Southern Spirit Hunters
General Information => Forum Guidelines, Help, News, Suggestions & Feedback => Topic started by: Jim on Aug 01, 2006, 02:19:24 PM
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You can use avatars in your profile and photos in your post on this forum. Avatars are limited to
65 X 65 100 X 100 pixels. You add an avatar from your profile. If you attempt to add a photo larger than 65 X 65 100 X 100, the system will not accept it.
Photos may be added in the body of your post. They are limited to 640 X 480. Please resize all photos before attempting to insert into your message. If the photo is larger, it will not indicate an error, just won't show your photo.
Thanks
Jim
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One quick note, if the avatar or photo is larger than the stated sizes, it just will not appear. You will not get an error message. The system is designed to just not display anything bigger than the limits. We've placed these limits on sizes as large photos take quite a long time to download for our dial-up users.
Jim
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I was just noticing that I didn't state that we don't allow photos to be uploaded directly to the forum. Like most forums, you can use the [img] tag and use one of the many photo hosting sites. Here are a few that I know folks have used:
Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)
Sony Imagestation (http://www.imagestation.com/member/join_mypictures.html?ru=%2Fmypictures%2F)
ImageShack (http://imageshack.us/)
Image Thrust (http://www.imagethrust.com/) (Use with caution - has pop-up ads)
Some of these have storage limits and some don't. Lots of members have all three and more.
If you have trouble posting pics or avatars, feel free to PM one of the moderators or myself. We would be glad to help.
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how many photos per post? maybe i seen it some were but cant remember?
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No limit, just remember some of our members are on dial-up so use some discretion. Post count means nothing here so it's better to split 10 pics up into two post instead of putting all 10 in one post. As long as everyone keeps that in mind we won't have to activate any kind of limit.
We like pictures. :goofy:
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wow! no limit! 10 per post! n i was worried about 3 :grinnnn: thanks jim
i always keep the dial uppers in mind being since im one of them :wink5:
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I have a question!!!
I've been posting clickable thumbnails down in crafts & other areas. Theyre good for quicker load for dial up users. I get that. But the coding is longer. Which is better for bandwidth? clickables or direct links? Or does it matter? I dont quite get exactly what bandwidth is....
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Good question. The clickables are probably better as far as bandwidth goes. Bandwidth is a term used to describe the amount of data, in bytes, that is transferred to or from a server in a specific time. It is usually measured monthly. When someone clicks on the topic, the thumbnail is displayed using some bandwidth. When a person clicks on the thumbnail, the click using some bandwidth but the picture is displayed, in your case from photobucket, and that would be using the bandwidth from there.
I like the clickables.
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Okay, Jim, that's great, but how do you do clickables? :dunno:
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You would use the URL tag as well as the IMG tag. In the IMG tag, you add "th_" to the file name. This stands for thumbnail. Here's what the code looks like:
[url=http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/JimBaby/jimdianna.jpg][IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/JimBaby/th_jimdianna.jpg[/IMG][/url]
Here is what the clickable thumbnail looks like:
(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk180%2FJimBaby%2Fth_jimdianna.jpg&hash=cfd58f9785ad8f3fff0a009a35ee6a7115fac71d) (http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/JimBaby/jimdianna.jpg)
When you click it, it opens the full size pic in another window.
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Okay, thanks, Jim! This may take some getting used to and lots of practice! :dunno: Does it make the pages load faster for dial-ups? ???
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:unsure: :ScratchHead: Ok I am going to use this as a practice I have never tried the clickable thumbnail pics ..
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:unsure: OK I have NO idea what I did wrong ... :SmileyFear: HELP!! Please!!
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Rita, photobucket will create the clickable thumbnail coding for you.
1) go to your pb page, right under the photo you want to use there is a small white box you can check, above the Email & IM coding line. check that.
2)Then scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on 'Generate HTML and IMG code'
3)That will take you to a page that says 'Generated HTML, Ebay and IMG Code' at the top in blue
4)go to the third choice down which says 'IMG clickable thumbnails for message boards - recommended' above it.
5) Copy the whole code in that box
6) paste it here
ta'da'!!
If you have more than 1 pic on a page you can check all of them, then generate html & img code and it will have all those pics coded into that third box and you can bring them all here at once instead of going back and forth for each picture.
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Okay, thanks, Jim! This may take some getting used to and lots of practice! :dunno: Does it make the pages load faster for dial-ups? ???
Sure does. It is especially good when there are 3 or 4 pics because the thumbnails take so much less time. It's actually faster for everyone and is why it is recommended by PB.
Thanks, Wrennie for posting the correct PB way. :ThumbUp:
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'Welcome.
I just recently learned to do them the PB way. My friend Pixie (that made that ghost under the tree for us) taught me how to do it.
PB also has a resize feature.
Click on edit near the photo you want and it will resize all the way down to avatar if you want. If you want the pic big AND an avatar out of it just right click on the pic, chose save pic as, and reload into PB then you can have a full size and an avatar.
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thanks for the info wrennie im gonna have to try that, being a dial upper i have to say the clickables are ALOT faster for us to see, than the 640x480 pics,
[URL=http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/flowers_016/roseteabluegirl2.jpg][IMG]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/flowers_016/th_roseteabluegirl2.jpg[/img][/URL]
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:oops: oops i did somthing wrong, think i put it in the wrong choise thing.
(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F%5BURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi106.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm252%2Fflowers_016%2Fsunflower1-1.jpg%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi106.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm252%2Fflowers_016%2Fth_sunflower1-1.jpg&hash=990c5bb376ba18d455959110006f8fbb39494fc5)[/URL]
[/img]
now im getting a redx are you pasting them in the insertimage brackets?
