Rustynuts Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 So, you want to have a picture in your post and don't know what to do? Loads of people are asking this so here's a quick "How to". First up, where's your picture? If you have it on your computer then here's the format. Start a new thread or reply to another one, and you'll be looking at the text box like this. Down near the bottom you'll see a "Manage Attachments" button. Click this and it'll open a pop up window like this. Click the "Browse" button, and search for your picture on your computer. Only you know where you keep them so that's up to you. Then double click the pic you want to insert and click the "Upload button. It'll take a few seconds to upload and then you can close the pop up window. Then look back down to the "Manage Attachments" area and you'll see it's changed. There's your picture attachment, uploaded and ready to use. So, that's got it hosted right here on TSN, and all you need to do now is insert it into your message. To do this just click on the pic attachment you want to use (I've got a few there which I've uploaded in the course of making this thread) and a new window will open showing your picture. Then highlight the complete url in the address bar at the top of your browser, right click and copy it. Then come back to your new message page and click the "Insert picture" button (cunningly disguised as a picture of a mountain)... ...and a new pop up will appear. Paste the previously copied url into the pop up box... ...and click "Ok". There. Now you can preview your post and see if it worked. If it didn't then you've done something wrong. If your picture is hosted already on another site, all you need to do is copy the url where it exists and use the "Insert Picture" routine without the upload bit. However, what happens then is that the site where the pic is hosted will get massive bandwidth useage if loads of people view your post with the picture in (called "Hotlinking"). Much better to have it hosted somewhere relevant like here instead of stealing bandwidth from other places. If it's your server then that's fine, but if it was my server I'd probably substitute a different pic to the same location and you'd get a picture of my arse instead of what I originally had there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Good work fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Tone_ Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Nice one! The only issue is that my IE7 browser does not show the emoticos and text chaging tool bars, what do I need to do? I have flash, and all the java stuff installed - but no ability to do any advanced editing or posting? Cheers Tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Are you just using quick reply at the bottom of a thread? If so click the post reply button to the left after the last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Nice one!The only issue is that my IE7 browser does not show the emoticos and text chaging tool bars, what do I need to do? I have flash, and all the java stuff installed - but no ability to do any advanced editing or posting? Cheers Tone Did you read my reply in the Test Forum thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Could someone remind me how to make large pictures posted. I know how to attach a picture, but rather than a user having to click to make a image large, it would be nice to see them on the post in full page size. Ref this post http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/topic/142993-new-mx5/#entry1782831 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 You need the url (web address) of the picture if you're stealing it from t'net. Right click on the image and open in new tab or copy address. On the iPad etc, just hold your finger on the image. If it's one thing of your own pictures pictures then you need to host it somewhere ... Photobucket, live drive, Dropbox etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) I normally end up getting the infuriating "this community does not allow that image extension" message and end up searching for a similar (but usually sh1tter) image with a different extension. For example, there are far better pictures of that Orange MG thing I posted in Woppums thread, but the forum wouldn't let me use them, so we ended up with those two crap pics instead. Edited January 29, 2016 by Tipex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Oh for a web site that is progressive enough to self host pictures, of the very subject the site is about. Admin, would it really hurt to allow better upload of car pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 I normally end up getting the infuriating "this community does not allow that image extension" message and end up searching for a similar (but usually sh1tter) image with a different extension. What was the image extension then?? We allow most normal images, jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif, png, tiff, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 I can't remember to be honest, I'll try and remember to post back here next time it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sometimes it's because Twitter et al use a ".jpeglarge" suffix. Just edit it to .jpeg and it works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 It's a piece of piss. End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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