Adding pics to threads

coinbuf

Can anyone help out a new member on how to add a picture to a thread?

Chris

Russ

If you want to add an "attachment", you'll find a tool for doing that below the "Reply to thread" button when posting a topic or replying to a thread.

If you want to link a pic so that it appears in the body, you use the [img ]url of image[/img ] tags without the space I just put in the brackets.

Russ, NCNE

Russ

Thus, an attachment would appear as you see below. This requires the user to click it to view.

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Russ

Directly linking a file, appears like this:



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coinbuf

Thanks Russ. I know the picture icon will link the url but which symbol is used to show the picture in the thread?

Russ

The picture icon is just a shortcut for creating the image tags that I mentioned above.

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mbbiker

What is a URL and how do you make a picture a URL format?

Russ

URL means "Universal Resource Locator", fancy name for web address. Looks like this:

http://www.compucheap.com/coins/misc/02barber_obv.jpg

Pasted in using the picture icon above, looks like this:



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Russ

Maybe I need to be clearer. If you want a scan to appear in the body, you MUST have it planted on a web server somewhere. You cannot use that feature for a pic on your computer.

If you want to "attach" a file, look at the bottom when replying or posting. You will see the word "Attachments:" with a white box next to it. Click "Attach file". This will bring up another box. In the upper right of this box, click "browse", than find the file on your local drive. Once you find it, highlight it and click "upload file".

After you do that, the file will appear in the box that is labeled "File listing for [your handle]". Highlight it in that box and click "attach file" at the bottom, toward the right.

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mbbiker

Thanks Russ, I'll stick to using attachments

itsnotjustme

I attach my file to the post with the attach file button (must select file, then hit the upload button, then select the file from the list, then hit attach).

Then, I edit my thread and link to where PCGS puts my files on their web server. (i.e. click on attachment button, copy the url of what opens, edit my thread, click picture button, paste url.)

Russ

Hehe, nice workaround, Brian!

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mbbiker

I DID IT


why did the Obv. work but not the Rev. i did the same thing

oldcameoproofsguy

Just checking to see if I'm following Russ.
Obverse:
Reverse:

oldcameoproofsguy

Thank you Russ,

Say goodbye to those pesky attachments for photos.

Mike

stman

Hey Russ, what are you doing with that barber coin?

Those are MINE!!!!

Stman

Cam40

Did it work?

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!

Russ

Stman,

Alas, I no longer have it. Some lowlife, scumbag burglar has it now.

Cam40,

I think Yahoo blocks direct linking of graphics.

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Cam40

Russ-I think your right.It wasn`t that way in the past.
Oh well.I haven`t got cool enough coins to attach anyway.

BillJones

This stuff is really frustrating. If you get one slash or anything wrong it won't work. Yet you can't show the exact nomenclature because that makes the picture show. I wish there was a book on this stuff!!!

It’s the one common skill that so many people can do that I cannot master.

[img]1805DimeOSm.jpg[img]

Cam40

Bill-Don`t feel like the Lone Stranger.
I,m with you buddy.

Russ

Bill,

If the above was an attempt, there are two things you did incorrectly. First, you didn't "close" the tag. The tag at the end requires a "/" right before the "img".

Second is, that's not a complete URL (web address) to the location of the graphic. It needs to be on a publicly accessible site somewhere and contain "http://www.examplesite.com/examplegraphic.jpg".

Russ, NCNE