Help needed adding photos to threads

[Humphrey]

Have looked in the Technical Help section and it said to go to Imgur to upload the pics, then click the BBCode link and copy, back to thread and paste the link to thread but it tells me that extension not allowed on this forum. Help please.

[John V]

took me ages to learn and never did manage on IMGUR.....I use FLICKR and that took weeks of false starts!

 

 

edit to add The Dog House gave me the clue that finally got me going!!!

Edited August 26, 2014 by John V

[Paul's Nulife4-2]

I still cant do it, i use Drop box, & even that has started to play up.

(BTW i ONLY have Mobile Phone internet acsess)

[KJT]

There is a thread here started by The Dog House http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=55758&page=3 which goes into some detail. Many, including me, use Photobucket to host our pics, other hosting sites are available. It is not possible to upload photos directly to the forum.

 

Ignore the first post referring to the post being deleted, if you start on the second page of posts all should be revealed.

 

Ken

[Humphrey]

Tried Photobucket but that is also saying that extension is not allowed

[Guest]

Tried Photobucket but that is also saying that extension is not allowed

What is the image extension, ie the bit after the dot?

[KJT]

Tried Photobucket but that is also saying that extension is not allowed

That's odd, I don't have any problem uploading using Photobucket. I know PB give you several options of file to upload, perhaps your selecting one it doesn't like?

 

Ken

[Humphrey]

Solved it. using PB. Thanks anyway

[junior]

Upload to Photobucket. Click 'share' and copy the URL that says it is for forums. Paste it in the post. It really is that simple

 

Well that's how I do it anyway.

[Daiboy]

I copy a photo from my computer into my gallery on CWDF after I change it to the correct size etc.

 

I then click the "my media" button in the post or reply and click on the photo I want.

 

Then close editor and hey presto.

[John V]

Daiboy Hi

 

I find I can do that but only with old photos that have been scanned into my PC especially black and white.....any that I have taken with my camera are to big (data wise)

 

do you reduce the quality of your photos? and if so is it possible to explain it to me?

 

 

ETA words of one syllable please

Edited August 27, 2014 by John V

[Guest]

Daiboy Hi

 

I find I can do that but only with old photos that have been scanned into my PC especially black and white.....any that I have taken with my camera are to big (data wise)

 

do you reduce the quality of your photos? and if so is it possible to explain it to me?

 

 

ETA words of one syllable please

Although the forum provides a gallery to upload pictures I understand it is preferable host them on other sites such as

Photobucket and Imgr.

 

Uploading to the forum gallery uses bandwidth that eats into that which the site owner pays for. At least that is my understanding hence I don't generally use the gallery on here.

 

I am happy to be corrected on that if somebody knows different.

[Southern Star]

Photobucket works for me. Register, upload a photo from your PC, four links will appear to the right of the photo.

 

The bottom one will be tagged "IMG". Copy and paste this code into your post et viola!...

 

[John V]

TDH The reason I was asking is because I have some photos that are too big (bit wise) for my idiot pc to handle so I was looking or a way to "degrade" them

[Guest]

TDH The reason I was asking is because I have some photos that are too big (bit wise) for my idiot pc to handle so I was looking or a way to "degrade" them

Then you can use an image re-sizer. There are a few on line ones.

 

I use this one.

 

http://www.picresize.com

[John V]

Thanks TDH