Posting ettiquete

[Sleepy]

Hello all,

Being a bit of a novice with displaying pictures I have been wondering about the best way to post them.

Is the there an unwritten (or perhaps written - I'm not good with instructions!!) rule/preference on how to post pictures. Embedded pictures which could be a pain for dial-up users or thumbnails that require a further page to be opened.

[rangieman]

Hello all,

Being a bit of a novice with displaying pictures I have been wondering about the best way to post them.

Is the there an unwritten (or perhaps written - I'm not good with instructions!!) rule/preference on how to post pictures. Embedded pictures which could be a pain for dial-up users or thumbnails that require a further page to be opened.
MMM stick them in the gallery or a account with some one like photobucket:D

[stirlsilver]

If you wanted to be real bandwidth friendly, you could make a photobucket album and then just stick the link to that album in your post... But I just embed the pictures into the post, at least that way you can have text with the picture.

OR,

I've just thought of another way, when uploading a photo to photobucket, you can select it to be saved as a small photo. I usually go for 800x600 pixels, but you could if you wished go for something like 640x480 pixels to reduce the size of your embedded image.

[Slunnie]

and also resize them so that they fit on the screen when the thread is viewed. I set mine to 480x640 72dpi. A big pic that fits, resolution is enough and still quick loading.

[Disco300Tdi]

Read the 3rd sticky thread down from the top in the "General Chat" forum
""How to post pics on the forum"

[Sleepy]

Read the 3rd sticky thread down from the top in the "General Chat" forum
""How to post pics on the forum"

Damn, I thought there'd be instructions. Thanks 300 :blush:

[Xavie]

Just testing

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2MmNtTSxo_JkSc-IMxYaOg"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3nEQ2-bOQQs/SSj2BEzhNRI/AAAAAAAAAB4/6-r5gAi2qUA/s144/DSC_0055.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Xavmccrae/Newnes22Nov2008">newnes 22 nov 2008</a></td></tr></table>

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/160.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/161.jpg

[Slunnie]

Is this the bit of code that you're after?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3nEQ2-bOQQs/SSj2BEzhNRI/AAAAAAAAAB4/6-r5gAi2qUA/s144/DSC_0055.JPG

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/159.jpg


hmmm, the forum software contracts it, but you can still see it in the links you've posted.

[djhampson]

The other bit of etiquette with picture that people should remember is don't quote in reply them unless its really necessary... Quoting pictures wastes so much real estate on screen and in some cases bandwidth if your browser decides to download both copies.

I think you got the thumbnail size image Slunnie ebcause you linked to the smaller version of the image, the links you used are slightly different to Xavies. The forum doesn't reduce the size of the photos by default.

[Slunnie]

The other bit of etiquette with picture that people should remember is don't quote in reply them unless its really necessary... Quoting pictures wastes so much real estate on screen and in some cases bandwidth if your browser decides to download both copies.
I'm pretty sure it only downloads it once, and then stores it in the cash box or whatever its called for use in the near future.

[Xavie]

Excellent!


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Thanks Slunnie

[Slunnie]

I think you got the thumbnail size image Slunnie ebcause you linked to the smaller version of the image, the links you used are slightly different to Xavies. The forum doesn't reduce the size of the photos by default.
I must have pulled the wrong bit of code. :(

Oh the contraction bit was in relation to when I posted the code which came up as a link... the software chopped the middle section out of it.

[Slunnie]

Excellent!


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3nEQ2-bOQQs/SSj68-ojg7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/XVPTswzvj9M/s720/DSC_0100.JPG

Thanks Slunnie
Cool Dog Xavie! He looks spoilt! :D

[beforethevision]

Hello all,

Being a bit of a novice with displaying pictures I have been wondering about the best way to post them.

Is the there an unwritten (or perhaps written - I'm not good with instructions!!) rule/preference on how to post pictures. Embedded pictures which could be a pain for dial-up users or thumbnails that require a further page to be opened.

Sorry, this dial-up, is close to extinct, only found on rare occasions in zoos...

Seriously, just embed the pics, but dont make them massive, unless its a pics thread or something.

Cheers!

[Slunnie]

Sorry, this dial-up, is close to extinct, only found on rare occasions in zoos...

Seriously, just embed the pics, but dont make them massive, unless its a pics thread or something.

Cheers!
Not for those that live out of town.

[abaddonxi]

I'm pretty sure it only downloads it once, and then stores it in the cash box or whatever its called for use in the near future.

Piggy bank.:p

[rick130]

Not for those that live out of town.

Where the real Land Rovers live :p
Which is why I too re-size everything to 640x480 max before linking/posting.

[p38arover]

It shouldn't be necessary to download them twicwe if they are quote - they should be in the cache.

Any photos I post (if not thumbnails) are resized in PhotoShop to fit the screen, either 640x480 or 800x600 and then saved for the web (72 dpi).

I still live with dial-up at work where I can get a max of 28kbps.