test thread, pics

[WestEnd]

testing

[WestEnd]

No pics for me here either.

I think I have been pic banned

[WestEnd]

Can someone else post a pic in this thread to see if it works for you. I am using the BB code???

Anyone!?

[c5z06camaro]

do you have a photobucket account?

[Mike Phillips]

Photobucket just leads to missing pictures into the future...

I'm looking at your code and the problem is how you're getting the URL Address for the pictures.

Here's the code you're using,

(I've cut out the http : // www so it doesn't get chopped down by the vBulletin software)

autogeekonline.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=126&pictureid=1264



And it should look like this,

autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/hood_before1.JPG

Have you read my article on how to insert an image into your posts? It has screenshots that shows you how to do it.

Are you using a Mac?

[Mike Phillips]

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message

In this next screen you'll see what are called "Thumbnails" of your full size images. Click on the Thumbnail of the photo you want to insert, in this example we'll click on the front view of Nate Trueman's 1966 Batmobile recreation.




Clicking on the Thumbnail will pull up a larger size image of the Thumbnail.




Now that you have the full size image pulled up inside the Photo Gallery, you need to get what's called the URL Address.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and the URL Address is the path to where your picture is located on the Internet so that a web browser can recognize and display it using what are called Image Tags.

There's usually a couple of different ways to get the URL Address for a photo. Different browsers will give you different options. In this example I'm using Internet Explorer but you can apply the same principals when using browsers like Firefox etc.

I'm going to show you how I do it, feel free to explore other ways within the Photo Gallery software to snag the URL Address.

The way I do it is to right click on top of the picture. This will pull up a dialog or information box about the picture. Inside this box you'll see this,



Note: You need the complete URL Address or you will end up with a Red X. The entire URL address is going to start with http and end with .jpg

So take your cursor and highlight the entire URL Address and then right click on top of the highlighted text and when it brings up another dialog box, select copy.





Now go to the message where you want to insert your picture.

To insert your image you want to click on the little tiny "Picture Icon" right above the message box where there are text formatting options.

The one that looks like this -----> <------
It will pull up a dialog window that looks like the image in the picture below.

You want to paste the URL Address into the dialog window and then click on OK




Important: If you fidget with your mouse it's real easy to un-highlight the http:// code and then when you paste the URL Address into the dialog box you'll end up with the code http:// twice and it will look like this

Having the http:// twice in the code will cause a Red X to show up instead of your picture.


If you did everything correctly, your picture should show up like this,

[Mike Phillips]

I'm not sure how you're getting the code for the URL Address for the picture but it shouldn't have this in it...

picture.php?albumid=124&pictureid=715

[WestEnd]

Thanks Mike, I was doing it just like I had in my previous picture threads. My show n shines are fine, I got comments on the pics.

I just was copying the BB code under the picture and pasting them into the text field which I have always done.

OK, I just read your info, I didn't do the previous threads anything like that... I will do this procedure.

So strange it worked before or I am totally losing it.

Thanks again for all of yor time, I am glad you type very fast so I don't feel as guilty. .

[Kristopher1129]

Whoa! Batmobile detailing? Link me to that please?!

[Thrillseeker]

Whoa! Batmobile detailing? Link me to that please?!