How to post images
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:11 pm
There are multiple ways to post images. You can link them in through an external host (like Flickr) or you can attach them to your post.
Read further to learn how to use Flickr. Read the following post to learn about attaching an image to your post.
Step 1 - Open a Flickr account
Go to http://www.flickr.com and create a FREE account. It's a free image sharing website owned by yahoo.
Step 2 - Log in and upload your pictures
Log in, choose upload.
Browse to the photos you want to upload (one at a time)
Add a tag (a label or a key word.)
Make sure it's set to public
Hit upload
You can then give it Name and Description
Flickr officially supports JPEGs, non-animated GIFs and PNGs.
As you publish photos they are compressed and re-sized by Flickr (if necessary) in the following sizes:
75x75 pixels
120 pixels (on the longest side)
240 pixels
500 pixels
Large (1024 pixels)
And the original size (if you hold a pro account)
To protect people from downloading your photos: Go to Your Account page, then click on Allowing Downloads.
You can set the download privileges to any of these settings:
Only You
Your Friends and/or Family
Your Contacts
Any Flickr User
Anyone (Default)
Step 3 – Get the links to your image
In Flickr, browse your pictures and choose the one you would like to link to.
Just above the photo, should be a button for Share this
Click it and then click Grab the HTML/BBCode
Near the bottom, make sure to click the BBCode box.
Select a size (both medium [500 width or 640 width] are best)
Select and Copy (Ctrl+C) the resulting code int he box.
Step 4 – Add the image to the forum post
Reply to an existing topic, or create a new one.
Paste in the code you copied from Flickr.
You can type additional content on the next lines, or past in more Flickr codes for other images.
Press Submit to post.
There are many other options in Flickr, that allow you to add notes, comments, albums and slideshows. check out all the options when you have time.
Read further to learn how to use Flickr. Read the following post to learn about attaching an image to your post.
Step 1 - Open a Flickr account
Go to http://www.flickr.com and create a FREE account. It's a free image sharing website owned by yahoo.
Step 2 - Log in and upload your pictures
Log in, choose upload.
Browse to the photos you want to upload (one at a time)
Add a tag (a label or a key word.)
Make sure it's set to public
Hit upload
You can then give it Name and Description
Flickr officially supports JPEGs, non-animated GIFs and PNGs.
As you publish photos they are compressed and re-sized by Flickr (if necessary) in the following sizes:
75x75 pixels
120 pixels (on the longest side)
240 pixels
500 pixels
Large (1024 pixels)
And the original size (if you hold a pro account)
To protect people from downloading your photos: Go to Your Account page, then click on Allowing Downloads.
You can set the download privileges to any of these settings:
Only You
Your Friends and/or Family
Your Contacts
Any Flickr User
Anyone (Default)
Step 3 – Get the links to your image
In Flickr, browse your pictures and choose the one you would like to link to.
Just above the photo, should be a button for Share this
Click it and then click Grab the HTML/BBCode
Near the bottom, make sure to click the BBCode box.
Select a size (both medium [500 width or 640 width] are best)
Select and Copy (Ctrl+C) the resulting code int he box.
Step 4 – Add the image to the forum post
Reply to an existing topic, or create a new one.
Paste in the code you copied from Flickr.
You can type additional content on the next lines, or past in more Flickr codes for other images.
Press Submit to post.
There are many other options in Flickr, that allow you to add notes, comments, albums and slideshows. check out all the options when you have time.