How Do I Add Pictures to My Posts and Comments?

Submitted by Lance on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 12:30am.

BlueNC does not, generally speaking, host images. That means that, before you can post a picture here, you'll need to find a home for it on the web. Popular free solutions include ImageShack, photobucket and (my favorite) flickr.

Once you have uploaded a picture to the internet and you know the picture's URL (image hosting companies like those above will help you get the URL for your image), all you need is a little HTML. For example, typing this:

<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/438153255_9530f01350_m.jpg" />

produces this:

(That's a Daisy dog.) The image tag always contains the following: <img src="" />. It's just up to you to put the image URL inside the quotes.

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er..

Submitted by Unique on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 5:57pm.

I must have misunderstood the directions.
One ... more ... time... slowly...for we ...slow...ones.

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<img src="" />

Submitted by Lance on Sun, 04/22/2007 - 10:06am.

Start with just this. Then, paste the URL for your image into the quotation marks and you should be good to go. If you're using Firefox, you can right-click on an image and select "Copy Image Location" to get the URL. In IE7, right-click and select "Copy Shortcut". Let me know how that works out and I'll adjust the instructions accordingly!

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Apparently, I have to

Submitted by Unique on Sun, 04/22/2007 - 10:52am.

Apparently, I have to remove [IMG] from the Image URL for it to work.

...can you see me now? ;)

Now, do you know an easy way to take a Photobucket video and get it to work in YouTube? You can save me much time and hair if you do.

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My apologies to your hair,

Submitted by Lance on Sun, 04/22/2007 - 11:08am.

but no; sorry!

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sigh

Submitted by Unique on Sun, 04/22/2007 - 11:53am.

I was so hoping ...

maybe if I spend another day in remaking it with Media Player.

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