once you have an account, sign in, and click Upload, select the Image button, Below that click on the "Resize" option.  

For personal pic next to your name on this Forum, select Avatar.

After the file post to your account, click on the image.

Your image will highlight, and give you a few options. Select "View Raw Image"

Your image will come up in a new window, with the address at the top ending in .jpg (ie: http://i44.tinypic.com/30l1nr8.jpg) Make sure the Address ends in .jpg (or .jpeg) or it will not post to the YaBBC Forum.

Highlight the address bar, and rightclick your mouse and select "Copy"

Now go to your profile page here on the BGU forum and select Options.

In the first Block, select "No Pic"

In the next Block, select "Have Own Pic"

Click on the address window, and then Right click, select Paste, and the address you copied should appear in the window.

Now scroll down to the bottom, and click "Change Profile"

It will advance to the next page, click "Change Profile" again.

That should do it! I hope this helps, I know it can be frustrating. I did follow these same procedures, and posted my new Avatar to my profile, so I know it works.
 

johnc

systematic
Re: Picture & Video Posting Sites & Pic Posting He

To insert images from photobucket:

Once you have opened your free account.

Upload your photos in a web friendly format like jpeg and save them to an Album that you create for that group of pics.

You can resize them in photobucket if desired 640 x 480 is a good size

Once uploaded and saved, open the album.  
At the bottom of the page there is a check box to select all photos.
Click on the check box and the toolbar RHS will become active.

Click on "Generate HTML and IMG code"

A new page will appear with all the types of links required for your pics.

For the forum IMG codes go to the second bottom section "IMG images for message boards"

Select one or more of the IMG files listed and right click 'copy'.

Now go to your new message post on the forum and right click 'paste' into your message.

This should work without the need to use the 'Insert Image' button because the files already are coded correctly.

If you copy/paste a plain URL address you will need to use the 'Insert Image' feature.  Just pass your mouse pointer over the toolbar buttons above and it will show their function, but it is the 3rd button from the left in the top row. Paste your address between the two sets of IMG brackets that are placed on your message but clicking on the button.

Clear as mud?? Good luck
 
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wolfguitar

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Re: Picture & Videhto Posting Sites & Pic Posting Help

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