[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

[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

[Professional Engineer]

HTML Bootcamp right here on FR.

Learn to format correctly Maggot!

[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 …

 

[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.

[lowbridge]

I can't see where I can post a picture in addition to my written reply.

You put it in the same box with your reply.