Pictures?

[fastbackfiero]

Whats up everyone? How do I post pictures? On the forum for my Fiero I could'nt get my pictures of the car on. I'm not very good at computers.

Thanks, Mike

[Jairus]

I am going to answer this question once and then refer people to this thread for the answer because I can see this question coming up alot!

Photo storage:

To post pictures on this Forum you need your pictures stored somewhere OFF your computer. There are many photo hosting sites, some free and some with a nominal charge, that will work. Fotki and Photobucket are just two of many. You can also store your pic's on a web site if you have access. You just cannot store them on your computer or on this forum.

Photo size:

A good size to shoot for is 720 x 490 pixels (10 x 4.5 inches) at 72dpi. Thats a file size of 156Kb. We want to keep this forum friendly for everyone including those who still have dial-up. Shooting pictures with your own camera, set the resolution for SQ2. Any higher quality and you will need some type of photocropping software on your computer that can reduce the size.

Photo posting:

Ok, lets say that you now have an account on Fotki! Those pictures now have an address in the system you can access. That address is in the address line of your browser. You can highlight and copy that address. Open a new browser window, paste that address and hit Enter. If the picture opens in the new window then you can post that address on this Forum and everyone will see it! If it opens the "picture hostings web site" asking for a pass word.... it won't work on this Forum.

But... let's just say that it works.

OK, you click "Post Reply" or "New Topic" and you start typing in the little box.

Up above the box are a row of buttons, among them is one labeled (Img).

Click that button + Paste or type the address for the picture you want to post + click (Img) again.

It should look something like this:

[ ] - Brackets tell the browser that something important goes next.

[/ ] - Brackets with a back slash tells the browser to turn something off.

You have to have both for the photo to post like this:

[bigphoto]

Hey Jairus , maybe you could add the pic instructions to the index or up in

the area by the links ti FAQ, search etc..........

Just an idea. :mrgreen:

P.S. great shot of the cat I have some pics of a cat I had when he was a kitten batting at cars on TV during the Indy 500 about 13yrs ago.

[lordairgtar]

That's no ordinary cat, that is the forum IT guy. LOL

[weasel]

also, if you just take the cursor to the img box, it'll show the correct 'addy'to use....

[SoCalCarCulture]

Mike

It looks like you have a free Fotki account, you need a paid account in order to post individual pics. The free account only allows you to post a link to your album.

[charlie]

that cat is crazy looking it must like to watch TV

[kod38]

get a photobucket account.

It's free and really easy to use.

Doug R