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    How to insert images into your posts

    With the demise of photobucket, many members seem to be at a loss on how they can now insert photos into their posts.

    Well, the first thing is to find the photo you want to insert. This can be somewhere on your computer's hard drive, on your own website, or on some on-line photo hosting site.

    I find it preferable to store my photos on my hard drive and then back them up with a second copy on a photo hosting site. There are many of these sites out there and I would guess in the next few months we will see many more now that photobucket is charging for the ability link to photos stored there.

    On my hard drive I have thousands of photos from the years that I have had a kilt shop and owned this forum. I always know where my photos are, retain control over them and have multiple back-ups in case of a hard drive failure.

    OK now on to a tutorial on how to upload photos to your posts.

    Step #1 (By the way, all the photos in this tutorial are uploaded using this exact system.)



    You begin to type your post. when you get to where you want to have a photo you leave the cusour and find the "insert image" icon in the tool bars at the top of the post window.

    Step #2



    Once you find the little "inset image' icon - click on it and go to step #3.

    Step #3



    When you click on the 'insert image' icon your post screen will dim and a pop-up box will appear.
    You have the choice of two tabs. "From Computer" or "from URL".

    If the photo you want is stored on your hard drive click the "From Computer' tab. If you have your own website click "From URL". I'll go into how to upload from an on-line photo hosting site in a moment.

    Step #4



    Here is the part most people have trouble with. When you have selected to upload a photo from your computer's hard drive you need to select which photo will be uploaded. If you are using windows this usually means you click on the photo and a blue highlight appears around the selected photo. Then you have to look in the lower right corner of your computer's window and click "select".

    Step #5



    If you have now selected a photo the name of the selected photo will appear in a box next to the 'choose photo' button. If there is no name in the box you have not yet properly selected a photo on your computer.

    Step #6



    right below the 'choose photo' button you will see another button labeled "upload file(s)". You must click this button to start the upload process.
    When you click, and depending on what type of connection and speed you have, the upload may take a few moments to upload. Most computers have some sort of count-down timer to let you know the progress of your upload.

    Step #7



    As soon as the upload is complete your photo should appear in your post where the cursor was.

    To be continued -
    Last edited by Steve Ashton; 9th August 17 at 04:33 PM.
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