How to add pictures to a post

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How to add pictures to a post

Post by Crystal » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:41 am

There are 3 ways to add a picture to a post. If you own the copyright to an image or have express written consent to reproduce/share the image, you can: 1) attach the image to the post or 2) insert the image into the post (if you have uploaded it to a photo sharing website like flickr and have an URL to the image). The third option is best to use if you do not own the copyright to the image, and that is to 3) insert a hyperlink to the image into the post (so that people can view the image if they click on the link).

This post will show you how to use each of these methods:

Step 1. Log in (you must be logged in to create a post).
Step 2. Navigate to the forum you would like to create a post within.
Step 3. Click the "NEW Topic" button (if you want to create a new topic) -OR- navigate to a thread and click the "POST Reply" button if you want to add a reply to an existing thread. (You cannot attach an image using the Quick Reply feature located at the bottom of a thread, although you can still insert an image from an URL or link to an image URL using Quick Reply.)

Step 4. Add your image...

If attaching an image, follow these steps:
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Scroll to the bottom of the post and you will see "Upload Attachment" form; click on "Chose file"
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Navigate to the image you would like to attach, and click "Open"
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Type a description for the image if you'd like, then click "Add the file" to upload it
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A progress bar will appear showing the image you have selected from your computer is being uploaded to the forum
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Repeat the process to upload additional images.
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After you've finished uploading images and are ready to insert them into your post, you will see a drop-down list at the bottom of your post with all of the images you've uploaded. Select the one from the drop-down list that you'd like to place in your post and click "Place inline." Repeat this process for any additional images you uploaded.
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The post will now contain some code that will be replaced with your uploaded image once you submit the post.


If inserting an image, follow these steps:
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To insert an image from an external website (URL), click the "Insert Image" button in the BBC code at the top of the post.
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When you click that button, a small window will pop up asking you to fill in the URL to the image. Once you've written the URL to the image in the form field, click "Insert into message."
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Again, the code that is inserted into the post will be replaced with the image once you submit the post.


If providing a hyperlink to an image, follow these steps:
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Click the "Web address" button
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Fill in the URL to the image you would like to link to and add a description for the link in the appropriate fields, then click "Insert into message." This will put code into the post that when submitted will be replaced with a hyperlink to the image.

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