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going for another try,
:Glee: :Glee: i did it! i just directly pasted it to my post! didnt use the img button.
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OK I am holding my breath... If it works this isthe new Bike
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:Glee: Perfect! I am very glad I could help out a bit. :dogwalk:
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<a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=10&imgid=181103958" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL145/2152270/10041005/t-181103958.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.picturetrail.com" />[/url]
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Mine didn't work. I have my stuff at Picture Trail. In the "clickable" box I copied this long code but the picture doesn't come out. I've done it twice.
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but, I just realized, if you click on the [/url] in my post the picture will come up. Wonder if that's what picture trail does.
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I'll see if i can tell. its picturetrail.com ??? be right back
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OK< what i can see without actually signing up is that "new" clickable thumbnail should work.
I'll have to go sign up and see
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<a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=10&imgid=181103958" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL145/2152270/10041005/t-181103958.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.picturetrail.com" />[/url]
I must need to add something to it. The directions say the thumbnail will come up but I'm doing something wrong.
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Hold on, i think youre doing it right. Their coding is different. see it starts with <a href
llet me loooook..............
Some forums, sites etc are set up to not accept the <a href coding. I guess this is oneof them.
so
Yours is a bit more complex
1)type in [url
1b) =
2) copy the 'direct image link' line from under your photo, and paste it right after the =
3)put a ] right at the end of it.
4) Be sure there are no extra blank spaces through this whole thing K?
5)Then copy the 'Forums [IMG] Tag:' line and paste it right next
5b) then in the img code line read across. after the last/ and before the [/im type t-
6)then type [
7) and then /url]at the end
that should do it
with Triss' alteration this instruction now works Sheri.
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good grief. Thanks. got the not enough words again. ten
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(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1320%2F9813063%2F17765640%2Ft-277204101.jpg&hash=410f3ef20bc3aea80f5cf83d5d8f072e0460cd31) (http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1320/9813063/17765640/277204101.jpg)
testing testing. Following my own directions to be sure i said it right
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I have never used picture trail so I cannot help ya out on that one.
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Right now I am just testing to see if this works. Not sure if it is going to or not.
(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL174%2F9813379%2F17766090%2Ft-277213930.jpg&hash=43bc36d6881147bed20812e0fb2dc1417ec68127) (http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL174/9813379/17766090/277213930.jpg)
Well I got it to work making the code look like it does when I post the PB thumbnail, but it sure is a pain.
[url=http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL174/9813379/17766090/277213930.jpg][img]http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL174/9813379/17766090/t-277213930.jpg[/img][/url]
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Ok that is the code, I had to take out the
[ U R L =
from the beginning and the
[ / i m g ] [ / U R L ]
from the end so you could see it. (no spaces)
And I had to put this in a new post so it would not mess up the other one.
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oh ok, so no th_ just t- instead!! I will go correct my instructions so they'll work.
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Basically. They just do not actually give you that code on their site so you have to type the whole thing out.
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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Looks like you got it all figured out. Great job ladies.
Anytime you want to show the code that it takes to display something, like on the thumbnail image from PB, highlight the line that contains the URL and IMG tag and then click the button with the # . That will display the code that it takes to make that item display.
I edited Triss's post to show you what the CODE tag does.
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Thank you Jim. :ThumbUp: I had no idea that was available.
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Do I need to put a picture on here that is a clickable thumbnail?
I don\'t have a picture place yet. I will get one tomorrow to post a picture I want you to look at for me.
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Yes, our dial-up members really appreciate the use of the clickables. It's a recommendation, not a requirement, though.
In order to post a photo for us to look at you would need to have an account at one of the many photo hosting sites. I listed 4 of the free ones here:
http://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/index.php/topic,10.msg1395.html#msg1395
There are some others I'm sure. Lots of our members use Photobucket.
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**Well, I see that Jim beat me to the answer, but I already have mine typed, so....
There's no "rule" here, about making your photos clickable, g_rice... it's just something that one of our members started doing, & now everyone else wants to do it, too! Clickables definitely make it a lot easier for those with dial-up connections, as the pages load faster, & from what I understand, they use up less bandwidth... but more importantly, we want to look at you too, whether it's a clickable pic or not! :rofl1:
As for a (free) photo hosting site, I think that most of us use PhotoBucket (http://photobucket.com/). (Sorry, but I can't remember the names of the other ones, but someone might come along here & list them for you, if you're "shopping" for a place.)
Please note that photos posted should not be larger than 640 X 480 & if you would like to put up a photo in your profile (Your choice... it doesn't necessarily have to be a pic of you), which will appear on your posts, it must be smaller than 65 X 65. (The system is set up to reject them if the size requirements aren't met.)
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Hi All
I am having a bit of trouble adding a pic too;-) it has been awhile, I will read more an figure out how to make the correct size.
Angie
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Hey Angie. Avatars need to be 65 x 65 or less. You can use one that is in your Photobucket account. Copy the direct link from PB. If it is too large, it just won't show up. Of course you add that from your Account Related Settings tab in your profile.
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Hi Jim, I am reading and trying to change my size on my pic. Hopefully next time I stop in,I will have it figured out. Thanks for the info,Very interesting site and info here:-)
Angie
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how do i go about sending a pic i took in my house, to get it verified? i'm a newbie to the forum, not a member of any team
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Tami, I moved your question to this help topic that should answer some if not all your questions about including photos in your post. If after reading this topic you still have questions, please PM me and I will try to answer them.