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Walt Oler
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Initially Posted - 11/18/2008 : 06:21:34

Instead of uploading photos for display, photos appearing on the forum are actually links to photo storage locations on other websites like Flickr and Shutterfly. Specifying the link address or URL such that the photo will display correctly is a little tricky.

Flickr provides a number of options for sharing photos. The problem is that the options provide links to web pages where the photos will be presented rather than links to static storage locations for the photos themselves. The key is to generate a link that ends with a .jpg or other common image file extension. Here is the solution that I found for posting photos that are stored on a Flickr photostream:

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<li>With the cursor located at the point where you want to insert the photo in your forum posting, click on the yellow toolbar button that looks like an image of a mountain landscape. This will cause the insertion of the characters "img /img" with each tag enclosed in square brackets. </li>
<li>Login to your Flickr account in another browser window, locate the desired photo and click on it. This will result in the presentation of the photo with options above the photo for sharing, rotating, editing, deleting, etc.</li>
<li>Select the option "All Sizes" above the photo. This will give you several photo resizing options along with a static link or URL for the photo storage location in a window below the photo. Most importantly, the link to the photo will end with a .jpg extension which is the key to making it work on the forum.</li>
<li>Click once on the link which will highlight the link. Right-click on the highlighted link and select "Copy" from the resulting popup menu.</li>
<li>Paste the link between the "img /img" tags on the forum posting editor window. One way to do this is to left-click between the tags to position the cursor. Then right-click and select "Paste" from the popup menu. This should result in the correct presentation of the photo. </li>
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Here are four sizes of a photo from Flickr of our 1982 C25 TR/FK in its new slip in the Corpus Christi Municipal Marina. A very pretty boat...

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Response Posted - 11/18/2008 : 07:54:34

It is always good to hear a different explanation of a common event. Thanks for your effort to help those who still have a problem posting photos after reading the tutorial in the testing forum. I have always wondered how anyone could have a problem posting photos since it is so straight forward, I think most issues come from trying to use free photo services rather than paid services... you get what you pay for. As a Mac user with iPhoto and an Apple Mobile Me account,(formerly known as .mac) my photos are always exactly as and where they are supposed to be. I simply click on a photo to make it full sized rather than a preview and then right click on it and select "copy image address" and paste that. This is also how I post images from other websites such as advertising shots from various sites when we discuss hardware options. I have found copying URLs to be problematic but the right click always works because it identifies the image address directly.

Edited by - pastmember on 11/18/2008 07:56:15

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