shred Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Here's how to create a link from a small picture to a big one. This is what you need to do if you want to post some pictures that are bigger than the forum limit for people to look at. It's also handy if you have a bandwidth-limited account-- your pictures will stay up longer on free sites and it'll cost you less if you pay by the megabyte. It should look like this when you're done: click here or on picture for big version Here's the directions-- they're more complicated to read than actually doing it: First, get two versions of your picture online-- one small one suitable for embedding into a post (less than 500 pixels, please), and the original big, huge one. Then you need to post the small image as a link to the big one. The easy way for a PC user is to open the big version of your picture in a browser from the website its on (make sure it's not a link already by clicking on it until nothing happens), then right-click on it, and select "Copy Link Location" (FireFox users) or "Copy Shortcut" (IE users). Then click the http:// button in the post editor. Paste in the picture location that you copied when it asks for a URL. You can leave the title alone or make it "click here to see my big'uns" or whatever. You'll get a string of code in your post that looks like so: [URL=http://www.shred2.net/~shred/gallery/ColumbusCup/IMG_1810.jpg]click here for big version[/URL] Now go copy the internet location of the smaller image like you did the big one. Press the IMG button this time and paste in that location when it asks for the image location. You'll get another line of code looking like [IMG=http://www.shred2.net/~shred/gallery/ColumbusCup/IMG_1810] Now do a cut-and-paste of everything from to [ /IMG], including those tags and their brackets and stick it either next to or in place of what you wrote for the web page title, so your your code looks like this (make sure it gets in after the ] and before the [ /URL]): [URL=http://www.shred2.net/~shred/gallery/ColumbusCup/IMG_1810.jpg]click here for big version [IMG=http://www.shred2.net/albums/ColumbusCup/IMG_1810.thumb.jpg][/URL] Hit Preview Post and see if it looks OK, but don't click the picture, or you may lose the post you were working on. So long as it looks ok, post it, then check it. If it didn't work, go back and try again. --- If for some reason the link shortcuts you got don't end in .jpg or .gif or another picture format (the board will complain), you may need to right-click the images you want and select Properties, then manually copy the image location instead of using the Copy Shortcut or Copy Location commands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Either that or the Gallery Dominatrix will remove your photo, re-size it, then request that you take delivery on it thru e-mail and you'll need to repost it yourself. There's no other way. The oversize images cause several kinds of technical problemos for the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling White Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Just spank me little purple behind Gallery Dom if its not right! Thanks for the lesson on "how to" Shred! - you number 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Pin these instructions. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 With the recent forum software upgrade, you can now just attach your pictures to your posts. The post will have a thumbnail the reader can click on to see the full-size picture, opened in a new window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Yes, things have changed since last December. Of course, the easiest solution of all is to just post modest-to-medium sized pics in the first place and not have to bother with ANY of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Get Em VixZen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folsoml Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Shred makes it sound so easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeypoker Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Is there an easy way to post my pic's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedaeng Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Good question TP. It has been over 8 years since the original instructions were posted. Has anything changed to make the posting of photos easier for the user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter3 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Christmas present from wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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