Pictures- a how to include in either a post or for avatar.

All pictures must be hosted by a third party site. Here is a short list of some of the more popular sites for photo sharing.

Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
Photobucket - http://photobucket.com/
Snapfish - http://www.snapfish.com/
Smugmug - http://www.smugmug.com/
Shutterfly - http://www.shutterfly.com/
flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
PictureTrail - http://www.picturetrail.com

Pictures in posts - Once your picture is uploaded to the photo sharing site, copy the IMG Code and paste into your post. If the link already includes [img] before and [/img] after the URL, then paste it directly into your post. If it doesn't, use the http://windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/ima...nsertimage.gif button and paste the URL into the dialog box.

Avatars- If you are selecting a picture for your avatar, for best results, it should be 48 x 48 in size. Most photo sharing sites give you the option to resize your pictures to an avatar size. Enter the Direct Link (URL) and paste into the spot to Enter Avatar URL. Save changes.

Flickr instructions (as of Jan 2011):
1. Click on your photo in Flickr to open it.
2. Click on the small arrow next to SHARE THIS - top left of the photo.
3. Select "Grab the HTML/BBCode"
4. Select BBCode (not HTML, which is default)
5. Select the size of photo you want from the drop down box, eg. small, thumbnail
6. Copy the code that appears in the box. Make sure you have caught all of it!
7. Paste this code directly into your forum post - do not use the Image (mountain) button for this.

I can't get the avatar menu under my control panel to allow me to do anything. Still part of the update to be completed, I assume?

*Why* can I not post a link from flikr for an avatar?! I keep coming with with "invalid file". I'm so confused...
:(

I figured it out! Yippie Skippy!

so not working...[IMG]<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Hondonan/MyPictures/photo?authkey=xFjcM35_nog#5187325371708883938"><im g src="http://lh3.google.com/Hondonan/R_0U8SMUQ-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/w4q0GEcCZfo/s400/rodysmaller.JPG" /></a>[/IMG]

http://<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Hondonan/MyPictures/photo?authkey=xFjcM35_nog#5187325371708883938"><im g src="http://lh3.google.com/Hondonan/R_0U8SMUQ-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/w4q0GEcCZfo/s400/rodysmaller.JPG" /></a>

http://lh3.google.com/Hondonan/R_0U8...odysmaller.JPG

Nancy, here's what I did to get the image to appear in your post.

I copied just this part of the link you were trying to post:
http://lh3.google.com/Hondonan/R_0U8...odysmaller.JPG

Then I clicked the picture button above the post
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin...nsertimage.gif
and pasted the link into the dialog box.

HTH!

ok lets seel

http://picasaweb.google.com/cuencasi...00999438338098

I think you need to right-click on the picture and hit properties to get the actual link for just the picture, not the album view.

Then, click the button that looks like this
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin...nsertimage.gif
and paste the link into the popup window.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_QNCfrdoxQE0/S2...0/P1003069.jpg

And in case anyone is wondering..here are the instructions for getting the Enhanced Editor which allows the smilies.

User CP > Edit Options > near the bottom of the page, look for Message Editor Interface. Set this to either Standard or Enhanced (I use Enhanced).

Thanks to the OP.

Hi-- I tried to post a picture out of Shutterfly, but I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I used the picture icon (with the mountains) and tried to paste the URL in there from Shutteryfly, but it just came up blank.

Like this:

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/v...#1272765513697


Any ideas or suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?

Shutterfly is definitely not the easiest site to post pictures from. I use www.picturetrail.com when I want to post something to a forum. It's quick and easy.

I just tried this and it worked:

1. Log in to Shutterfly and pull up the Album containing the pic you want to post. Double-click on the picture to open it.
2. Right-click on the picture and choose Properties. Copy the entire URL. (Be careful to copy the whole thing - it will not all be visible on the screen.) The URL should look something like this (minus the spaces): http ://im1.shutterfly. com/media /47b9cc20b3127ccef8966f4f5ed000000050O00AbNHDFw4aOG IPbz4G /cC/f%3D0/ ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry %3D400/
3. When posting here, click the http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin...nsertimage.gif icon and paste the picture's URL.
4. Please be aware, this may violate Shutterfly's terms of service. They do have a Share Your Pictures option, but I couldn't figure out how to embed a picture using that method. If someone knows how and would like to post, that would probably be more in line with their Terms & Conditions.

