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AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: Sheryl on October 16, 2010, 09:30:57 pm

Title: Posting picture
Post by: Sheryl on October 16, 2010, 09:30:57 pm

Hi - not sure this forum is the place to ask but --- I followed the directions for posting my picture and all I'm seeing is an empty box with a little red "x" in the upper left hand corner.  I right clicked on "show picture" and still nothing.  I also see this on a few other photos.  Where did I go wrong?  I went through Photobucket.
Thanks,
Sheryl

Title: Re: Posting picture
Post by: leapyrtwins on October 17, 2010, 08:45:54 am

Best person to give you advice on this - as far as I recall - is Steve Gerrard (sgerrard).  He's not on the Forum as much as he used to be, but maybe if you PM him he can give you some advice.

Good luck,

Jan

Title: Re: Posting picture
Post by: sgerrard on October 17, 2010, 05:44:22 pm

Sheryl,

You put the "img" markups around the URL of your image. This is an easy mistake, since you need those if you are putting a picture in a post. However, you don't need them (and can't have them) when you are putting a URL in your forum profile under "I have my own pic".

So, to put a picture in a post, I would enter

Code: [Select]

[img]http://stevegerrard.home.comcast.net/me-hat-3.JPG[/img]

But to put one in my profile, I would just enter

Code: [Select]

http://stevegerrard.home.comcast.net/me-hat-3.JPG

By the way, I would crop that picture close to a square if you are going to use it for your profile. Otherwise it will get sqeezed up.

Steve

Title: Re: Posting picture
Post by: Sheryl on October 18, 2010, 05:38:58 pm

Hi - thanks for the reply.  Still have not had luck - could be because with computers and abbreviations (IMG, JPG, HTML) I'm lost.  Hopefully I'll just stumble upon it.
Sheryl