Post Photos - How?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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This has been asked umpteen times, but how do you post photos? If I can do it, I will send photos of

my kitbashed Atlas TT to a 90’ TT. Thank you.

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It is documented on the forum help page. Look for the “How do I insert an image to my post?” question.

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The ‘Help’ mentioned above tells you how to put an image into your post but it doesn’t tell you how to get the image online in the first place. Below is that information as well as how to get the image into your post.

How to post pictures to a thread.

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Putting pictures on here is a nightmare, there has to be an easier way.

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It’s only a nightmare if you follow the methods outlined elsewhere. You first need to have your photos hosted at an on-line site, such as photobucket. It’s free to join and use, and there’s ample capacity for most users - I have about 4500 pictures there, and have used only 25% of my limit.

To post pictures here, you need two windows open, one in photobucket and one here. On this site, either start a new thread or, open a reply to an existing thread. Write what text you want to include, and, when you wish to add a photo, switch to the photobucket window. Pick the photo you want, then click on it to get an enlargement. Beside the enlargement are a number of “Image Links”. Click on the one entitled “IMG code”. The colour will change (yellow on my screen) indicating that the line of data has been automatically copied.

Next, in your composition window here, place the cursor where you want the image to appear, then right click and click on “Paste”. The line of data will appear, as below (I’ve eliminated the “G” from the first IMG so that the data will show as data rather than as a picture).

[IM]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Freight%20Cars%20-%20Part%20II/LSWbuildersphotographs001.jpg[/IMG]

Here’s the unaltered data, which appears as a picture when you hit either “Preview” or “Submit”. I can’t imagine how it could be made any easier.

If you wish to include multiple pictures, it’s a good idea to leave a line or two of blank space between them and also between the photos and any additional text

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While I agree that it is relatively simple to add a picture, I can imagine a simpler way. 1. Click on the “Insert Image” icon. 2. Browse to a location on your computer. 3. Select the file.

Having said this, I understand why this is not supported. Images can be rather large and the forum managers have chosen not to store all of these images. They have, in effect, outsourced it to someone else. I am just glad that they support inline display of the image. In another forum in which I participate, all that is supported is a displaying a link to the graphic.

(Btw, way cool sample picture!)