Glowplug
Veteran Member
Oliver Wendell Douglas said:I take a lot of digital pics, but have poor skills at getting them on message boards. I tried to insert an image using the URL to imageshack, but it didn't work.. any tips?
The easiest (and probably best) way to do it is to first save the image on your computer somewhere. Then when you are putting in a new reply go down to the bottom of the screen and click on [Manage Attachments]. A pop-up box then comes up. Click on [Browse]. Then browse to the folder location where that picture is stored. When you find your picture click it once and then click on [Open]. Then click on [Upload]. That uploads your image to your post. It may take a few seconds depending on your image size. By the way, it's a good idea to resize large images to smaller ones before inserting them. I use Microsoft's free image resizer. It's a free download from their website. I usually downsize the images to either small or medium before inserting them. That usually puts them less than 100KB. When you insert a 700KB or larger photo it's a royal pain for everyone involved and the quality is not at all noticeably different.
I hope that helps. It sounds complicated in a verbal instruction form but it is in realiality very easy. See, I just put one in!!