Photo Posting Enabled!

[Skip]

THE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. The process is now much easier.

To include an image in yours posts, you must first post the image in the galleries then use the new links that appear to the left when you write your post (Upload Photos & Add Photo to Post).

The procedure is this:
1. You must first upload the photo to your gallery.
2. Then you can Add Photo to your post by clicking on the link - to the left of your forum posting box.
3. Select from the drop down list the image you want to post (you'll be presented with a thumbnail to make sure it's the one you want).
4. Highlight & copy (ctrl-c) then paste (ctrl-v) (or just Drag) the URL to the image.

That's it, your image should appear in the post.

NOTE: We now have an image posting FAQ!

 

[SlackerScrog]

Thank you

Thank you

Thanks, thats good to hear.
I'll give it a try this afternoon.

peace

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Sorry Skip

Sorry Skip

I am way to dumb to figure that out. BOG

 

[Guest]

Cakewalk!

Cakewalk!

Didn't like the cut and paste? or maybe I used the wrong URL? Photo? Thumb? Manual entry with thumb URL in the end.
http://www.icmag.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=3321#post3321

 

[JLP]

Testing 1..2..3...



OK,yeah Jim is right,you have to manualy type the URL into the IMG tag.I tried to copy or paste or whatever and it didn't work.

You can now post an image though,that's the main thing.


Big hand for Skip


JLP

 

[BushyOldGrower]

I smoked the whole thing...

I smoked the whole thing...

Bogglegum really fuks ya up in the morning but I am trying again... BOG

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Damn, I made all my pics too big

Damn, I made all my pics too big

My gallery allowed unlimited size pics and an unlimited amount of disk space so I went right to work but most are 200-400 kb.

When can we get posting big pics? BOG

I got in trouble over this once before at OG when I complained that reducing the 150 kb limit was not a good idea. They took my advice and now its over 1 mb.

 

[Skip]

Hi BOG, sorry about the limits, but while they might be a slight inconvenience for those with beautiful large images to display, they make a big difference to the performance of the site for everyone!

We all have to make sacrifices for the common good, and this is one of those things.

At first this site was setup by default to allow images to be mixed right in with the database of text. That is incredibly bad for a large site as this will soon become, so I stopped that. We have the image galleries instead, with a 250K filesize limit & 5MB total for registered members. Moderators have no limits at present.

But when images appear in threads we must restrict the size even more because how long it takes for a thread to load is dependent not only on the amount of text but far more upon the size of images included in the text. Any delays, especially for those with slow dialup affects everyone on the site as the server must keep those connections open longer until the download of the thread is complete.

Besides the load problem on the server, if you include large images in your posts it ruins the formatting of the page unless you have high resolution monitors in excess of 1024 to show the image & thread without having to scroll from side to side. Few people have that kind of resolution.

I realize this is a bit technical, but once you master the photo posting (cut and paste should be familiar to everyone using a computer), it should be a breeze.

 

[Skip]

Actually BOG, OG does not allow images over 100K in posts. Evidently they resize them upon upload because if you check the size of images in the posts you'll see they're not as big as what you uploaded.

I can probably program that too, but that is a LOT of custom programming and would have to wait until I can program a whole new process for uploading.

Since you need to resize your originals anyway, you might as well make 'em under 100K cause anything larger is pretty much lost on the Net or causes the problems mentioned above.

 

[Guest]

Test

Test

Testing, could get to work at other post. BOG NYCD

PS, You do have to type it in manual. For some reason the copy and paste won't work. Thanks for getting us able to post pictures.

 

[BushyOldGrower]

I Hope this isn't normal

I Hope this isn't normal

Well I reset my cam to about 70 kb pics but even though they are under the 600 pixel size limit I get that message anyways.

It is true that OG downsizes pics in posts automatically which allows people to waste bandwidth so I understand your reasoning.

I thought I had this figured out but I am sorry all I can upload is tiny thumbnails usually. What's up with this? BOG

 

[Guest]

For some reason you got to type the link in manual. First i upload my pictures to the member section, then follow the direction, but i type in the link manual. I don't copy and paste like it says, and it works. I don't know if this helps you BOG, sound like your uploading from your camera direct.
Good Luck

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Try, Try again...

Try, Try again...

Jesus I feel so danm stupid. BOG

 

[Guest]

Lollll, you'll get it BOG. I was having the same problems as you. I was alittle mad at first, but then i got it.
Keep Trying

 

[BushyOldGrower]

NO, that isn't it.

NO, that isn't it.

My camera is taking 62 kb pics. I just checked the properties. My thumbnails always work.

I guess even on the lowest setting my camera takes pics too wide or some shit.

I am not gonna buy a new camera so this means all my pics will have to be converted to bitmaps and resized which I am sorry to say is crap. BOG I guess I will post thumbnails only...

 

[BushyOldGrower]

My avatar

My avatar

I had to make it so small that it can't even be recognized. 50 x 50 pixels? BOG

We need to pay dues or something ...

 

[BushyOldGrower]

I have resized this one

I have resized this one

God I pray this works...

Actually I know it will as I have probably figured out my problem and it sucks. The smallest setting must be under kilobit limit but one side is just over 600.

It will be a ton of extra work but I can't just show thumbnails now can I? Maybe we could widen the limit just a bit? BOG

Giant Bogglegum 10 days flowering in a 10 gallon pot...

 

[Skip]

I think he's got it!

By god he's got it!

 

[Skip]

I guess I should've mentioned that currently there is a limit of 600 width x 800 height. That is because larger than that will cause the image to go beyond the resolution of many screens.

I could raise it to 800 x 800 or so but that starts to get up to 100K.

BOGs photo above is 35K, about average for a posting. At that size it's quick loading and creates no problem.

I recommend cropping images too as that is another means to resize the image and zoom in on what's interesting or removing that which is not.

I realize many people are not pros at this, but these image editing skills pay off once you use them regularly.

It seems you guys got spoiled by OG's liberal image policy. But as you can see they have to deal with the same limits we do, but they do have a slick image posting routine (I salute the programmer!)

In fact one of their programmers once helped me solve a chronic problem on another site of mine over a year ago. So I have a high regard for what they have done over there and their talents. Of course things have changed there and the programmer may be gone now.

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Now none of my pics work not even the ones

Now none of my pics work not even the ones

That say they are fine. Is the site down now or what? BOG

I can't take it...help me...

check out my new thead in Breeders forum...

all resized and ok pics, none worked not even the thumbnails