photos and posts

I think you may be entering the URL in the composition area (the text area) vice entering it in the ‘Insert Media’ panel. If you do that, all you’ll get is the URL, not the image.

Let’s try it this way: Go back to the Photobucket tab. Highlight the SECOND entry (the Direct Link button). Do NOT do anything that disturbs the copy buffer.

Go to the FSM post-in-progress. On the SECOND tier of the message control bar, the TWELFTH icon, the aqua-colored one that looks like a swatch of film (you remember film? But I digress…) It says ‘Insert Media’… CLICK IT.

Another panel opens!

‘Send’ (Ctrl-V) the URL you copied from Photobucket into the top part of the ‘Insert Media’ panel. Don’t mess with any settings, just copy the URL. Click on the ‘Insert’ (vice ‘Cancel’ button). The ‘Insert Media’ panel closes and your image is inserted…

The composition panel will update (you’re still in ‘Compose’ mode, but the image should be visible) and you can continue composing. Try it.

 when I have clicked on the share media do I have to put some thing in the Max  height box??,I have lefr it blank ,and added 550, neither way worked

I have tried this many times and all I am getting is the link posted,I have tried it with to computers set side by side even .But thanks for the help I will keep trying.

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 I am not totally sure if I am doing something wrong .But I am not able to post some pictures.I read some place that they can't be taken from my pc.If this is the case where do I put them to get them into the forum.

 

Quoting from the post that taught me (as Mexicans say “Let each one teach one!” and that really notched up their literacy).

trouble posting photos from webshots
MAJ Mike replied on 05-09-2011 9:04 PM

I had help from VanceCrozier, a frequent poster herein.

Step 1 — set up an account with a place like Photobucket. There’s other services but this is the one a lot of folks use.

Step 2 — upload your pictures to your account/album.

Step 3 — (This works best if you open 2 windows — 1 in FSM and 1 in Photo-bucket, et al) Go to the Photobucket window and highlight and copy the “Direct Link” address. Go to the FSM widow containing your unfinished posting. Go to the menu bar above your post, click on the icon that looks like a film strip. Paste the Direct Link address into the appropriate space. Then hit insert.

If this sounds elementary, I apologize. But I couldn’t have figured it on my own without assistance. I’m sure others can, but not me. Give it a try.

The eaisest way is to put them on a free site such as photobucket and link them from there.