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I've seen the info on how to post pics here and I appreciate the thought. There are some of us however that may need a bit more help and this is for them. If you find it worth a sticky please go ahead. The security of making your photobucket page 'Private" is worth a look for everyone.
The following info may seem simplistic to the electronically gifted but for those of you like myself who have been cyberspace challenged I hope this helps. It was daunting my first time trying to post a picture on a forum thread. Seemed so complicated and I couldn’t wrap my head around how my pictures were supposed to go to some website server and then magically appear on the Forum! I’m just a guy who wants to talk guns and throw a few (thousand) rounds down range once in a while. I’m certainly no computer wizard, I’ll admit to (or brag about) that, no problem. Long story short… I figured it out – it’s easy and if you want to join the fun of tossing in a pic of that Python or old Colt 1911 you treat better than your first born here’s how to do it. I (and many other forum users) use “Photobucket” because it has no popups or other bs that are a part of other free picture storing/sharing websites. I have no connection to it other than that it works great for me.
Steps in posting your pictures in the EE or other threads.
• Go to “Photobucket” and register. Give a valid email address and use your judgment on the rest. Here’s the link: http://photobucket.com/register.php?link=topmenu
• They will send you a confirmation email right away with a link to go to complete the process. Now you can log in to Photobucket and start uploading pictures to their site which has a reserved space for your photos.
• Now you’re logged in at the Photobucket site and on your screen it shows several buttons, each with the word “Browse”. Click any one of them and it will let you choose pictures from wherever you have them stored on your computer. For example if your pictures are in a “My Documents” folder called “Guns” you can choose that folder right from the Photobucket site by clicking that Browse button.
• Choose a photo by clicking on it and then click “Open”. Now on the Photobucket page just click “Upload” and wait a couple of minutes while a copy of the picture transfers to the Photobucket site. Repeat as necessary till you have a stock of photos stored on Photobucket. At this point you have a stock of photos including that nice Diamondback you want to put in EE for $400.00 which is the reason I’m doing all this typing. Just kidding – sort of.
• Now it’s time to start a thread in Classifieds or just share a picture in reply to someone else’s thread. Go to your Photobucket pictures and left click (yes left) on the 4th line under the picture that says “IMG Code” It will copy the image info and then all you have to do is paste that in a new thread or reply dialog box on the forum by right clicking the mouse and choosing “paste”. When you post your thread or reply etc. the actual image will magically appear in your post.
• A last word of caution – it isn’t difficult for anyone to see not just the picture you are posting but also any others you have stored on the Photobucket site unless you make your account private. If you don’t want those pictures of you and that Norinco going at it on the range to be seen by a bunch of Colt fanatics click “account options” (upper right on screen) and then “Album Settings (edit my account settings)” Change the default “public” to “private”. Choose a password to give guests if you want to give them full access and then and click “Save”.
Here’s one of my babies from Photobucket. Couple of clicks and badabing… I love this stuff! It’s what the Internet was meant for…..any questions?
Mike
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The following info may seem simplistic to the electronically gifted but for those of you like myself who have been cyberspace challenged I hope this helps. It was daunting my first time trying to post a picture on a forum thread. Seemed so complicated and I couldn’t wrap my head around how my pictures were supposed to go to some website server and then magically appear on the Forum! I’m just a guy who wants to talk guns and throw a few (thousand) rounds down range once in a while. I’m certainly no computer wizard, I’ll admit to (or brag about) that, no problem. Long story short… I figured it out – it’s easy and if you want to join the fun of tossing in a pic of that Python or old Colt 1911 you treat better than your first born here’s how to do it. I (and many other forum users) use “Photobucket” because it has no popups or other bs that are a part of other free picture storing/sharing websites. I have no connection to it other than that it works great for me.
Steps in posting your pictures in the EE or other threads.
• Go to “Photobucket” and register. Give a valid email address and use your judgment on the rest. Here’s the link: http://photobucket.com/register.php?link=topmenu
• They will send you a confirmation email right away with a link to go to complete the process. Now you can log in to Photobucket and start uploading pictures to their site which has a reserved space for your photos.
• Now you’re logged in at the Photobucket site and on your screen it shows several buttons, each with the word “Browse”. Click any one of them and it will let you choose pictures from wherever you have them stored on your computer. For example if your pictures are in a “My Documents” folder called “Guns” you can choose that folder right from the Photobucket site by clicking that Browse button.
• Choose a photo by clicking on it and then click “Open”. Now on the Photobucket page just click “Upload” and wait a couple of minutes while a copy of the picture transfers to the Photobucket site. Repeat as necessary till you have a stock of photos stored on Photobucket. At this point you have a stock of photos including that nice Diamondback you want to put in EE for $400.00 which is the reason I’m doing all this typing. Just kidding – sort of.
• Now it’s time to start a thread in Classifieds or just share a picture in reply to someone else’s thread. Go to your Photobucket pictures and left click (yes left) on the 4th line under the picture that says “IMG Code” It will copy the image info and then all you have to do is paste that in a new thread or reply dialog box on the forum by right clicking the mouse and choosing “paste”. When you post your thread or reply etc. the actual image will magically appear in your post.
• A last word of caution – it isn’t difficult for anyone to see not just the picture you are posting but also any others you have stored on the Photobucket site unless you make your account private. If you don’t want those pictures of you and that Norinco going at it on the range to be seen by a bunch of Colt fanatics click “account options” (upper right on screen) and then “Album Settings (edit my account settings)” Change the default “public” to “private”. Choose a password to give guests if you want to give them full access and then and click “Save”.
Here’s one of my babies from Photobucket. Couple of clicks and badabing… I love this stuff! It’s what the Internet was meant for…..any questions?
Mike
