Posting pics in a reply

eastcobb

[eastcobb]

How do you post a picture in a reply? When I hit the reply button, I can't see where I can post a picture in addition to my written reply.

[Jeff Head]

The picture has to be hosted somewhere on the internet. You do this by uploading the picture to either a free hosting service or one you pay for and then referencing the internet address (the URL) of the picture in your html post on FreeRepublic or elsewhere.

It will not work just pointing it to your home computer.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Here ya go.

[Lurker]

Do an FR search for "HTML Boot Camp" for neat stuff you can do.

L

[eastcobb]

Got it. Thanks Jeff.

[peteram]

Hi EC -

Well, first you have to have your picture uploaded to a third party web site like Yahoo or Photobucket. Then, when you create a reply here on FR, you use an HTML code to link to it. Something like:

IMG SRC="http://www.photobucket.com/myname/mypicture.jpg"

This line HAS to have brackets on either side like these: < >

(I would show you, but if I did, the string would disappear and a broken jpg image would appear).

Go to any thread that has a picture in it, put your mouse pointer over it and right click. Then go to Properties. That will show you how the author wrote the string and where the picture is actually located.

FReegards
- Pete

[Jeff Head]

You are welcome. Lurker's recommendation above to look for the HTML Boot Camp thread on FR is also a very good one for the mechanics of it.

[Professional Engineer]

HTML Bootcamp right here on FR.

Learn to format correctly Maggot!

[johnny7]

Tiny Pic free-image hosting is OK if you don't have a URL. There are a few more free places also.

[carlr]

Correct,you can learn more computer skills here than can be imagined.

FR rivals Mensa for the greatest assemblage of brilliant minds IMHO.

[spokeshave]

I sense a strong force against evil coming from the east

[trussell]

How to post a picture

The picture has to be hosted online. photobucket has free webspace you can use to host your pictures.

< (Opens the link)
img (Stands for image)
(space between img and src)
src (Stands for Source)
= (tells the computer that you are going to put in a destination)
"URL" (The url of the picture goes between quotation marks)
> (Closes the link)
put it all together and you get (with an unneeded space between the first karat and the img) < img src="http://webpages.charter.net/trussell/pictures/Hello%20stick%20person.gi"> This is the URL for the picture of the waving stick figure.

Take the space out after the first karat (<) and you would get …

 

How to post a picture

The picture has to be hosted online. photobucket has free webspace you can use to host your pictures.

< (Opens the link)
img (Stands for image)
(space between img and src)
src (Stands for Source)
= (tells the computer that you are going to put in a destination)
"URL" (The url of the picture goes between quotation marks)
> (Closes the link)
put it all together and you get (with an unneeded space between the first karat and the img) < img src="http://webpages.charter.net/trussell/pictures/Hello%20stick%20person.gi"> This is the URL for the picture of the waving stick figure.

Take the space out after the first karat (<) and you would get …

 

[TexasCajun]

When I do a search for any keywords for the HTML Sandbox, I never can find it?

[TexasCajun]

I searched with 'HTML Boot Camp' and it did not find the thread.

try it and see. ...searching for any of the keywords does not find the correct thread?

[Tijeras_Slim]

I found it in sort of a round about way. Didn't get any hits on HTML Bootcamp either. :(

[Eastbound]

And, of course, if you have a large, hi-res pix you want to show, best to just provide the link rather than post it with your reply, as it will bog down the thread. Many of us are still on slow dial-ups and hi-res pix take forever to load

Fer instance, here's a picture of a birdie I took a week ago or so: Feed The Birds

Gives the reader the option of clicking on the pix or not clicking.

[jdm]

Are you logged on?

There's a whole bunch of "HTML Sandbox" hits when a search is performed:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=any;o=score;s=HTML%20Sandbox

[carlr]

Go to DollyCali`s homepage.She has all the links there.Bookmark them after clicking on them.

Thanks to DollyCali,I needed this one yesterday on a reply to a new poster and found somehow I had deleted it.
I remembered getting it from you in the beginning and hoped it would still be there.

I hope you don`t mind me referring to your homepage this way.

[DollyCali]

Absolutley NO objection (but if the person has dial up they will be PId at both of us) .. actually, I am flattered. If it is there on my page it was most likely copied from someone else!

we all share here at FRee Republic.

Happy New Year carl!

[carlr]

Thanks,and Happy New Year to you as well.