How to Host Images


I recommend Image Shack. They keep your images private.

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You will received a rather long registration code / link.
Everytime you access Image Shack, you must use this link. It will log you straight into your account.

I recommend making this link a short-cut.

Your first use of this link, will activate your account.


To Upload Images

When you first follow your link to Image Shack, you’ll be placed on the Upload page.

Subsequent visits to Image Shack, will place you on the Images page. In which case, click on Upload Images, immediately above your image Thumbnails.

Click on the Browse button.
Navigate your Hard Drive to the Image file in the normal windows manner.
Click on Open.
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An intermediate Code page will appear. You may use these forum codes here, once you’re familiar with them.

To upload further images at this time, click on Upload, in the upper left corner, near the Frog.

To view your Images, and their forum codes, click on My Images, in the upper right hand corner.


To View Images, and Select Forum Code.

Clicking on My Images, places you on the Images page.

The image thumbnails are display down the left. The image forum Codes are listed down the right, 6 for each image. If an image is under a certain size, the actual image will not be shown. But clicking on any thumbnail, will display the full and correct image.

Images are displayed, in reverse chronological sequence. That is, your last image added, is at the top of the list.

The code you will use the most often, is the first line, labelled ‘forums’. Just cut & paste this straight into a Post, to display the image.

The 2nd line, and 6th line, are used to embed images into Forum Descriptions, changing Forum Logo’s, and such, by the forum Administrator. And it is assumed that if you’re doing that, then it is not Necessary to explain it here.


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Click on Logout, in the extreme upper right hand of the page.

How to Post Images


1. First step, you must upload your images to a Host Site.

I personally use Image Shack:

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Another one is My File Hut:

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. There are dozens of others.


2. Second step. To place an image into your Topic / Post, you must place the Internet Address, or 'URL', of your image from your Host Site.

Code:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3917/jmeccano034ks.jpg

You then ensure you place the image 'tags' on each end, [img] [/img], note that the second 'closing' tag has an '/'.

Code:

[img]http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3917/jmeccano034ks.jpg[/img]

You can type the codes, or highlight your URL, and click on the Img button, above where you type your Post.

..and the result,