How to post photos in the forum

Hi,

I decided to write a quick tutorial on how to do it. First of all, do yourself a favour and leave old browsers right now. Internet Explorer 7, 8, etc...

Just download and install a modern one, like Google Chrome or Firefox. Don't go ahead until you really do this. Really.

Then prepare your photos. If you want some advice on how to take then, you can take a read on various articles in my website.

After you have them, it's a good idea to downsize them to about 1-2 Megapixels. The more you have, the more you will last to upload... and the more we have to wait to see them.

You can use free imaging software like Xnview or Picasa. If you are using Picasa, which I highly recommend, after installing it, be sure to add the folder that contains the photos:

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then select the images you want to downsize (they appear here with a thin blue border):

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Now prepare to Export them:

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And select these options:

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Click Export and you are done:

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Then, click on 'Upload file':

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Then a window will appear. select all the photos you like. You know, hold Ctrl key (Cmd in Mac) while you clic over the images to select more than one. Then, clic OK and you will start uploading them:

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After a few moments, upload will end:

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Now it's time to start writing. You can just write and post it. If you prefer to insert images between paragraphs, do write and when you want to insert an image just place the cursor and click over 'Thumbnail' on the image you want:

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so it will appear:

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That's it!

Please don't insert them as Full size because that causes the entire post to become hard to read, not only in computers but especially in smartphones and tablets. Here's what happens when you insert a photo at "Full size" and then want to read it in your smartphone:

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It doesn't look great, huh? Indded not.

Now look how it looks when you insert it as thumbnails:

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And when you click on it:

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Great, huh?

If you want to center it, click here:

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How to insert all the images you uploaded​

If youclick over "Insert every image as...":

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you'll get this:

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I first didn't like that but I actually like it. To re-arrange you'll have to place the cursor between them and hit Intro:

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You can insert them one by one. Place the cursor, insert a thumbnail, hit Intro twice to go down two lines, click Insert again... and so on.

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How to upload an image from another website​

first of all, go to the other website and right click over the image. Copy its address:



then click over this button:

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And paste the copied address:

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Click Insert, and that's it!

NOTE: The image will remain stored in the other website and NOT copied to this one. That means that image services like tinypic, Imageshack... will delete them after some time. And they will dissappear from here. If you want a copy here, donwload them and upload here.

How to add a link to your image:​

select it (so it becomes blueish) and click here:

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And then write your link:

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That's useful for your auctions.

 

You can skip the Picasa steps and upload directly if you wish. You just need a faster connection or wait more time.
What browser are you using and how much time is since you installed or updated it?

 

No problem; you can just upload the photos directly using Safari. It just will take more time to upload than if you downsize them a bit.

 

I don't understand what you mean.
You just have to follow this tutorial from the point where I say "Then, click on 'Upload file'" (look for the 6th image) and that's all. I've recently discovered that in fact you can drag and drop the images directly to the reply field and it will upload them too. As easy as that.

 

Im sorry philip to not reply you earlier.
As you're using Mac and me Windows, I cannot help you more. If you have a friend that knows more about using the MAc, ask him how to do this...
My two cents.