Adding PICs easily

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Adding PICs easily

Post by jag » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:07 am

Folks, I know it has been asked before however as a newebee it is difficult to make this happen! I identify the pic then press add file and nothing happens! Is there an easy way? I was intending to post my dataplates.
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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Kent Chipman » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:37 am

The way I do it, is using Blackdog's picture hosting site (he is a member of the Gee).

Go here : http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/?cfbbf920" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

join / load your pictures there / copy the link / past link here / take the check mark out of the "Disable BBCode" box (right below in the options area)/ done

(you can hit preview button below to see if you have done everything correctly before you hit the submit button)

If you want full size picture posted, back out one of the back slashes and thumbs:
/thumb


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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Kent Chipman » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:41 am

If you are in the USA and need help, eMail me and I will send my phone number and walk you thru the process.

I had problems at first, now it is easy.

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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by jag » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:09 am

Kent, thanks for this. I have opened an account. Can you advise how I copy the pics over. Do I highlight and drag them or must I enter the URL? All of my pics are high res as well. Is there some way for me to reduce the size before posting?
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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Kent Chipman » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:22 pm

John,
On the surface zero G503 Album site:
you have to be logged in
go to upload photos
drop down to up load photos and click on "BROWSE"
you should be able to go anywhere on your computer to get photos
you have to put a title and subject to the picture
then hit upload, you should be home free

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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Ian Fawbert » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:24 pm

Hi John,

Kent is giving some great advice!

Just bear in mind, that if you have high resolution pics, it might be slow to upload them onto the surfacezero website- i have noticed this when i have tried to put some big files up.
If you have Adobe Photoshop (i have adobe photoshop CS2), there is a function called 'Image Processor' in the menu: File>Scripts>Image Procesor to change the resolution of the image, thus making it easier to upload and email too.

The easiest way to put your picture in your threads is to do as kent says and copy the link/URL address and paste it in your message.
eg:
1. To get this photo of my gpw on surface zero so all can see it in a thread, i just copied the link out of the address bar and pasted it here.
http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showpho ... hoto=60525" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2. You can also just have the photo with out the surfacezero page around it- to do this, right click on the picture, click 'properties' then copy the 'address (URL)'.
http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/17 ... y_08_2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

3. To get the picture in the thread:
do the same as step 2 (you must copy address from properties for this to work), then press the Img button above where you type your message (its in the row of the bold, underline, quote buttons etc). The following should appear:
Paste the copied address in between Image and it should appear like this:
Image



The same principles apply to getting photo's from any website (as far as i know), so you can take a pic off ebay for example and paste it in a thread if you need to discuss it- though it will dissappear not long after as ebay will delete it from their server once the auction finishes. To overcome this, save it to your comp and upload it onto surface zero!

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, just give me a call.
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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Mark Tombleson » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:00 pm

Ian, you forgot to tell him the importance of making sure you get the "medium" size photo to display on the post.

When you look at your album it usually list two sizes of files, the smaller one is the "medium" size photo. choose that one or your photo may be too big and get cropped in your posting.
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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Ian Fawbert » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:18 am

Hi Mark,

I forgot because i didnt even know! So, thanks for speaking up and telling me/us both!

I shall remember that in the future.

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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by jag » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:29 am

Guys, thanks for your advice on this. I will give it a go! regards,
John

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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by Jon » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:57 am

If you look at where you type your message
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v
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v
v.........Then look underneath.........

You get this........


* Options * Upload attachment (It's semi Highlighted...... Click on it!)

Disable BBCode
Disable smilies
Do not automatically parse URLs
Attach a signature (signatures can be altered via the UCP)
Notify me when a reply is posted

Try that if all else fails.........you upload directly into the Gee Data Base off your computer......

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Re: Adding PICs easily

Post by bazza46 » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:04 am

Jon,
i just thought I'd let you know that the 'Upload attachment' has limits.

I tried the 'Upload Attachment' thing, and at first, was pleasantly surprised, as it was so easy.

Then I discovered that you are limited to uploading three pix per post. 'No worries', I said, 'Three pix per post is enough for anyone'.

But after uploading three pix for about four posts, I was told by the system that my upload limit had been reached, and I can no longer upload any more.

So now I use Photobucket to upload as many as I want, ad infinitum.

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