How to upload pics

[Pottsy]

Firstly you have to prepare your photos. Trying to post photos straight from the camera just won't work - they're far too big. For posting photos in a forum, they need to be small.

Use a photo editing program (Paint Shop Pro, or the Gimp which is free) to open the photo. Reduce the size to 640x480, then do a bit of sharpening. Save this as a new jpg file. This new small file is the one to upload.

OR

Use an online tool such as http://www.picnik.com. You can upload your photo, resize it to 640 x 480, apply sharpening (10 seems about right), and then save as a jpg (quality 8 is good).

Now, in a new post or having pressed "Post Reply" (not "Quick Reply"), you will see the attachments button (it's a little paperclip):



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This will open the attachments window:


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Click Browse and browse to the photo. Double check that the photo is 800 wide or less (640 is good) and less than 256Kb. Click on the photo name and press open.



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Then press upload and the photo will appear in the "Current attachments". You can browse and upload several times to add several photos.


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When you're done, press "Close this window" and the list of photos will appear underneath your message:


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[Pottsy]

Here's an advanced tip.

Load up your attachments so you have a list, ready to post. Hover over the link to your attachment, and you'll see, in the url, an "attachmentid". This id is a number (I've just done one and it's 562).

Now, in your post put the following code, anywhere you like in the text:

[attach]562[/attach]

and you get the attachment in the post like this:

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and not grouped together at the end.

So you can re-order them and bung them in the text. Happy days!

All taken from the FAQ (link at the top of the page).

[richierich]

Got to have a go at that...

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In case you wonder its a cigarette dispenser, seem to have lost that in the move too. The fags come out of its bum.

[Pottsy]

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Here's an advanced tip.

Load up your attachments so you have a list, ready to post. Hover over the link to your attachment, and you'll see, in the url, an "attachmentid". This id is a number (I've just done one and it's 562).

Now, in your post put the following code, anywhere you like in the text:

[attach]562[/attach]

OR

Having uploaded the files, when your cursor is where you want to insert the picture, click on the paperclip again and pick the image you want to drop into the post. Magic!

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[czechplastik]

Semi-relevant....How do you paste youtube videos directly on-site?

[Pottsy]

Originally Posted by czechplastik

Semi-relevant....How do you paste youtube videos directly on-site?

Like this.

[czechplastik]

Thank-you kind sir!

[Pottsy]

Added reference to http://www.picnik.com online resizing and sharpening.

[Charles_Harding]

Got some movie files ending in .wmv

Can they be bunged on the site please?

"Money makes money, and the money money makes makes money!"

Charles H.

[Pottsy]

Charles,

By far the best way to do this is to load the files onto Youtube. Then post them neatly using this:
Embed youtube video

[Charles_Harding]

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Charles,

By far the best way to do this is to load the files onto Youtube. Then post them neatly using this:
Embed youtube video

Cheers!

Never been near Youtube in my life!

Might build up confidence and try later!

"I'm gonna spend a year dead, for tax reasons!"

Charles H.