Posting a big ol' photo in a thread

[Callasports]

Just need a quick tutorial or where to look on how to post a photo. It's something most of you can do in your sleep, but I need to learn the steps. My photos are in a Snapfish account so I should be able to link to them somehow...

Thanks!

[MazRoadAdmin]

Find your photo on Snapfish and get the link. In your post, use the image tag:

[ i m g ]yourlink[ / i m g ]

(omit all of the spaces between characters above)

That's it.

[Callasports]

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/fe/l=en_US/p/Organizer/AlbumID=5316111028/a=4236016028_4236016028/s_c=0/s_se=FDR/s_cmpg=sem_google_Brand_CoreBrand_brand#state=%7B% 22pl%22%3A%7B%22uc%22%3A2%2C%22aid%22%3A5316111028 %2C%22pid%22%3A231118473028%2C%22vp%22%3A%22s%22%2 C%22sb%22%3A5%7D%2C%22ovm%22%3A%7B%22v%22%3A%22s%2 2%7D%7D

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=5316111028/a=4236016028_4236016028/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

[Callasports]

Well, from my perspective, I can now upload a box with an "X" in it :D. Maybe Snapfish has something "protecting" my photos, not sure. Will keep trying. Any ideas? Oh, and thanks for the help. It does look like a simple procedure to follow - just not seeing it as of yet. Cheers.

[jester911]

I am not sure why it won't work with snapfish but I started using image shack recently. It is a breeze to upload pics to and you just follow the instructions to post pics. It is as simple as copying the link and pasting it in the forum.

[Agent☣Orange]

I'm not saying this is the problem but one thing I do before uploading to Photobucket (or any) is to reduce the size of the photos to 640x480 or 800x600 max if they're just going in a forum.

You can resize them after they're uploaded but it's a pain. But like Maz posted above, it's as simple as copying the image tag and posting it in your post. That's it. Keep trying.

[MazRoadAdmin]

Not sure about the first one, but the second image you tried to post... here's the link:
http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/shareereg/p=515311325360453849/l=3806911028/g=4236016028/cobrandOid=1000/campaignName=ShareeNewReg_30FreePrints_2010Feb/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/pns/snapfish/share/p=515311325360453849/l=3806911028/g=4236016028/cobrandOid=1000/campaignName=ShareeNewReg_30FreePrints_2010Feb/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink

That link (if posted as a link) will take you to a Snapfish gallery, but it is NOT a link to an image, so the IMG tag doesn't know what to do with it.

It also appears to be asking me to log into Snapfish to view your photos, which I ain't gonna do. (and the requirement to be logged in is likely what is killing your first link.)

So, first you need to get your image somewhere that the general public can view it. If Snapfish won't do it, I know Flickr will. Easy and free. (unless you use it a lot, then you'll want to pay to upgrade your account)

Then you need to learn to get a link to an image. NOT a link to a page that includes an image, but a link to JUST the image. You can either do that manually (which might take a little more expertise than you have), or use a service that has good "share" functionality. This is an image link: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6040/6238449710_e3ebdbb187_z.jpg (if I were to wrap IMG tags around it, it would display here as an image instead of a link)

In Flickr, If you click the "share" button on an image, there is an option for BBCode. Copy and paste that into a message and you get something like the below. It creates the IMG tag for you with an appropriate link to an actual image, and pulls title and other info from the image info in the gallery and links to both the gallery and to your profile. As you can see, Flickr does it well. If you can find the same functionality in Snapfish (or other services), more power to you. But, if you can't find it there and you want something that's known to work very easily... try Flickr.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6040/6238449710_e3ebdbb187_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42626344@N08/6238449710/)
Fred w/ Gold Wheels (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42626344@N08/6238449710/) by loren.williams (http://www.flickr.com/people/42626344@N08/), on Flickr

[FooSchnickens]

Snapfish is not an image hosting service, but rather a printing service.

You'll need to upload your photos to an actual imagehost like photobucket, flickr, etc.

Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) is the best option right now as it is free, has a very large file limit and image size as well (1024x768 with the free account).

Flickr (www.flickr.com) is really nice if you take nice photos and want to network with other photogs and is a bit more professional looking than most other hosts. Their premium service is well worth it, I've been using it for several years now.

