Posting with an image

March 6, 2011 | SgtHooper

[SgtHooper]

Why is it so difficult to find any information as to how to insert an image into a post?

[SgtHooper]

Will someone please describe how to do this AND point me to where I can find it on this site? TY!

[gorush]

Search “HTML Sandbox” in the FR search engine.

[mdittmar]

HTML Sandbox

[raybbr]

See the keyword "html" above your first post? Click on it and you will find many threads explaining how to do it.

[Straight Vermonter]

< img src=”your ONLINE picture file here”>

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Since you don’t want to get dirty in FR Sandbox, perhaps going to Google and typing “html” in the search box would do the trick for you. There are literally hundreds of tutorials.

[max americana]

< img src=”place...picture...thingy...here”>

[Oztrich Boy]

Are you logged on?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Oh, I almost forgot

[null and void]

Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Basic formatting:

Line break <br>
Paragraph break <p>
<blockquote>

Indented paragraphs

</blockquote>
<u> underline </u>
<i> italics </i>
<b> bold </b>
<tt> typewriter text </tt>
<font color=red> Red font </font>
<blink> blink </blink> Use blink sparingly. People HATE blink

<font size=1>Smallest FR font</font> Displays as:
Smallest FR font

<font size=7>Largest FR font<font> Displays as:
Largest FR font

Or

Step font size up or down with <big>bigger</big>

and <small>smaller</small>

"Hidden" text: <font color=white> White font </font>
Drag cursor over blank area to highlight to read...

Posting a link:

General:
<a href=[web address]>[title]< /a>
Example:
This: <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1179145/posts">Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal</a>
Posts as this:
Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

Posting an image:

General:
<img src="[web server location]">

Clarity is needed - you can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace to be transferrable to our posts. ~ ErnBatavia

Example:
This: <img src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">

Posts this:

Tip: control the size with "height=nnn" like so:

This: <img height= 200 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

While This: <img height= 100 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

[y6162]

Use html IMG SRC - right click on the image to copy its url location.

enclose the following line in left and right arrows <........> - remember the quotation marks as well

IMG SRC=”paste copy of the link location url - might need editing”

easy - squeezy

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

One way to find out how to code just about anything, is to look at the source code for a page that has the effects you want to use.

For instance, to find out how to insert an image, simply:
*go to a thread with an image;
*In Internet Explorer, click on “Source”, under the “View” menu;
*Find code used for inserting the image (look for nearby text);
*copy the code, and substitute the address for your picture (you’ll find it under “properties”)

[NWFLConservative]

The html really is not that difficult. Use [img src=”XXX”] where XXX is the URL of the photo you want to insert. Also, substitute < > for [ ]. I could not do it here or all you would have seen would have been a red “X”

If it is an image you have on your hard drive, the easiest way is to open an account with Photobucket . Once you upload a photo, it gives you various options for inserting the image including img src or IMG, or the direct link.

[gorush]

[SgtHooper]

Thank you very much! I did not look at the sandbox, since it means something different to me. Plus, since this would be a common activity, why didn’t “they” simply put it at the top?

Thx again.

[y6162]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Jeff Chandler]

1.) The image must already be hosted on the Internet.

2.) Copy the URL of the image. In Firefox, you would right click the image and select "Copy Image Location".

3.) Paste the image URL in place of [image] in the following code:

<img src="[image]">

[Red in Blue PA]

[gorush]

You can upload photos to photobucket.com. Once there, they provide the HTML code under each photo for you to paste into your post.

[Jeff Chandler]

since this would be a common activity, why didn’t “they” simply put it at the top?

Because HTML coding is a basic skill common to all websites. You might as well ask why a fitness center doesn't put a sign on the front door with instructions on how to tie your shoes.

[al baby]

[al baby]

Velcro

[stormer]

LOL!

[Red in Blue PA]

[exit82]

Nice jeans!

Her genes aren’t bad either.

[stormer]

I’d appreciate it if you quit posting images of my wife!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

POST OF THE DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[exit82]

I’d appreciate it if you quit posting images of my wife!

She told me she wasn't married.

[dfwgator]

[stormer]

That’s funny, cause your wife said the same thing to me. Of course I told her it was impolite to talk with her mouth full...

[Red in Blue PA]

[Howie]

“Lawd hav mercy, Babys got her bluejeans ON”, off, on.........woo hoo!!!

[Red in Blue PA]

[Servant of the Cross]

Some great instructions are already here so I'll add a couple of FR classic pics for future use:

[exit82]

Of course I told her it was impolite to talk with her mouth full...

Then, that wasn't my wife. She is mute.

[stormer]

You’re a lucky man...

[exit82]

Not really. I’m deaf.

[444Flyer]

Only if you promise not to post any pictures like this:

[TSgt]

[TSgt]

[TSgt]

[stormer]

LOL! The perfect match...

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[BenLurkin]

bkmk

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Dammit!

Need....more....cigarettes.

[Rappini]

I just forgot what we were doing.

[an amused spectator]

Why is it so difficult to find any information as to how to insert an image into a post?

Are you logged in?

[USS Alaska]

Why is it so difficult to find any information as to how to insert an image into a post?

Look for the post hole.

[CedarDave]

Why remember all these HTML commands, especially the more complex ones, when you want to insert a picture or link to an article??

Get the Firefox browser and install these two extensions/add-ons:

BBCode and/or BBCodeXtra

Both can insert your HTML code with just a click. And they have bulletin board codes too ( [ ] vs. < > )

[TSgt]

With all of the beautiful women in the world that God has blessed us with.

I simply don’t understand how anyone could be gay.

I mean, just look at her!