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How to post a picture in a thread! - 10/11/2006 1:29:32 PM    DevilsReject Toys For Tots Fund Contributor Posts: 7976 Joined: 7/29/2005 From: Indianapolis, Indiana a.k.a Hell Status: online A lot of members as of late have had issues in adding pictures to their posts. So, to fix this problem, here's a quick how to get your pictures to show up in a thread. First, let's start with the forum rules.... Every post you create will allow you to post up to 5 pictures. The total file size of these 5 pictures can NOT exceed 500kb. Now, for those of you with digital cameras, this can be a huge problem. Most digicam pictures are anywhere from 800kb to 3mb in file size EACH! So, before you can post these pictures up, you first have to resize them. For this, you need to have a file re-sizing program. The pretty common ones are Microsoft Paint, Microsoft Picture Manager (comes with Office XP and Office 2003) LView Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, and Macromedia Fireworks. The last 3 are expensive and not so common. Need help resizing your pictures to make them fit? Here's a quick, easy way if you dont have any photo resizing programs....you can also PM me on the forum... 1) Go to www.resize2mail.com 2) Select option below (25% smaller 75%smaller etc..) 3) Click chose, and chose the correct image 4) Click ok 5) Right click on image after it is loaded and save as (desktop) Now, the first thing we need to do is check your picture's file size. In order to do this, find the picture you wish to use and right click on the picture and choose properties. Thumbnail Image Once you do this, a window will appear with technical jargon that says the name of the picture (joescrabshack), the file type (jpeg, gif), and it should also include the file size in kb (144kb). This will let you know right away how big the picture is...and also how many you can post in one post without having to resize them. Thumbnail Image If your picture or pictures are under 500kb, and they are the appropriate file types (gif,txt,jpeg) then you can proceed to post your pictures. You go ahead and type in your text in your post. Thumbnail Image Once you've typed in your text, you will see a box in the lower left hand corner marked "Embed Picture in Post" Check this box. Thumbnail Image Once you've checked the box, click the red highlighted text next to it that says Click here to upload! This will give you a window that will allow you to add pictures. Thumbnail Image Clicking the Browse button in the window that popped up, will allow you to search for your pictures and select them to be added to the post. Depending on how many pictures you have stored in a certain location, this could take you a while Thumbnail Image Once you find your picture, click okay and it will upload them to the page. You should get a File Uploaded confirmation window that you will click ok on. Thumbnail Image Thumbnail Image Once your done with that, you simply click OK on the post and post your post. If you followed these instructions correctly, your post will look JUST like this.... Thumbnail Image Congratulations on posting your pictures!!!! There is another way to post a picture called embedding. However, this requires you to host the picture on another site....and that picture could be lost at any moment if that other site goes down. < Message edited by DevilsReject -- 12/9/2006 8:29:15 PM > _____________________________ Post #: 1

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