Off topic...
Posting thumbnails is easy and I'll walk you through it.... lol ... But I needed help too figuring it out, and Larry helped me.
Ok so first thing is to re-size your photos to make them around 50 to 100 kb size. This will help the dial up members. I use a Windows Picture Re-sizer that is free to download.
When I open or preview a picture, right mouse click on the photo and one of the options will be to "resize" the photo. I usually use "medium" setting and large only for more detailed ones. Here is the link to the Windows Picture resizer.
Window Picture Resizer
Or do a search if you don't have XP for the computer system you have.
When you re-size a picture, it makes a copy of the original photo so it is not lost. I keep the resized pictures in a separate folder under TBN photos, under individual folders for each project.
OK, once you have a folder of resized pictures, you can log on to your photobucket account and also log onto TBN and to the thread you want. So now you have 2 web browsers open at the same time.
Minimize the TBN and go to the photobucket web browser. I have made sub albums in the photobucket account for each project too. Make one for "Boxblade" and click on it so you are in that sub account and upload those pictures to that.
Once the photos are upload, they will all appear as thumbnails on your screen. Below each photo is a square box with the name of the photo and also 4 types of formats, but disregard those.
What you want to do is check that box by the photo name by clicking on the box. You can check more than one photo at a time if you want. It will highlight the photo(s) and puts a red border around it.
After checking the box(s), scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. There is an option to select/unselect all and also 3 rectangles below that.
You want to click on the one that says "Generate HTML and IMG code".
Click on it and another screen pops up with 5 more rectangles.
You want the 3rd rectangle down that says "IMG clickable thumbnails for message boards - recommended".
Highlight all that is in the box and Right mouseclick on it to copy it.
Then open up the TBN browser and "paste" the information into the reply with another right mouse click.
When you "Pre-view" your reply, you should see a clickable thumbnail in it along with your written post. That is why I don't use the "quick reply" so I can check my spelling and also my photos.
Click on the preview thumbnail and it should open up. If good, post it.
Sounds harder then it really is, but like anything else, once you get used to it it's not bad at all. lol ... Like tying your shoe laces the first few times.
Try that and keep these instructions in your computer for reference. I should keep a copy of these instructions too, since many TBN'ers have asked me how to do this.
OK George, Best regards
