How do you post a picture without it being a thumbnail?

[Nottawayfer]

I am technically challenged when it comes to posting attachments. How to you post a picture without it being a thumbnail? I want my picture to be larger and part of the post.

Edited June 9, 2007 by Nottawayfer

[Bluzeman]

Use the img bbcode.

[img=http://www.MyServer.com/MyPic.jpg]

In this example the server the file lives on is MyServer.com and the name of the picture is MyPic.jpg. So put this all between the img and the /img tags (with the opening and closing brackets around them) and Viola! You got pics!

Please note that you CAN hotlink directly to any pic you find on the internet but you run the risk of the owner renaming something sorta embarrassing to the pic you originally linked to. Most admins frown on hot linking.

If you need space to store your images, let me know.

Rick

[Nottawayfer]

Where is a source I can have my own pictures? Obviously I don't have www.myserver.com. How do you get a place for stuff like that?

[Bluzeman]

PM me what you would like for a username and password and I'll give you some space on my server.

I will be leaving in about an hour and will be out the rest of the evening, so if I haven't heard from you by then, it will be morning before I get to it.

Rick

[ChasUFarley]

Where is a source I can have my own pictures? Obviously I don't have www.myserver.com. How do you get a place for stuff like that?

This is what I used for a host when I had my eBay store: www.imagecave.com

You upload your pics and it will give you a URL to use for posting.

The only "catch" is that you have to log in about once a month - they'll send you an email if you forget and before they delete your account....

It's very user friendly and FREE...

[Nottawayfer]

Oh. Thanks Chas! Bluezeman, I will try that before I start using up your space. But I appreciate it a lot!

[dmiller]

Photobucket is good too. I'm not sure exactly how it is done on a PC --

but if you register at photobucket, and find a pic you like on the web ---

you can save it (on your desktop) and then the process following is this ---

Create an account, then log into your account at photobucket.

It will give you options for up-loading photos.

click BROWSE.

If your photo is on your desktop, that will be one of the options.

Highlight, then click open on the photo you want, and that photo's url will show up.

go to the UPLOAD button (once you found the photo you want) just below that.

Click and and wait a second or two.

When it says UPLOAD COMPLETE -- that pic is in your *library*.

There are options below that pic, as far as re-sizing, etc.

Usually --I click on the IMG link (it copies immediately),

and when you come to GSC (or any other spot you want to post the pic,)

*paste* it, and it will show up, as a pic.

(edited to add --- WOOPS! Here's a link to register at PHOTOBUCKET,

and yes -- it's free. :)

Edited June 10, 2007 by dmiller

[Nottawayfer]

Thanks for your help everyone! I tried Chas's link, and it was so EASY I almost didn't believe it to be true. You sign up, and they don't ask for your firs born. You just pick a user name, passwor, and wa la! You log in and download your pics.