How to post pictures
 

Posting pictures is very easy once you do it once or twice.

1) Click reply or start a new thread as you normally would.


2) Click on the "Manage Attachments" button under the "Additional Options" section below where you type your message.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...1&d=1222355129



3) In the manage attachments window, click the "Browse" button. A open window will pop up. Find your image and click the "Open" button.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...1&d=1222355780



4) Back on the manage attachments window, click the "Upload" button and your image will show up in the "Current Attachments" section of the window. Click on the link to the image you want to show. This will open up a new window.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...pictures-3.jpg



5) Copy the URL address of the webpage (control+C or right mouse button and Copy) and close the window.
You can go back to the image page anytime by clicking the link again in the manage attachment window, or from the attach files section in your below your original post.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...1&d=1222355994



6) Finally, go back to your original post. Click in your post where you want the image to be inserted, and click on the image icon above the text area. Paste (control+v or right mouse button and Paste) the URL from the picture page into the window that pops up and click Ok.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...1&d=1222356202



That is how you insert a picture. Repeat the steps if you want to put in more pictures. FYI there is a limit of 5 per post though. Also, if you want to make sure you did it all right, click the "Preview Post" button. You can also cut and paste the image code if you want to move the picture around.

If you have any questions feel free to ask here, or PM a moderator or admin.

I notice some pictures are really, really huge. So huge that it makes it difficult to read and view the pictures due to having to scroll left and right.
Is there a fix for this?

The forum software should automatically resize images if they're too big. Do you have a link to a thread where this happens?

This is what I see when I go there.

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/attach...1&d=1384787388

Hi. I'm seeing what Daox is seeing so I figured it would resize them for everyone. I guess I should go back and try to reduce the size of the pictures I posted. Can't promise it will happen soon. I do promise that any further pictures I post will be reduced in size so the ecorenovator application doesn't have to do it. It sort of sounds like it isn't working for everyone.:(

This is the first I've head of it. I think it would be better to get the software working right instead of trying to go back through a ton of pictures.

I am using Firefox, have for years. This is the only forum I am experiencing the pics being HUGE.
Below is what I get.
I guess Firefox is not resizing them for me.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ps73979a94.jpg

I found the problem.
Below is a snapshot of the User Control Panel for this forum. In the red circle you will notice I have a Zero in each field.
I removed the Zero's and now the pics are just like yours Daox.
YAY!!!!!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ps0c7de1db.jpg

Great! I'm glad we got that resolved.

Thanks for posting up the image so others can fix this if they have an issue too.

Having trouble posting a graph I created in MS Excell. Tried the above advice for posting a picture. Replied "invalid file".

Steve

Did you save it as an image file?

No, just an .xlsx standard file.

If you attach the excel file you won't be able to show an image, but others can download your file. If you want to show the graph, you need to take a screen shot of the chart (print screen button or snipping tool and paste into paint) and save it as an jpg or something. Then you can attach that and put it into the post.

Centering, Resizing & Image Type
 

A few more points that have not been mentioned:

• CENTERING_AN_IMAGE: After you follow Daox's instructions at the beginning of this thread you will get a string of characters that look a bit like HTML. If you highlight that string, and click the 'text centering' icon, your image will be centered in your post.
  
• IMAGE_SIZE: Many of the images that are being posted are unnecessarily huge, and their file size does not add to the usefulness of the image, and take longer to load, and place a greater burden on the server. Of course, there are other images that really do benefit from, and require the detail. At least on my screen, with my browser, the default image width before it is resized is 640 pixels wide. So, assuming that this is the general case, those images that don't need the detail, should be resized to 640 width or smaller before up loading. The image that is down-sized by the robot will not be as sharp in the 'down-sized' view, as a pre-sized image (=< 640 pixels wide). With this in mind, I have my '640 width pixel resizing routine' down to a few brief key-strokes.
  
• IMAGE_TYPE: I have tried a variety of images, JPG, GIF, PNG, etc. and the image type that gets the least image-mangling by the robot is JPG. This is unfortunate, because certain line-art (charts, drawings, colors with no shading, grey-tone with no shading, etc) are less clearly rendered in jpg, and have a larger file size that a GIF or PNG file would. However the image manager robot in this software doesn't seem to have the ability to leave well enough alone.

Best,

-AC

Thanks for the additional information AC. Those are good tips.

Where can I find pictures?