[Callasports]

THANKS!!!! I'm pulling out of Snapfish in a... snap. Hello Photobucket. Will get this pulled off today! Happy New Year, mazda-boys & girls.

Here goes:


http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa350/Callasports/MX5b.jpg


I am so there. Snapfish made my life hell for years... for no reason. Appreciate the advice.

[MazRoadAdmin]

Most excellent! Glad we could help.

[Barrym]

I need a step by step for dummies on how to post a decent sized image and not just a thumbnail.
Im not the only one with this problem.

Ive got lucky sometimes and been able to do it. Ive spent hours trying to use this image posting system.
I didnt care for clubroadsters system but this one seems way harder to me.
Clubroadster and other sites you can just insert the link and it installs the image. Usually consistently.
This system drives me crazy. Or crazier.
I look forward to your reply.
Barrym

EXAMPLES BELOW:

http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=604&d=1325310625 This was from my albums. I opened up a new page so I could see my album and clicked the BB code and pasteing into the post.


Why cant an option be "computer, URL, album"? So I wont have to open up a separate link just to copy a code from a picture in my own album. Clubroadster was the same problem.



1415 This was from clicking the image button, computer, select file, upload file. All I got was a thumbnail.


I clicked on images button, URL, inserted http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1220&d=1326081606 from my own album and got
ERROR INVALID FILE


1416 This was from clicking the image button, URL, inserted direct image code from PHOTOBUCKET
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee448/barrym1/trapmodnose.jpg

What the hell is going on? What am I doing wrong? This is driving me crazy.


I dont have a clue why this attached thumbnail is below here.

[phrenetiK]

why would anyone attach a file with any other option than [ img] [/ img] ??so easy and you get the best picture

[shane]

^^ this, but a proper shortcut instead of a pop up window where your size is limited needs to happen

[MazRoadAdmin]

You're talking about the difference between "attachments" and "linked images". Attachments (images or files that are uploaded to the message attachment system within your message) show as thumbnails. That's how the system is built. Can't re-engineer it for you.

You bring up something that I didn't even know, though. That is that you can use your member Gallery instead of an external host (like Flickr or whatever) and do a linked image that way. Cool. I don't see a way around having to open a second window, though. I maybe able to put some sort of "open my gallery" link (set to open in a new window on the editor toolbar, though. Would that help? (at least it would be a one-click solution to get you there)

I'm going to merge this thread with the sticky post about image posting. There's good new info here.

[shane]

There simply needs to be a button similar to the wrap quote button but wraps it in IMG so i don't have to type it every time. Much like every other forum on the internet does.

[MazRoadAdmin]

Okay, I get what you're saying. For the record, WE didn't make these changes. This is simply the latest version of vBulletin, and "every other forum on the internet" that is using the latest version of vBulletin is suffering the same problems and learning curve.

Actually, it appears that the functionality you want is there. Click the image icon on the toolbar, at the very top of that popup you can select "from computer" or "from URL". Select "from URL". Paste your URL, uncheck "retrieve file" (it will upload the image as an attachment and thumbnail it if you don't!), click "OK". Done.

I just tried it below. Perfect IMG tag in either the WYSIWIG editor or Source Mode editor.

http://mazdaroadster.net/images/rank/idle.png

Try it. Let me know if there are issues. Seems to work once you understand how it works, and it's simple enough. (I have to admit, I don't like the new file upload selection nonsense, but it works, too)

[Barrym]

http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=186&d=1324797411

I did this by pushing the image button, inserting the BB code, unclicking the check mark. IMG is on either side of the picture.


http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=186&d=1324797411
I just pasted in the BB code without going through the image button and no IMG appears and both were full size.

I havent figured out how do insert a picture from the computer without getting a thumbnail.

Thanks for your help in getting this ironed out.

If you can find a way to access the gallery page with one click, get the BB code and return to the post, without wiping out what had been put in the post, that would be great.

Barrym

[MazRoadAdmin]

Bouncing out of the message editor, grabbing a URL from your gallery and getting back into the editor is not something that would be easy to do, unfortunately. I don't see that one happening unless it becomes a new feature of vBulletin at some point.

