Pictures on prune
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
The thing is that unlike some forums, Pprune does not host pictures directly.
This means that you have to have another service that will do it for you. Photobucket is a popular one. It's a free download.
When you have set this up, you simply pick a photo that you've put into such a program, and then copy the IMG Code...which in Photobucket's case is the fourth line under the thumbnail picture, and then paste it into your Pprune posting.
So, I would put in this link and the picture will appear, except that for now, I have corrupted the [IMG] bit with some *** so it doesn't work, and you can see what it looks like.
[IM***G]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/walnaze/DSC_0272.jpg[/IMG]
Now, when I remove the *** it will automatically show the picture...as below. You will see that it causes the scroll bars to appear because in this case the picture is a tad too big. Not good, but more on this below.
Mind you, I have intentionally
picked a picture which is too big...this ticks people orf, cos from then on all the folks looking at that entire page will have to scroll sideways.
The Bucket, as I call it, can re-size pictures, but there is a nice little freebee called FastStone photo resizer. There has been a thread here or in Jet Blast - in the last few days - on getting the size right for Pprune...but as a rough guide, a Med quality 125K comes out about right.
Getting tricky? Don't panic. You can simply invite folk to look at your picture without showing it. This kills two birds with one stone. A/ It is just that, an invitation to look, and B/ The size problem goes away. So, you'd just DEL the [IMG] boxes off the ends...for some reason, the picture is always a nice size. ( I think...I haven't tried any vast ones.)
Click on the link to see the same picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/DSC_0272.jpg
This means that you have to have another service that will do it for you. Photobucket is a popular one. It's a free download.
When you have set this up, you simply pick a photo that you've put into such a program, and then copy the IMG Code...which in Photobucket's case is the fourth line under the thumbnail picture, and then paste it into your Pprune posting.
So, I would put in this link and the picture will appear, except that for now, I have corrupted the [IMG] bit with some *** so it doesn't work, and you can see what it looks like.
[IM***G]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/walnaze/DSC_0272.jpg[/IMG]
Now, when I remove the *** it will automatically show the picture...as below. You will see that it causes the scroll bars to appear because in this case the picture is a tad too big. Not good, but more on this below.
Mind you, I have intentionally
picked a picture which is too big...this ticks people orf, cos from then on all the folks looking at that entire page will have to scroll sideways. The Bucket, as I call it, can re-size pictures, but there is a nice little freebee called FastStone photo resizer. There has been a thread here or in Jet Blast - in the last few days - on getting the size right for Pprune...but as a rough guide, a Med quality 125K comes out about right.
Getting tricky? Don't panic. You can simply invite folk to look at your picture without showing it. This kills two birds with one stone. A/ It is just that, an invitation to look, and B/ The size problem goes away. So, you'd just DEL the [IMG] boxes off the ends...for some reason, the picture is always a nice size. ( I think...I haven't tried any vast ones.)
Click on the link to see the same picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/DSC_0272.jpg
Last edited by Loose rivets; 9th May 2009 at 18:32.
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Loose Rivets:
Mind you, I have intentionally picked a picture which is too big...this ticks people orf, cos from then on all the folks looking at that entire page will have to scroll sideways.
Mind you, I have intentionally
picked a picture which is too big...this ticks people orf, cos from then on all the folks looking at that entire page will have to scroll sideways. The scrolling is based upon what resolution you are running your screen(s) at - I would imagine quite a few people with 22" monitors runing at 1900x1200 dont have to scroll - I could get 2 of those pics side by side in the thread still without having to scroll (30" Dell @ 2516x1600).
Psychophysiological entity
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
This is true. I forget sometimes that I'm a dinosaur. 1024...me-ee. 
My laptop is native at 1600, but I'm always gravitating back to the tube to rest me eyes.
30" Sheeeeesh! One is outclassed.
My laptop is native at 1600, but I'm always gravitating back to the tube to rest me eyes.
30" Sheeeeesh! One is outclassed.
