Posting pictures

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Bubba,

It's how you get the URL that's messing you up.

After I opened your image using the link in your post, I right clicked on it and chose 'open Image' and it opened in a new page. Then I copied the URL that was in the browser window at the top of the page and just used the 'Insert image' button in the menu above the normal dialog box where we all write our posts and it worked fine.

I hope I helped more better
~ Harlan



PS - The URL I copied looked like this if it helps you find what you need using the photo above when you're on that site -
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL171.../220074176.jpg

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[Badger]

Can someone tell me the trick?
When I preview all I see is red X so I delete post.
I use Picturetrail.com
Any help is appreicated. Hal, are you out there.

It's actually not very difficult and is well documented here ...

To learn more about about how to handle pics, please read this thread in the Q&A - Help Forums, which also appears as a "sticky" thread at the top of every forum on the site.

How do I upload pictures to my posts for storage on milsurps.com? (click here)

Some public hosting sites are awful in how they support giving out to the user web links, which they can use to post in threads on bulletin board sites like ours. As a registered member, you can use our own site here to store you pics in the Member's Photo Gallery (click here). Once you store you pics there, it's a simple matter of using the IMAGE code we give you to cut-n-paste those pics into your personal posts here.

If you still have problems, email them to me at badger@milsurps.com and I'll resize them for you, then post them in the appropriate thread you want under your name

Regards,
Doug

[Bubba-7]

Harlan,
Thanks for trying. When I go to the link in my post I get the picture. I right click it and do not get a choice to "Open Image". And under properties is a URL that is not the same as you posted.
I do not want to store all my pictures on your server. I will take the wtmr route for a few more years.

[Badger]

I will take the wtmr route for a few more years.

As I said to wtmr, it's pretty simple once you do it a few times.

Here's my standing offer for you as well ...

If I can help, I'd be happy to. If you sent me your contact information, perhaps I could telephone you at a convenient time when you are sitting in front of your computer and logged into the site, so I can talk you through a typical practice post on how to handle pics.

There are also Internet programs such as LogMeIn FREE (click here), which we can use so we can step you through the process on how to do it, while you watch your own computer screen.

Regards,
Doug

[wtmr]

I don't do directions well, my wife says I have selective vision and hearing. I am very lazy and when something is not super easy and requires thinking I don't do well. I had a I-phone for 3 months before a guy on a plane chuckled at me when I pulled mag glass out to read a email and look at a pic--it was like wow, all you had to do was touch screen with two fingers spread them and it blew it up (the pic). I found perfect solution here, I just email pics to Jim4m1's and he posts them!!! Works great nothing to figure out or remember. I am not downgrading this site I think its great, I just don't tech well. I use all apple stuff, don't have to know much that way. If you are like me and don't tech well do the apple stuff, people will think you are smart.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Great idea wtmr!
I wish you would have told me sooner and I wouldn't have spent so much time making the tutorials that don't work.

I'll get in touch with Doug and see if I can delete the 'How To' links and just insert links to Jim's home email!

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Hi Bubba,

I figured out the trouble. The link you used from Picture Trail is a link to all of your photos, so using that link can't display just one single photo here.

I couldn't see how to get a direct link by viewing your account photos, so I registered with picture trail and uploaded a photo to see how it works. (It's very similar to photobucket)

After you upload a photo to Picture Trail there's a box under it with several fields under it.
Click in the field that says 'Direct Image Link' and then copy it.




Come back to milsurps and click on the little button at the top of the dialogue box that looks like a little tree (insert image) -




Then paste the URL you copied into the box that pops up -




Then 'preview post' and you should see your image.



I hope this helps. After you do it a couple of times it seems easy.
As with everything to do with computers you just need to find where to 'click'

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

There you go Harlan. Trying to teach us old dogs new tricks.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

We old dogs can learn this stuff if we're motivated. I was late getting into computers. I never had an interest, but I was the product specialist for a large copier company and when all the equipment became digital and connected to networks I had to learn.

I was in one office troubleshooting a network issue and the office manager said, "You must be about my age. How do you know so much about computers?"
I just responded, "Because I need to eat"

[LimeyCarbineLover]

Wahey...thats great.....thanks for the step by step Harlan for that hosting site....even a complete computer "Luddite" like me can follow that and stops my son and daughters going "OH DAD !!!!" its simple.....

Regards

Limey