Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

dar31 wrote: »

a bit of help lads, and ladies
how do i insert a picture into a post, with out using the likes of photobucket or the likes or as an attachment
cheers

How to post images (and some other file types) directly to Boards.ie:

PART 1

1. Click the 'Reply' button (or the 'New Thread' or 'Quote' button, if applicable)
2. Scroll down to 'Additional Options'
3. Click the 'Manage Attachments' button
4. A new window will pop up, entitled 'Manage Attachments'. (There are limits to the types and size of files that can be attached to posts, listed in the lower part of this window)
5. In the Upload File from your Computer section at the top, click the 'Browse' button
6. Another window will pop up, this one entitled 'File Upload'
7. Browse your computer to your chosen image (1 at a time), click on it, and click the 'Open' button
8. The 'File Upload' window will vanish and you'll be back to the 'Manage Attachments' window
9. In the Upload File from your Computer section, click the 'Upload' button
10. The message "Uploading File(s) - Please Wait" will be displayed for a few moments
11. In the 'Manage Attachments' window, a new 'Current Attachments' section will have appeared, containing your image file
12. There's a 'Remove' button beside it, if you change your mind
13. Repeat steps 5-11 to add more files
14. Close the 'Manage Attachments' window
15. You're now back at the 'Additional Options' section of the Reply/New Thread/Quote page.
16. Your file(s) are now listed under 'Attach Files', above the 'Manage Attachments' button

If you hit the 'Submit Reply/Submit New Thread' button now, your files will appear as clickable links in an 'Attached Images' box at the bottom of your post .


PART 2
If you want to display them as images in the post, carry on with this:

1. Right-click on a file as mentioned in step 16 of PART 1 above, and click 'Copy Link Location' (wording may vary a bit, depending on what Internet browser you're using)
2. Click the 'Insert Image' icon in the row of small icons above the text box in which you're composing your post. It's the square yellow one with 2 little triangular mountains and a square sun/moon in it, 6th to the left of the YouTube icon
3. In the little pop up that asks you to "Please enter the URL of your image:", Delete the pre-populated text in the text field, and Paste the text from step 1 above
4. Click the 'OK' button
5. Repeat 1-4 for additional files
6. Click the 'Submit Reply/Submit New Thread' button

That's it, your image(s) should now be displayed in the post.

Try not to break everyone's browser by posting HUGE images; keep the longest side of your image to around 800 pixels and file size under 100KB or so. They'll still display fine in a browser and if anyone wants higher resolution versions, they can be just left as attachments (PART 1) and not posted inline (PART 2).

blue5000 wrote: »

Thanks Rovi, but part 2 still gives me problems:o

I see what happened:
In PART 2, section 3, 'In the little pop up that asks you to "Please enter the URL of your image:"', the text field is already populated with the first part of the URL link: "http://".
You pasted your link text after that, like this:
"[noparse]http://http://[/noparse][noparse]www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=198609&stc=1&d=1333319289[/noparse]"

This is invalid syntax and gives rise to the error you were seeing.
I'll tweak the instructions to make a note of this.

I've fixed it in your post to make the image display properly, and I've edited the image to make it a bit more browser-friendly

It's an excellent picture, by the way!

Bizzum wrote: »

Rovi, Can I retro post clickable links that I have previous posted from step 2 on to display them as images within the post?

Yes, provided you do so within the 48 hour cut off time for editing posts, you can go back to a post and do the whole 'Manage Attachments' thing.