Dave,
I hate to say it but if you look when the info on posting from Paul was posted, it was 2004. It is much easier now. You don't have to worry about resizing a pic. It can be imported and will be automatically re sized for the forum. If the person viewing wants to look at it in its original size they can click on the adjoining bar and it will be displayed in its full glory. It may take using the slider bar in the horizontal and vertical to view it though. Here is how I do it.
Go to the trouble to open a photobucket page and bookmark it, or make it one of your favorites depending on which browser you use.
You can make as many folders as you wish for the subjects you want. Import one or as many pics as you want to photobucket(they have a bulk upload tool that is pretty nifty). You can assign tags and dates etc. as you wish. If not just go back to your home page and they will be added to the end of the opening folder or somewhere in your folder depending on what tag you put on it. Then you can move them around to other folders if you wish.
When typing you post and you reach a part where you want to display a pic(you can do it right there or at the end, your choice), here is what you do.
In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on the minimize button.
Open up a new browser window(IE or firefox or whatever you are using). click on the bookmark/favorite for photobucket. Find the pic you want to post and put your arrow/pointer over the pic. Several small action tabs will open. They will say:
EMAIL & IM
DIRECT LINK
HTML CODE
IMG CODE
Move the arrow/cursor/pointer over Direct Link, left click it. It will darken in color. Then right click it and chose COPY. On the bottom bar, right click on the GT 40.com-Reply button and the reply page will pop back up. Move the cursor over the button at the top of the reply window that has the mountain tops. It will say Insert Image. Right click it and a window will pop open and it will say "Please enter the URL of your image:". Right click in the box(you don't have to remove the darkened http://) and click on paste. Hit the OK button and the image will be added to your post right there in full living color.
If you want to add more text, hit the Enter button and your cursor should be after the pic and type away. If you want to add another pic after that bit of typing do the same as before. If you want to add two or more pics at one time just hit the Enter button after the first pic shows up in the Reply Thread Box to give you a space after your first pic, and do the procedure again. The second pic will be right after the first and so on.
To me it is better than the Thumbnails as people can see it without having to click on it and wait for it to pop open. I have DSL and it ain't the fastest at doin things. Play aroud with it on a trial post without actually posting. The image should apear in your reply thread. Hit the Preview Post button to see what it looks like. If you like the way it is laid out then hit the Submit Reply button and you are done. If it doesn't apear in the preview page then you made a mistake somewhere. Hope this helps.
Bill
I hate to say it but if you look when the info on posting from Paul was posted, it was 2004. It is much easier now. You don't have to worry about resizing a pic. It can be imported and will be automatically re sized for the forum. If the person viewing wants to look at it in its original size they can click on the adjoining bar and it will be displayed in its full glory. It may take using the slider bar in the horizontal and vertical to view it though. Here is how I do it.
Go to the trouble to open a photobucket page and bookmark it, or make it one of your favorites depending on which browser you use.
You can make as many folders as you wish for the subjects you want. Import one or as many pics as you want to photobucket(they have a bulk upload tool that is pretty nifty). You can assign tags and dates etc. as you wish. If not just go back to your home page and they will be added to the end of the opening folder or somewhere in your folder depending on what tag you put on it. Then you can move them around to other folders if you wish.
When typing you post and you reach a part where you want to display a pic(you can do it right there or at the end, your choice), here is what you do.
In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on the minimize button.
Open up a new browser window(IE or firefox or whatever you are using). click on the bookmark/favorite for photobucket. Find the pic you want to post and put your arrow/pointer over the pic. Several small action tabs will open. They will say:
EMAIL & IM
DIRECT LINK
HTML CODE
IMG CODE
Move the arrow/cursor/pointer over Direct Link, left click it. It will darken in color. Then right click it and chose COPY. On the bottom bar, right click on the GT 40.com-Reply button and the reply page will pop back up. Move the cursor over the button at the top of the reply window that has the mountain tops. It will say Insert Image. Right click it and a window will pop open and it will say "Please enter the URL of your image:". Right click in the box(you don't have to remove the darkened http://) and click on paste. Hit the OK button and the image will be added to your post right there in full living color.
If you want to add more text, hit the Enter button and your cursor should be after the pic and type away. If you want to add another pic after that bit of typing do the same as before. If you want to add two or more pics at one time just hit the Enter button after the first pic shows up in the Reply Thread Box to give you a space after your first pic, and do the procedure again. The second pic will be right after the first and so on.
To me it is better than the Thumbnails as people can see it without having to click on it and wait for it to pop open. I have DSL and it ain't the fastest at doin things. Play aroud with it on a trial post without actually posting. The image should apear in your reply thread. Hit the Preview Post button to see what it looks like. If you like the way it is laid out then hit the Submit Reply button and you are done. If it doesn't apear in the preview page then you made a mistake somewhere. Hope this helps.
Bill
