Forum Tip: Place Photos Directly in Posts

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-Wildcat-

Super Moderator
Just thought I'd throw this out there for those of you interested in placing your photos in your forum post instead of uploading attachments, in case you don't know how to do so and would like to.

The most user-friendly site to use out there at the moment is imageshack. This site does not require you to sign up or log in to upload pictures.

  1. Go to the imageshack website: http://imageshack.us/
  2. Browse for the directory in which you have your photos stored on your PC.
  3. Double-click the picture you would like uploaded. The path to the picture will now be listed on the browse bar.
  4. If you would like to scale your picture, click "Upload Options / Resizing" and select the size you would like to use (there are suggested sizes for specific usage - 640X480 is good for message boards such as this one).
  5. After the image is uploaded. You will be directed to the image url, where you will see sharing options.
  6. Click on the "Direct Link" url. The entire url will be automatically highlighted for you. Hit Ctrl+C to copy the url.
  7. On the UPH website, place your cursor where you'd like your photo in your post. Click the tab at the top that looks like a mountain
    insertimage.gif
    . After clicking this image tab, the website will prompt you to paste your url, use Ctrl+V to paste. Doing so will create a line in the forums that looks like

When you submit your post, your image should appear in the post itself.

Alternatively, if you would like to share a photo from another site, or photos from Facebook, etc., just find the photo you'd like to share, right click over the picture, and select "copy image location", then follow step 7 above.

For example, here's a picture from Facebook with my spring turkey.

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Cheers
 
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Thank you sir, he was a big fella! Had another one of similar size come in later that day at another spot. I was going to let my buddy take that one, but he was leaned up against a tree, fast asleep. :rolleyes: By the time I finally realized he was out for the count, the Tom was out of range :(

I've never personally been asked how to do it, but I've noticed several people using attachments, and thought they may want to use alternate method instead, but didn't quite know how.

And, not only can other members instantly see your photo, but it doesn't use any storage space on the forums. :thumbsup:
 
Thx Wildcat! Some of us old semi-computer literate dinosaurs could really put the tip to use. I'm one of those who have been posting photos as attachments because I didn't know any other way to do it & re-sizing to the acceptable level has always been a major headache for me... :thumbsup:
 
Good job Wildcat. I've noticed this forum has a lot more 'attachers' than 'embedders' compared to some other forums I go to.

I use photobucket. Once you get the photo uploaded it has a line that you simply click, then you can paste that into the post you're typing, it already has the IMG code in it.
 
hen said:
Thx Wildcat! Some of us old semi-computer literate dinosaurs could really put the tip to use. I'm one of those who have been posting photos as attachments because I didn't know any other way to do it & re-sizing to the acceptable level has always been a major headache for me... :thumbsup:
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No problem, sir! That's why I posted it :D

Should you have any issues, feel free to ask. I'm sure myself or another member would be happy to assist!

As cheesy mentioned, the correct technical term for posting photos this way is "embedding". And as he also mentioned, there are other sites that allow you to upload photos and share them in this fashion as well. He already mentioned photobucket, and yet another is shutterfly. I used imageshack as an example because you don't have to register. Although, signing up on any of these sites is free, and you can store albums which you can always have access to share in the future - something to think about...

After you've used this method once, it'll be easy as pie, even for you "dinosaurs". :thumbsup:
 
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not to put a sour candy in this.. but ive seen some imageshack photos and a few photos i viewed from other forums gave me a trojan virus. ive always trusted photobucket.com.


so all my photos i put up are photobucket and you create an account and save all the pictures so if you lose your computer to a virus.. all your photos are saved on that website. its free. my AVG virus program has now caught 5 trojans viruses. 3 of them were from Imageshack site.
 
That's a possibility with any site birdman, but I do see your point. Since uploading photos with imageshack takes no registration, there's not much of a "paper trail" for the moderators to follow if some asshat decided to embed a trojan in a .jpg file. However, I think you'll be fine if you're simply uploading your own picture, and posting the link. Just out of curiosity, were you looking at random photos when this happened?

AVG is a great free anti-virus. I'm glad it caught the trojans. I do however think that avast! anti-virus is much better, and it is free as well.

I suppose why we're on the topic of PC safety, I'd like to recommend another free product - trusted and used by a vast majority of the "techies" such as myself. The software is called MalwareBytes anti-malware, and can be found here.

You use it essentially the same as your anti-virus, but it searches for different forms of malicious software. It's a great companion program to use with your anti-virus.
 
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-Wildcat- said:
That's a possibility with any site birdman, but I do see your point. Since uploading photos with imageshack takes no registration, there's not much of a "paper trail" for the moderators to follow if some asshat decided to embed a trojan in a .jpg file. However, I think you'll be fine if you're simply uploading your own picture, and posting the link. Just out of curiosity, were you looking at random photos when this happened?

AVG is a great free anti-virus. I'm glad it caught the trojans. I do however think that avast! anti-virus is much better, and it is free as well.

I suppose why we're on the topic of PC safety, I'd like to recommend another free product - trusted and used by a vast majority of the "techies" such as myself. The software is called MalwareBytes anti-malware, and can be found here.

