Posting an Image to Goosemoose Pet Portal ForumsSince we get asked this question on the board pretty much every single day, I have set up this reference to, well, prevent my fingers from bleeding.
Up to step 2, the same applies for the Personalized Picture in your profile -- you simply type the full URL in the space provided when editing your profile.
PLEASE be sure all images are edited to be SMALL. Use a photo editor like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Graphic Converter, or the software that came with your scanner/digital camera to make the images nice and small. A good size is 4" x 6" or 600 x 800 pixels at a resolution of 72 dpi. This saves bandwidth for the forum and load time for people with slower connections. Try to keep file sizes under 50k if you can.
HOW TO1. If you already have your images loaded elsewhere on the web*, like your own web site, you can simply skip to step 3 below.
*Note: Geocities, Tripod and Angelfire will
not work, because they do not allow remote linking of images. It is a major burden on their bandwidth to display these images (think of how many people on how many forums all over the web try to post images this way), so they have stopped allowing it to occur. It''''s annoying, but necessary on their part. Network54 (our former home) has also become extremely unreliable -- some people can see the images, and some cannot, so it''''s not worth it to use their service anymore, either.
2. If you don''''t currently have anyplace to store your images, you can store your photos in the Photo Albums section of Goosemoose.com, use the Photo Albums link at the top of the website, and upload image files to your account via ftp (.jpg or .gif files). You will get 5 MB of free space to work with, which is a LOT of space. Those who have signed up for monthly donations of $3 or more will get at least double the space.
3. Once the images are uploaded to your account, you can insert the proper code into your message (either by hand or by using the menu), and type the COMPLETE URL (web address) of the image, from "http" to ".jpg" or ".gif."
EXAMPLEWhen you use the "img" button in the menu (the one that looks like this:
), you will get the following inserted into the message box:
[img]http://URL[/img]
(note: it will not show the http part... just the letters URL -- I don''''t know why it is showing that bit of code when I post it...)
Replace the "URL" with the actual URL of your image.
[img]http://www.ratsrule.com/photos/ratbox2.jpg[/img]
Result:
OTHER WEB SPACEHere are a few other places that allow you to upload photos and link them elsewhere. Remember you must use the "img" tags for them to work. The plus side is, you can go to your image on the site, and simply copy and paste the URL into the proper place in the message composition box. If you find a site that allows remote linking and would like to add it, please send me a private message. Please test it on the forum before you recommend it.
See the next reply for a few suggested sites.
Hopefully, this will help answer questions specifically about posting images to our forum. This is the most basic way I can explain this with without also including a basic tutorial about the Internet in general (what a URL is, how to upload images to the web, etc.). There are lots of web sites that cover this information far more in depth than I ever could, including About.com or books like the Dummies series. :~)
Good luck!
