There are a variety of ways to post images in the forum threads. The first decision to make is whether to store your photos here at SeriousCompacts.com (via Gallery or attachments) or store them elsewhere on the web (eg, Flickr, Picasa Web, Zenfolio, Smugmug, your own server, etc).
We recommend that you store them elsewhere (eg, Flickr) for a few reasons:
You can get a lot more space that way. For example, Picasa Web offers 1GB of free storage, and images up to 2048 x 2048px don't count towards this limit if you are a Google + user (which is free to join). That is way more than we can offer members.
Other services like Flickr and Picasa Web will automatically provide resized versions of your image for you to share in our threads. We ask that you keep image display width to 1024px or less so as not to break the page format for others.
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If your image is already uploaded to the web (somewhere else like Flickr, Smugmug, Zenfolio, Picasa web albums, your blog, etc) you can use any one of the following methods:
Method #1: Click on the button, which you will see while making a post, and then paste the URL for the picture into the space provided.
Note that on some browsers (eg, Firefox), you will see an option to "Retrieve remote file and reference locally". Leave this box unchecked or else it will use your limited attachment space to store the image instead of referencing the image in its current location (eg, Flickr).
You must use the URL for the image itself, not the webpage where you currently have it stored. Usually you can get the URL for the image by right clicking on it and choosing "Copy Image URL" or clicking "Properties" and looking for a URL that starts with "http" and ends with either "jpg" or less commonly "jpeg".
Method #2: Use BBcode image tags like this:
Flickr users can copy the code provided by Flickr (Flickr gives you the option to use either BB Code or HTML - please use BB Code so that our members browsing with Tapatalk can see them) and paste it directly into the post where you want the image to appear. The code provided by Flickr includes a link back to your Flickr page:
Picasa Web users: Here are the steps for embedding a Picasa Web image on our site:
On the Picasa Web "My Photos" page, click your album.
Click the photo you'd like to embed.
Click Link to this Photo on the right sidebar.
Set the following preferences:
Select your preferred image size.
Optional: Select 'Hide album link' to remove a link to the containing album, which is displayed by default with the image. Select 'Image only (no link)' to get the image URL by itself, with no link back to Picasa Web Albums.
Copy the HTML (Ctrl-C) in the 'Embed image' field on the right-hand side.
Paste the HTML (Ctrl-V) in your post here at SeriousCompacts.com.
The Picasa Web interface looks like this:
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If you want your images to be hosted here at SeriousCompacts.com, there are two options:
Option #1: Upload your image to your SeriousCompacts member gallery and share it from there. Click here to learn more about our gallery.
Once an image is in your member gallery, all you need do to include it in a post is look underneath the Smilies, and you'll see a place called "My Photos". Click on the link below that which says "Insert", and that will take you to a popup window showing your gallery photos, which you can then select for display as thumbnail or original with or without an embedded link to your gallery.
If for some reason that doesn't work, here's an alternative method: When you view your image in the Gallery, underneath it, there should be something that looks like this:
Copy that code and paste it into your post where you want the image to appear.
Option #2: Upload as an attachment. Start by clicking the "Manage attachments" button (visible under "Additional Options" when making a post). If you upload as an attachment, a reduced size (large thumbnail) version will be shown with a link to the intended viewing size. The attachment method is a good option for very large images, but attachment space is very limited.
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Other tips and tricks:
You can use HTML as an alternative to [IMG] tags. The HTML would look like this:
HTML is nice for when you want to resize the image on the fly as in this example:
A variation in which you can choose a link for someone who clicks on your image would look like this:
If you want to show a mouseover (rollover) image, simply use the following code:
Flickr's new version and how to embed photos with HTML code
Just a note here for those who may be using Flickr for the first time, or never really got the hang of embedding photos from Flickr. Since Flickr's recent update, the preferred method is still the same, however there is a slight difference in how you get to the easy HTML option that Amin has outlined above.
You choose your photograph, then you use the drop down menu from the Share This option on Flickr. You need to choose the HTML code, highlight it, copy it, and then paste it in a reply window of a thread/topic here. I'm including a screenshot to that speaks to this much more clearly. I hope you'll find this helpful.
1024 is fine from what I recall. Yours looks quite small here, however. That method is fine, too. What prompted me to write is that I've noticed some people's photos embedded from Flickr still seem to have part of the code attached. Both this way and the way I explained avoid that and allow us to follow Flickr's "community guidelines" and link back to the Flickr webpage.
The best place to learn how to do things on the forum is by reading (and rereading in my case) the stickies in the Site Information forum. I know this seems pretty obvious, but let's face it many of us don't like to read our camera manuals or directions...but in this case these stickies really are a big help.
I'd also like to add that if anyone does run into problems, please post your questions in theHelp and Feedback forum in order to make sure that we (all of us members) see your questions right away. As much as I know that I try to read every post, I'm afraid I don't always seem to make it...and I'd hate to think that any "help" related questions or comments get overlooked. The great thing is that many of the members here are pretty savvy and will be glad to lend a hand when they can.
For anyone who is still not quite sure how to post images within the threads. Flickr has changed slightly but it's still pretty similar to what it was...click around and you'll see what I mean. Members may also use the Gallery option which is explained in the FAQ section.
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button, which you will see while making a post, and then paste the URL for the picture into the space provided.
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Bringing this "How To" thread up for some members who are on a need to know basis.
