How do you put pictures on this site

Don Stauffer

Just a reminder that there is a whole forum dedicated to problems like this, in the Help and Feedback area below.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/feedback_help_and_testing/f/22.aspx

In fact, it is a good idea even for experienced users of these forums to occasionally scroll down through the whole list of forums.  You may be surprised by all that is here!

Just a reminder that there is a whole forum dedicated to problems like this, in the Help and Feedback area below.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/feedback_help_and_testing/f/22.aspx

In fact, it is a good idea even for experienced users of these forums to occasionally scroll down through the whole list of forums.  You may be surprised by all that is here!

Couldn't get pictures on here

Sure thing!

Nice Ju88!

Thank you Baron.  I was even able to get down to descent size.

roony

...I tried from postimage as well, but that one did appear.

I use Postimage, too.  When you'd like to share a photo you have stored there, and you have clicked the Share selection in Postimage, choose the "Hotlink for Forums" selection. Clicking the icon at the end of the row will copy the link text to your machine's clipboard.  Come back here and start a reply.  You can click Cntrl-V (speak "Control-Vee") to paste that link text into your reply.  Then comes a bit of a tricky part-Finescale's pages can't quite handle that full link, so we have to cut off the URL tag at the beginning and end of the line of text.  That's the text that appears in brackets at the beginning and end of the line, that looks like this:  "[url...]" and "[/url...]".  Here's an example:

If we don't cut those away, Finescale will boldface all of the text you write after the image.

Hope that helps!

Best regards,

Brad

Holy cow. there is a picture here.  Thanks hogfanfs.  This is from imgur.  I tried from postimage as well, but that one did appear.

I use Imgur for hosting my photos.

Here is what I do to add pictures to my posts with Imgur:

1. I login to Imgur and find the picture I want to post:

2. On the Direct Link Option click "Copy".

3. Now go to FSM forum and find the Thread you want to add the picture too.

4. Find the post and click the "Reply" button. (If you do not see a reply button, you may need to refresh the browser screen. Or go to another post that does have a "Reply" Button.) You should see the next picture:

5. The add picture icon is circled in Red. Click on it, the next pic will show you what needs to be added:

6. Source circled in Red is where you will paste the copied information from Imgur, or any hosting site. Then I set dimensions to 500 X 350 and I leave Constrain proportion checked. These are arbitrary numbers, they can be set to whatever your prference may be. I do not add an Image Description, however you can if you like. 

7. Click "OK" to add the picture. At this time you still have not posted the post, and you can go back and make adjustments. When done, click on "Submit your reply" at the bottom of the page.

8. Hope this helps.

The one marked "source". Paste the URL of the photo there.

When I click on the hill, edit photo comes up. With 3 options.  Which door do I pick?

like this

like this

like this

roony

I've tried, but all I get is this.

 

Thanks Steve!

1/ have you stored your photo in a file on your computer

2/join post image

3/click where it say's upload

4/ select your pic , from your file , click open

5/left click on direct link , you have now saved your pic 

6/ go to FSM click onto the image that shows a small hill 5 from the left

7/ right click your image should be done

I've tried, but all I get is this.

Lots of info specifically on this at the Forum Technical Assistance forum down below in the list of forums.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/feedback_help_and_testing/f/22.aspx

Thanks tempestjohnny! Maybe with a little help like yours we can get a lot of pictures on this forum!

Ok I'll try the best I can. 

1. Go to postimage and click on the pic you want to share

2. The icon that looks like triangle with 3 dots. Click that

3. You should be on the menu that shows all different links. Click the clipboard to the right of the Direct Link.  Now your pic is saved to your clipboard.

4. Go to FSM to the thread you want to post to. Click on reply not Quick reply.

5. The icon that looks like a mountain and a moon. That's the insert pic. Click that.

6. Not sure if you're on a mobile or pc but where it says source.  mobile press and hold which will paste your pic link. Pc right click

If you've done everything you'll see your pic

Hope this helps