The rest of your message is confusing me a bit.

Read my instructions again. Nowhere did I say "paste in a BB code". They've really dumbed down the editor. All you need to do is have your URL and know where to click, you don't even need to know what a BB code is any more.

Just click the image icon, paste or type the URL (not a BBcode, just the URL), uncheck the box and click okay.

If you DO want to hand-type BB codes (or copy the BBcode from your gallery), you absolutely can do that, but I think you have to be in the "source mode" editor. (top left button) In the default WYSIWYG editor, it might not work right. You can change your default editor in your settings, btw.

Looks like it's probably fewer mouse clicks if you copy the BB code from the Gallery and just paste it into your message. If you go that route, you don't need to click the image button on the menu at all, just paste the BB code into the message.

Really would be cool if they'd integrate the gallery with the editor. I wonder if that's in the works.

[Barrym]

http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=604&d=1325310625

Yep it seems to work that way too.
It seems to take about the same amount of steps either way

Now if I could just get a picture from the computer without going to thumbnails Id be even happier. What I do now is load the photo from my computer into photobucket, click on the picture, click on the appropriate code go back to Mazdaroadster and click on images button, paste code, unclick box, click enter which is how I got this picture below. It takes about 2-3 separate open windows at one time to achieve this.
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee448/barrym1/Copyof735792_15_full.jpg
Thanks again for hangin in there with me on this.
Its been driving me crazy.
Barrym

[MazRoadAdmin]

Yeah, I don't know why the image attachment thing works the way it does. It seems that everyone wants the same thing, just to be able to easily drop a photo from their computer into a post. But, they haven't given us an easy way to do it. (without thumbnailing)

[Grumpy]

Yep it seems to work that way too.
It seems to take about the same amount of steps either way

Now if I could just get a picture from the computer without going to thumbnails Id be even happier. What I do now is load the photo from my computer into photobucket, click on the picture, click on the appropriate code go back to Mazdaroadster and click on images button, paste code, unclick box, click enter which is how I got this picture below. It takes about 2-3 separate open windows at one time to achieve this.

Thanks again for hangin in there with me on this.
Its been driving me crazy.
Barrym

If you are hosting on photobucket you don't need to click the img button on this site to enter the picture. On photobucket, mouse over the pic you want in your album. the bottom option it offers has the img tag already on it. single click that tag, and it copies. come back to this site, and paste it in the dialog box without clicking the insert img button. That's what I did for this:

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy213/askut/carstuff/carshoot101311024d.jpg

[Broadspeed]

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u520/Broadspeedmx5/376058_105629132886704_100003188532715_29488_17411 30020_n.jpg

[Broadspeed]

Good advise from grumpy tryed all sorts followed his advise an bingo job done.
Many thanks
Chris

[JakeLS01]

To the administrator:

You may want to consider adding the below mentioned add-on. This allows for a small popup window to open and the user may select images from their gallery. "When creating or editing a post, your users can open a popup window that will show them their pictures in the chosen gallery, albums or attachment system." It'd make things a little more user friendly for those that are not as computer savvy.

Here is a shot of what the popup would look like to select from the gallery:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4048/workflow.jpg

Add-on: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=243865

[Agent☣Orange]

Now if I could just get a picture from the computer without going to thumbnails Id be even happier. What I do now is load the photo from my computer into photobucket, click on the picture, click on the appropriate code go back to Mazdaroadster and click on images button, paste code, unclick box, click enter which is how I got this picture below. It takes about 2-3 separate open windows at one time to achieve this. Thanks again for hangin in there with me on this. Its been driving me crazy.
Barrym

You're adding too many steps. Once you copy the [img] code from Photobucket, you just paste it in the text box here. That's it. No need to click on any image button or un check some box.

I agree there is something quirky in Photobucket where iPad users can't "hover" over a photo and then copy the link. I have to click on the picture which opens in it's own page and then highlight and copy the img link on the right side.

[JakeLS01]

Maybe this will help anyone posting images through Photobucket:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5vK94m1CQ

[phk]

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t414/phk656/9d1a379f448bcb4e23fef3e045433214_zpse94e7639.jpg
Looks like the latest version of IOS 9.01 on my iPad is allowing me to post photos again!
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