You use it essentially the same as your anti-virus, but it searches for different forms of malicious software. It's a great companion program to use with your anti-virus.
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Wildcat thanks for the photo help. Also, you're talking about anti-virus protection. Besides paying for norton, is there a differance between the free downloads and Norton? --1pheas4
 
Norton is honestly laughed at and shunned by the majority of the "PC community". The PC I'm using now I built myself, but my last store-bought PC was a high-end Dell that came loaded with Norton. The first thing I did was uninstall Norton. :D

Personally, I think AVG, avast!, and Avira all offer better protection than Norton, and they're free. There are "full versions" of these anti-virus suites that offer slightly better protection, but honestly the free version is usually all you need.

I would personally recommend avast! myself. It's very user-friendly. Easy to set up, run a scan, and set up scheduled scans. It also updates the anti-virus database at least once daily.

You can find avast! here

If you do a lot of web-surfing, especially to unknown sites, it may be worth the $$ to purchase the "pro" version. The only difference with the pro version is the "Sandbox", which is kind of like a virtual space to surf the web - which in turn limits your exposure to viruses. However, if you just normally visit the same sites (these forums, MSN, ESPN, etc..), you really don't need the extra protection.

There's also a free "Sandbox" program out there called Sandboxie, but honestly it's rather difficult to explain how to set it up.
 
Thanks for the info. I did the same thing with Norton when I bought my Dell too. I just purchased and put it back in to see if would make any improvments.

No luck. I'll try the free program you've linked too. Thanks. --1pheas4

P.S.--we better get back to some pheasant talk (LOL).
 
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One more try!

BINGO!! Thanks!! --1pheas4
 
-Wildcat- said:
That's a possibility with any site birdman, but I do see your point. Since uploading photos with imageshack takes no registration, there's not much of a "paper trail" for the moderators to follow if some asshat decided to embed a trojan in a .jpg file. However, I think you'll be fine if you're simply uploading your own picture, and posting the link. Just out of curiosity, were you looking at random photos when this happened?

AVG is a great free anti-virus. I'm glad it caught the trojans. I do however think that avast! anti-virus is much better, and it is free as well.

I suppose why we're on the topic of PC safety, I'd like to recommend another free product - trusted and used by a vast majority of the "techies" such as myself. The software is called MalwareBytes anti-malware, and can be found here. You use it essentially the same as your anti-virus, but it searches for different forms of malicious software. It's a great companion program to use with your anti-virus.
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No, i was looking at photos from another forum im with, a Police Forum and of course, hackers and virus creators dont like LEO people so thats a perfect target. a few photos there were infected and i seen a north carolina female officer had a bad accident last week and totally flattened the car but she survived the crash.. then the next day, my window start up was missing a program to start. so i had to do several things and finally caught the Trojan Cryptic virus. however it kept telling me i need to restart my computer for AVG to update. which then I delayed it to a 60 min ask me again button. 2 mins later it asked me, so i knew it was infecting my AVG program. after reading about Trojan Cryptic I found out it embeds itself in a folder where a AVG wouldnt detect it as a virus as calling it self a internet temp file. then i ran the AVG again, and it picked it up out of the windows/internet temp folder and caught another trojan cryptic. now just a few days ago, i looked at another whole different picture that was posted with image shack... a few hours later, my computer would freeze and wouldnt do nothing. AVG caught another virus when i ran the scan again. Now ive been advoiding Imageshack photos and havent had a trojan virus. so now im going to righ click, scan with AVG and then see if its safe to view from now on. most Email images i get are scanned before it opens.

thankfully i didnt get shut down and have to send my computer in to get rid of it. my AVG is not an ON CUE type of virus protection, but it caught it and moved it to a vault. Ive had norton til my computer man said to use AVG. ive ben using it since and havent had an infected computer. however AVG does not detect any viruses in malware so i have been in search of a good program I do have webroot anti-virus program but thats a Spysweeper. not a malware protected. so basically you need three programs to protect your computer completely.


1pheas4 said:
Wildcat thanks for the photo help. Also, you're talking about anti-virus protection. Besides paying for norton, is there a differance between the free downloads and Norton? --1pheas4
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I have to say Norton is so popular, ive used to think its better than anything. honestly, ive had 2 computers crashed because norton couldnt find the virus. after the 2nd time, i got AVG and never had a problem. HOWEVER with AVG free edition, it does not catch anything UNLESS you scan the harddrive. sometimes it will detect a bad website.. but as far as a virus infecting your files, it wont detect that right away UNLESS you manually scan the whole computer.



heres what defines malware, spyware and anti-virus programs.


Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.

Spyware is a type of malware that can be installed on computers and collects little bits of information at a time about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's personal computer. Sometimes, however, spywares such as keyloggers are installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer on purpose in order to secretly monitor other users.


and of course you all should know what an ANTI-VIRUS program does. it protects your computer from dangerous viruses.



if you want all three programs crammed into one program, thats what you pay for norton or other paid services. however i dont trust norton anymore. thats probably why they are cheap now.

youre better of getting free versons of anti-virus, malware, and spyware.
 
This AVS system you guys are talking about pops up on my screen once in a while and starts to automaticlly scan my computer. I always close it out because I have no idea how AVS got onto my system.

Any ideas what's going on? --1pheas4
 
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