Hi friends, please explain how to post photos!

**Emme76** · March 21st, 2008, 04:00 PM

I have a question...

I uploaded a profile pic and that worked fine..but when I try to upload a pic to post on a new thread/post it doesn´t work. I click on the "inset image" above and it askes for an URL...isn´t that if you have it on the web??? I have my pic on the computer....
I might be comfused

...please help, how do I post a pic combined to my text when I write a post!!!!´
Thank you for all your help...
/Emme

**Flaxen** · March 21st, 2008, 04:53 PM

In order to post a picture, it must be hosted somewhere on the web. If it's only on your computer, no one else will be able to see it.

Good photo hosts are: Image Shack, Tiny Pic, and Photobucket. They are all free. Once you have uploaded a picture to their website, you want to copy/paste the URL for your picture into a post. Look underneath the picture for different URLs. For this website, you want the one with the IMG tags at the beginning and end.

HTH!

**Emme76** · March 22nd, 2008, 09:09 AM

THANK´S!!!!

/Emme

**Emme76** · March 22nd, 2008, 09:18 AM

I think it worked..heheheh....
Thanks again...

**lynnala** · March 24th, 2008, 11:32 PM

For the life of me, I can't figure out how y'all post photos to your posts and blogs. Please enlighten me, because I have photos I want to share! Also, what's a tag? My little posting rules box says I can't post attachments, but I thought after 60 days and over 100 posts I could do all this stuff? I'm confused!

**Miss Murphy** · March 25th, 2008, 03:52 AM

Lynnala, you should be definitely able to post pictures! Where you want to post them depends on where they should go.

1.) A picture in a thread: you have to upload to a public webspace first. You could use tinypic.com, or photobucket.com. There are plenty of other services, but these are the two I could think off the top of my head.
Once you uploaded a picture there, you get a link for it. In the reply box over here, there's a little icon with a mountain and a sun on it (second from the right). Click on that, and enter the link in the box that pops up. Et voilà!

2.) For pictures in your photo album, you only need to have the pics on your computer. There's a link at the bottom of the album, that says "add pictures" (or something to that effect).

Let me know if that's clear enough for you, or if you need further assistance

**dagonlilly** · March 25th, 2008, 03:47 PM

I use photobucket. you can upload a picture there and then paste the link for the photo on here. pretty easy to use and photobucket is a free site.

**lynnala** · March 25th, 2008, 07:14 PM

Thanks! I use photobucket too, I just didn't know about the little button with the mountain on it!

**WritingPrincess** · March 29th, 2008, 06:50 PM

Hi everyone,
I searched this topic and didn't find anything. I have a Flicker account, and, as I understand, this will allow me to post pictures. How exactly do I go about doing this?
TIA.

**Flaxen** · March 29th, 2008, 07:38 PM

You will need the URL for the individual picture. If Flickr gives you a choice of URLs for posting in forums, you want the one with the IMG tags around it. Either way, you will want to post like this:

[IMG]URL of your picture[/IMG]

I hope that helps, and if you get stuck, be sure to give a holler.

ETA: That's for posting in the body of a post. If you want to upload a signature picture, it's a little different.