Thanks.....I got it to work!

Here is the pic I posted in the craft thread...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8...D720/ry%3D480/

Test from Snapfish-

http://images2e.snapfish.com/2323232...47549344nu0mrj

From Snapfish- open the picture you want to share, right click on the pic and choose "Copy Image URL" from the menu. Select the Insert Image Icon and paste the link in the dialog box.

testing

ETA: crap, still cant manage

http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/sl...NAME=snapfish/http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/sl...NAME=snapfish/I don't see the photo mountain ikon. What am I doing wrong?
eta:test
eta: never mind, didn't work :(

http://images1.snapfish.com/23232323...5%3B3249ot1lsi

Ive been here for many many years and have never been able to post a picture other than as an attachment since the move to the new software. :(

Quote:

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Originally Posted by katydid1971

http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/sl...NAME=snapfish/http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/sl...NAME=snapfish/eta: never mind, didn't work :(

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Do you see the correct pic in your post now? If so, what you need to do is log in to your Snapfish account and pull up the photo you want to post. Right-click on the photo and go to Properties. Copy the entire document name. It will start out like this and then be followed by gibberish: http://images1.snapfish.com/232323232%.......

That is what you'll put as the link when clicking on the
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin...nsertimage.gif
button. HTH!

Flickr has changed their settings and I can't get it to work AT ALL

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Originally Posted by bubbaray

Flickr has changed their settings and I can't get it to work AT ALL

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I use PictureTrail for images I'm going to be posting to forums, and it's free, quick and easy. It provides the URL in various formats automatically when you upload the picture so that you can just copy and paste.

Here are the current instructions for posting pics to the forum from Flickr:

1. Click on your photo in Flickr to open it.
2. Click on the small arrow next to SHARE THIS - top left of the photo.
3. Select "Grab the HTML/BBCode"
4. Select BBCode (not HTML, which is default)
5. Select the size of photo you want from the drop down box, eg. small, thumbnail
6. Copy the code that appears in the box. Make sure you have caught all of it!
7. Paste this code directly into your forum post - do not use the Mountain button for this.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by missym

Do you see the correct pic in your post now? If so, what you need to do is log in to your Snapfish account and pull up the photo you want to post. Right-click on the photo and go to Properties. Copy the entire document name. It will start out like this and then be followed by gibberish: http://images1.snapfish.com/232323232%.......

That is what you'll put as the link when clicking on the
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin...nsertimage.gif
button. HTH!

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That picture didn't show up last night when I was doing the trial. Maybe something at Snapfish was delaying it. I have a love/hate relationship with snapfish.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by missym

Here are the current instructions for posting pics to the forum from Flickr:

1. Click on your photo in Flickr to open it.
2. Click on the small arrow next to SHARE THIS - top left of the photo.
3. Select "Grab the HTML/BBCode"
4. Select BBCode (not HTML, which is default)
5. Select the size of photo you want from the drop down box, eg. small, thumbnail
6. Copy the code that appears in the box. Make sure you have caught all of it!
7. Paste this code directly into your forum post - do not use the Mountain button for this.

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Just a FYI warning, when I did it exactly this way in Flickr, the picture was clickable in the thread (there is a hand over the picture instead of an arrow) and linked back to my Flickr account with my real name. I had to re-do everything in a Picasa account under my BBB name. I ended up copying the URL in Link to Photo but select "Image only, no link" and use the mountain button.

Still not sure why it ended up being a clickable link in Flickr.

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Originally Posted by katydid1971

That picture didn't show up last night when I was doing the trial. Maybe something at Snapfish was delaying it. I have a love/hate relationship with snapfish.

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I'm sorry I was unclear. I edited your post to figure out what you were doing wrong, so that's why the picture is showing up at the bottom of your post now. You should also see the red X's at the top of your post from the broken links you originally posted. You need to follow the instructions I gave you. I'm not sure how you were doing it last night, but the link you were using was not the same as what you'll get following those instructions.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7...D550/ry%3D400/
Testing

Testing too :)

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL10.../394604416.jpg

testing

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL62.../394658397.jpg

testing

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_a...lers%20004.JPG

Woohoo! I've been meaning to try to do this the right way for a long time! :rotflmao: