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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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If you want to post an image, you'll need a photo host or website. Not to worry! If you don't have a photo host we recommend using flickr or google photos to post images here. Why? They offer free accounts and we've made it very easy to include images in your posts (see below).
flickr.com
- upload the image to flickr (we recommend using the desktop uploader for this and having it automatically resize to 2048 pixels - if you don't resize, your uploads will take longer)
- position your cursor where you want the image to display in your post
- just above where you post a message, select flickr in the drop down, enter your flickr username or email in the box to the right, then click on the "Pics" button
- click on the photos you want to include in your post
- that's it! (alternatively, just paste the link to the flickr image or page in your post)
- note: if your flickr username or email doesn't work then enter the xxxxxxxx@yyy that appears here under "useful values" (you must be logged in to flickr to see this) and make sure your photos are not hidden from third party sites
flickr notes:
- the description you give the image at flickr will be displayed with the image
- you can override the flickr description by appending =some other description after the URL in your post
- if you change the description at flickr, you will need to edit and re-submit your post here to refresh it
Google photos
- upload the image to google photos
- tip: create a generic share album (e.g. nwhikers) and add photos you want to share here to that album so you don't have to keep generating new share links every time
- go to the album (or select a single photo or multiple photos if you don't want to put them in an album) and click on the < share icon at google photos to "get link"
- position your cursor where you want the image(s) to display in your post
- just above where you post a message, select google photos (instead of flickr), paste the link in the box to the right, then click on the "Pics" button
- click on the photos you want to include in your post
- that's it! (alternatively, use the Picasa options for albums created before July 2016)
- warning: do not use any other method for google photos! This is the only way to embed permanent links (other methods such as right click get the image link will result in expiring image links).
Picasa
- upload the image to picasa and put it in an album
- position your cursor where you want the image to display in your post
- just above where you post a message, select picasa (instead of flickr), enter your picasa username or google email in box to the right, then click on the "Pics" button
- select an album, then click on the photos you want to include in your post
- that's it! (alternatively, see below)
- note: if you are missing some albums make sure your albums are public (or temporarily make them public). For albums created after July 2016 you must use google photos.
SmugMug
- upload the image to SmugMug
- position your cursor where you want the image to display in your post
- just above where you post a message, select SmugMug (instead of flickr), enter your username in the box to the right, then click on the "Pics" button
- click on the photos you want to include in your post
- that's it! (alternatively, see below)
ImageShack (we no longer recommend or support this awful host)
All other websites (including photobucket, websh#ts, imagestation, dropbox, etc.)
- position your cursor where you want the image to display in your post
- just above where you post a message, click on the IMG button, paste the URL of the image, then OK
- that's it!
- to add an image description, use the following format: [img]url[/img]=some description
note for dropbox users: be sure to replace https://www.dropbox.com with https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com |
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Tazz Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7909 | TRs
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 climbed observation rock which is the peak just in front of Rainier. this was taken at 6 am while haveing coffe in camp
thanks tom |
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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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See, piece of cake wasn't it?  |
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Tazz Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7909 | TRs
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Tom wrote: |
See, piece of cake wasn't it?  |
if I can do it any one can
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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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Best of all, I won't need to send daily PMs to those who upload large images on our server after neglecting to read the attachment guidelines.
Give it a whirl. It's easy, and now you can put pictures wherever you want in a post, not to mention post as many as you want. Just don't overdo it.  |
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polarbear Member


Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3683 | TRs Location: Snow Lake hide-away
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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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flickr.com was recently acquired by Yahoo, so it's relatively safe from photomugopoly.net. |
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Slugman Slower than ever


Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16132 | TRs
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Lately I've been trying to limit myself to linking the two pics they allow at WTA, this will be a major upgrade, nice job Thomas!
Edit: I just joined flickr, took like two minutes, very cool. Thanks again.
-------------- "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more..." Childe Harold |
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peppersteak'n'ale Member


Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1981 | TRs
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Slugman wrote: |
I just joined flickr, took like two minutes, very cool. |
This was easy and self explanatory - Thanks for the link, Tom. |
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polecatjoe Silent but deadly


Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 1729 | TRs Location: The Forests of Lynnwood
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Let me try!
 Our new neighbor
By the way, I love the "don't overdo it" bit. I'm going to post links to my entire photo collection, now! 
-------------- "If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged." - Virginia Woolf |
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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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polecatjoe, you may want to resize your pictures before uploading or you'll eat thru your 20MB monthly upload limit very quickly. |
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polecatjoe Silent but deadly


Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 1729 | TRs Location: The Forests of Lynnwood
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Thanks, I think I have a handle on it now. Perhaps if I had read ALL of the instructions in the first place...
-------------- "If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged." - Virginia Woolf |
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Scrooge Famous Grouse


Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6948 | TRs Location: wishful thinking
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polarbear Member


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Tom Admin


Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16112 | TRs
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Scrooge, it looks like you posted the URL of the webpage, not the picture. Right click on the picture (then properties) to get the URL.
 Reflection in tarn below Yellow Aster Butte |
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