i have it posted in the how many times have you almost died thread! ship.

go to photobucket

copy the "HTML" code

come and create a post

check the "HTML" box

paste the link you copied form photobucket

uncheck "HTML" box

picture will appear

resize as needed by dragging corner

CREATE!

Posting Image or Photo
On Forums n Message Boards

Introduction: To post an image, it must be on a web server connected to the internet. This is not the same as being on your local computer. In other words, you may need to sign up / get a host for a web page site before you post images. Or perhaps, you already have a online photo album that will allow 'remote' links to the images. In any case, be a good netizen = Use space and bandwidth that you have been supplied

Posting an image is really easy once you learn the 'tricks'. Here is an example that you can copy n paste. This example shows that it is NOT as complicated as it looks when you get into the 'step x step' instructions.

Copy n paste this code
in our Practice Page:

<img src="http://www.ibdguy.com/images/hoglogo2.gif">

To load / display this:

You should be familiar with basic computer procedures such as creating a subdirectory (folder) and saving images to the folder on your hard drive. Most browsers allow you to save an image (or gif animation) just by clicking on the image and then clicking with the right mouse button.

Posting (Step by Step):
Note: if you have image online go directly to step 4:

Create a folder (subdirectory) on your hard disk to save your images (keep things organized).
If you don't already have the image, find an image / animation on the internet (check for copyright notice!). Then use your mouse over the image along with the right mouse button to save a copy to your 'folder' on your hard drive.
Open the connection to your web host (With FTP software or a 'file manager') and upload the image to the host.) BTW: Check out the instructions for a free FTP program.
Use the img tag to post the image by replacing the 'URL' in this tag: <img src="URL"> with the actual URL of the image.
Note: The quotations marks around the URL / address are important.
For example, if the image name is
"img.jpg"
and the URL for you page is
"www.host.com/mypage"
then the tag would be
<img src="http://www.host.com/mypage/img.jpg">
Footnote: Sometimes finding the URL of the image is tricky. For example, images on AOL homepages are sometimes put in an 'images' directory. So the URL may be something like this:
http://members.aol.com/username/images/myimage.jpg
In most browsers, you can use your right mouse button over an image. Then select 'properties' to view the URL of the image. Then you can mouse over (highlight) the image URL and copy n paste it inside the quotes.

Bandwidth Bandit

Are you a bandwidth bandit? In many cases, people are stealing bandwidth from a site and do not realize what they are doing.

For example, some people discover a 'free image' site and then assume that it's okay to link to the images (with the img tag). The webmaster at a site may put up images for free download and free use (on your web site, in your email or on your computer). However, they DO NOT want you to use 'remote links' i.e. link to the images on their site.

If you use remote links to their images, you are a bandwidth bandit!

It's amazing how many people think a free image means that they can use the other person's bandwidth. They never realize that bandwidth is not free - some one has to pay. All host / ISP's have bandwidth limits - even the ones that advertise unlimited bandwidth (read the fine print you'll see :) Once the site exceeds the limit, they must pay even more! Or in some cases, the web site is shut down until the first of the next month.

The problem is compounded if the Bandwidth Bandit uses the images on a busy site (such as a forum / message board). In these cases, the webmaster is more likely to 'spot' the images that are causing the increase in his/her bandwidth.

If the webmaster sees high usage in his stat's package (or in his access_log file), he can find out where the bandwidth bandit is posting the images. Then he may get even (there are several methods - one favorite is to replace the image with a Very nasty (gross) image that will immediately appear in your post :(

In an even worst case scenario, the webmaster may contact the owner of the forum / message board and blame them. If it is a free public board, they may contact the board owner and try to shut down the board or have an individual banned. In other cases, complaints have convinced the sys_adm (operator) of the board to disable the 'img' tag. Therefore, NO images can be posted!

There are a lot of other reasons why you should not be a bandwidth bandit. One site that explains some other reasons is the WebGuard Site (which also belongs to a WebRing that tries to fight back against the Bandwidth Bandits).

Summary: Sometimes a site owner may not catch all the bandwidth bandits but if the bandwidth usage goes up (and cost extra) - then the webmaster will check their 'access_log' to see which site (message board, web page, etc) is guilty. The images posted on a busy forum / message board are more likely to show up in the access logs. A good netizen NEVER links to images on another person's site (steals bandwidth). A good netizen would get (pay for) their own host (space) and upload and post image from that host i.e. pay for the bandwidth.

An OT mentor..I think u may be on to something. I know I could use one.

hey it werks....yah, I'm a n00b t00.

If the message is that the pic is too large, put "width=500" after the "border=0", within the last > sign.


Ship to dodgingjets (pensacola) on stars.

whats the matter with people.

1. install firefox

2. find pic on web, right click 'view image'

3. highlight pic, right click 'copy' NOT 'copy pic'

4. find post

5. dont click html, right click 'paste'

dont even have to type it takes like 5 mouse clicks.