How do I post a photo?

[Itchinjim]

I looked in the Help section but couldn't find anything that was very helpful.
Thanks in advance.

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. You need a photo hosting site like photobucket.com

for personal photos. Upload them from your computer to the site, the post the url for the photo in the body of the message.

For a photo on the web, hover your mouse and right click, then choose "properties". Highlite the url (It will end in .jpg or .bmp or .gif or similar) copy then paste it to the body of the message.

i hope that is clear.

[Rosemary2205]

2. Use the image tag

(img)the url of the image(/img) except use [] instead of ()

[bananas]

8. You don't need that on DU

The DU website software automatically detects image url's and generates html code to display the image in the post.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. BTW, photobucket is free and you can set up an account pretty easily

just follow the instructions.

www.photobucket.com

[Richard Steele]

4. Or if it's a photo that's already elsewhere on the web...

You right-click on it, select "copy image location",
then paste that address into a post; the DU server
automatically displays the photo (usually).

[Akim]

5. You have all helped me, too. Thank-you. n/t

[bananas]

6. tinypic.com is easy to use

no registration or anything required,
just go to www.tinypic.com and upload your pic,
then copy the url it gives you into your post.
One nice feature of tinypic.com is that if the image is over 250k,
it will be resized smaller,
which is great for DU because a lot of people are on dial-up and using older computers,
large images cause problems for them.

[helderheid]

9. Never heard of them before but here is an idea

How about we all write political messages and take pics of them and upload them? Kind of like the I'm sorry site.

[BuyingThyme]

7. Pad it with thick cardboard and mark "DO NOT BEND."