The old, full, image posting tutorial thread. by Penguin

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...Jokers to the right...

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Sunday, January 7, 2007 4:57 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

Oh knowledeable Penguin,MAy I please ask you for some help ?

I have a photobucket account but have no idea what you mean by the link will copy to my clipboard.What clipboard ? How do I find this mythological thingy ?

And since I am so very challenged in this area -please put it into Albatross dummy speak if you would ?

Bryce
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Sunday, January 7, 2007 7:05 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

LA, the clipboard is just a computer term. It means... Well, it means you copy something, and the clipboard is just a term for what's holding what you last copied. You don't need to find it, you just do a paste command and there it is! Does that make sense?

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Monday, January 8, 2007 2:20 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

I think I get that PR but then this confuses

Note...Photobucket has recently changed so all you need to do is left click the URL LINK you want and the link will be copied to your clipboard. Then follow the instructions in Posting the Image.

how will the link copy to my clipboard if I don't send it there ?ANd how do I find that once it's copied to my clipboard ?

Do those questions make sense ?

And thank you so very much

I am so lost...

Bryce
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Monday, January 8, 2007 2:27 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Photobucket has somehow worked it so that clicking in any of the little boxes that give URLs, image tags, or html tags automatically copies it without you having to enter the command yourself. I do not know how they did this, but they did, so all you have to do is the paste command wherever you want to put it. Paste command is either pressing Ctrl and V at the same time, right clicking for the pop-up menu and clicking on paste, or going to the edit menu at the top of the window and selecting paste. Ctrl+V is my preferred command because it's just faster. I'm a keyboard person more than a mouse person (unless I'm playing games, but I'm trying to keep it simple) so it's a matter of preference.
Stop worrying about the clipboard. Do not focus on the clipboard. The clipboard isn't real, it's just a computer term. You do not need to find the clipboard or use the clipboard, you just need the paste command (and in some places that aren't photobucket, the copy command, which on the keyboard is Ctrl+C if you're wondering)
I hope that wasn't too long and/or complex...

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Monday, January 8, 2007 2:47 AM

The tutorial was updated with a note about the new Photobucket stuff!

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...Jokers to the right...

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Monday, January 8, 2007 2:51 AM

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

You confused her talking about the clipboard, Penguin! Why you gotta put all the geek-speak technobabble in your tutorial?? Why can't you learn to just keep things simple??

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 8:54 AM

quick question: why won't my old avatar go away? (and just so you know I did click the button for "none")

Why is the rum always gone?

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:47 PM

SUPERFLUOUS

Thanks for the tutorial. I've been scratching my head for weeks, trying to figure this out.

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Friday, January 12, 2007 6:09 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

Did I do it ? Did it work ??

EDIT : YAY !!! Thank you lovely PR and sweet Penguin.. it took me a bit..but I got it !!

to both of you !

Bryce
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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:09 AM

I'm trying to get an image inot my signature but it does not seem to be working. Do i need the image tage or anything or do I just need to post the address in the signature box?

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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:35 AM

Matt-

1. Get a photobucket account.
2. Upload desired pic to photobucket.
3. Right Click /Copy the TOP line that appears under the pic
(The URL link)
4. Paste the url address into the signature box in your profile/ or into the body of your post.

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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:44 AM

If i dont have a photbuvket account but do have the images hosted elsewhere will it work if i just do the same thing with the image? Or is there something special about photbucket i'm not getting?

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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:46 AM

http://photobucket.com/

It's free!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:50 AM

Depends on where and how your pics are hosted. If the pic has a generated URL link, try that. If it ONLY has a generated [img] tag line it won't work here. Most of us use photobucket because it is free, so easy, and so very very pretty.

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Monday, February 5, 2007 5:55 AM

Ok thanks I'll try :)

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:03 AM

did it work?

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:03 AM

Oh jesus ok how do I reszie it now?

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:13 AM

Since you aren't using photobucket, I can't tell you how to resize it. (Which is why we were telling you to use photobucket...)

Go over to Troll Country (pick any thread) for testing purposes. Don't test here, hon! You can test anything over there and it won't post onto any active threads. You'll find lots of test threads there.

EDIT: How's this size?

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:22 AM

That size is perfect really.

I dont want you to think i'm being stubborn or difficult or what not it's just that i have so many accoutns with thing all over the place it's hard to track them so i try and consolidate where I can, so i'm trying to stay away from photbucket for now. I will try and figure out the resize and if i can't oh well maybe i'll have to lookinot photbucket
Thanks for all the help

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:38 AM

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:41 AM

Steve, did anyone ever tell you it's not nice to rub someone's inability to 'shop in their face?

*blinks at the pretty icon*
*covers face and runs from the thread*

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:46 AM

El oh El I could ahve doen that if I had access to photshop with me at work. I am so used to just adjusting the size in html I was trying to do it that way but I hope u dont mind i stole the new resized image and am going to dump it on my server and use it that way.
Thanks!

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Monday, February 5, 2007 6:57 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Steve, did anyone ever tell you it's not nice to rub someone's inability to 'shop in their face?

*blinks at the pretty icon*
*covers face and runs from the thread*

*hugs*

It was a team effort...

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, February 5, 2007 1:00 PM

I would also like to thank you for information

Cute and sweet but can also kick butt

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Monday, February 5, 2007 1:09 PM

I am going to try again and hopefully this time it will not be so big

cute and sweet but can also kick butt

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Monday, February 5, 2007 1:13 PM

I am going to need help because nothing I do seems to be working.

cute and sweet but can also kick butt

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Monday, February 5, 2007 1:17 PM

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007 7:35 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Penguin, I wonder if you would consider re-posting this wonderful tutorial, perhaps with some links to test threads? It's getting pretty bogged down.

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Thursday, February 8, 2007 4:56 PM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

Bumping for the newbies!

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Saturday, February 10, 2007 12:47 PM

MYCROFT2

Could you put a warning in your tutorial that you should copy an image to your photobucket account (or whatever imagehosting site you use) instead of directly linking to a clipart site?
It can result in the original site having to pay alot of money in bandwidth fees.

Here is a wikipedia article on Bandwith theft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_theft

A friend of mine that runs a clipart site specifically mentioned this site and this thread to me because someone was directly linking to a image on their site.

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Friday, February 16, 2007 9:48 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Please be aware of your file size when posting images here. This is a privately owned and operated site. Large files take up a lot of space and bandwidth. He pays for what we use.

Try to limit your avatar to 50x50. Please remember to keep your signature in check too. Some people don't have broadband connections and must wait 20 minutes for threads to load.

Thank you for keeping that in mind.

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Friday, February 16, 2007 9:54 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Please be aware of your file size when posting images here. This is a privately owned and operated site. Large files take up a lot of space and bandwidth. He pays for what we use.

Sorry, but it's the bandwidth from photobucket and other such hosting sites that is in fact being used, as mycroft pointed out in the post above yours about bandwidth theft. It doesn't take up extra bandwidth here unless we link from here. The images hosted here use bandwidth. The Blue Sun images and the basic avatars and the little screenshots. Any picture linked to the site in the threads, however, is not using our bandwidth but that site's bandwidth. My avatar and all my images are linked from photobucket, so they are the ones footing the bill, not Haken.
The loading times I will not debate. I have dial-up, and it's crappy dial-up, but I don't mind waiting. It usually doesn't start taking ridiculous amounts of time until the threads get upwards of 100 posts, and that tends to be with or without extra pictures. And even then I don't mind waiting if it's a thread I'm interested in.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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Friday, March 9, 2007 5:32 PM