Disclaimer, I copied most of the text from another forum I frequent and changed the links to apply to this forum because hey, why re-write an already good book. Partial credit goes to snakers@westernsubaruclub
"The upload folder is full. What do I do?"
"I can't attach my pics, they're too big!"
"I've never used a forum before." *goes crosseyed and jumps off a cliff*
If any of these statements or actions have applied to you, then here are some answers.
If you want to put pictures into your post, please create an account on a photo hosting site. This allows people to see FULL size pics in full quality.
Create an account on a photo hosting site. Here are a few suggestions.
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/
http://imageshack.us/
http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=photo+hosting+site&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=photo+hosting+site&fp=77ef83dc48050ee0
All of these sites have free and subscription options. They all have their ups and downs, pros and cons. They also have their own purposes. Make sure you choose the right one, or you'll have things happen that you didn't want to happen. Run out of bandwidth, run out of space, have pictures "disappear".
Flickr is a photographer community. It allows you to comment on and tag photos.
Photobucket is starting to add more and more features like flickr, but I find it to be more of a picture dumping site.
I deal with photobucket, so I'll give you some pointers on how to use the site here.
I'm not going to teach you how to take a picture and upload it. You can finger that out.
What I will show you is how to get the uploaded photo into a post on CGN.
Photobucket
First, figure out what works for you.
http://photobucket.com/pricing
Once the photo is uploaded, Photobucket gives you a list of ways you can share them.
Note that CGN uses BBCode, so you will want to look for the [ img] tag lines. In the below example, it's the highlighted option.
Now you can paste that code into your post, like so:
Hit post, and you will see your fancy picture now embedded in the post!!
"The upload folder is full. What do I do?"
"I can't attach my pics, they're too big!"
"I've never used a forum before." *goes crosseyed and jumps off a cliff*
If any of these statements or actions have applied to you, then here are some answers.
If you want to put pictures into your post, please create an account on a photo hosting site. This allows people to see FULL size pics in full quality.
Create an account on a photo hosting site. Here are a few suggestions.
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/
http://imageshack.us/
http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=photo+hosting+site&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=photo+hosting+site&fp=77ef83dc48050ee0
All of these sites have free and subscription options. They all have their ups and downs, pros and cons. They also have their own purposes. Make sure you choose the right one, or you'll have things happen that you didn't want to happen. Run out of bandwidth, run out of space, have pictures "disappear".
Flickr is a photographer community. It allows you to comment on and tag photos.
Photobucket is starting to add more and more features like flickr, but I find it to be more of a picture dumping site.
I deal with photobucket, so I'll give you some pointers on how to use the site here.
I'm not going to teach you how to take a picture and upload it. You can finger that out.
What I will show you is how to get the uploaded photo into a post on CGN.
Photobucket
First, figure out what works for you.
http://photobucket.com/pricing
Once the photo is uploaded, Photobucket gives you a list of ways you can share them.
Note that CGN uses BBCode, so you will want to look for the [ img] tag lines. In the below example, it's the highlighted option.
Now you can paste that code into your post, like so:
Hit post, and you will see your fancy picture now embedded in the post!!
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