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2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:19 PM
A pictorial guide.

I've seen quite a few people on this site, (and others), having difficulty posting their pictures. Hopefully, this can help a few people out.

First, you have to find a host. There are many available. Quite a few are free.

Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) is my personal choice as they allow a fair amount of bandwidth for their entry level free accounts. I've used them for going on five years with no problems.

Smugmug (http://www.smugmug.com/) is a bit more versatile, but is pay only. It is owned by Baldy of ADVRider I believe. Many many people use that site and I've heard no complaints.

These are just two examples.

Anyway, after you pick a host and register, you have to upload your pictures to the host. That will look something like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/PB1.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:20 PM
For Photobucket, you can have the site resize your pictures during the upload so you don't have to smush them all individually. That is chosen here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb2.png

These pictures are all 1024x768 for reference.
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:22 PM
Also, Photobucket gives you two methods to upload pictures:

Clicking the "Choose Files" button will give you a search window where you can go pick files from your computer and upload them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb3.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:23 PM
They also have a bulk uploader that works very well if you have several pictures to upload.

Click on Bulk Uploader and select the files from your computer and upload.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb4.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:26 PM
After you've uploaded your pictures you can link them to a forum post:

For Photobucket, you mouse over the picture and the links will appear.

Highlight and Copy the "IMG Code" link:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb5.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:27 PM
Or you can click on the thumbnail and a larger image with all the links will show up. Highlight the "IMG Code" link and copy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb6.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:30 PM
Then you just paste that link into your post and the picture will show up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb7.png

Voila.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/2evil4u/pb8.png
2Evil4U
12-16-2008, 07:30 PM
If you still have questions, please feel free to PM or Email me and I'll see what I can do to assist.

Aaron
Juice
12-16-2008, 07:32 PM
Post Stuck, excellent tutorial. Thanks Aaron.
Juice
12-16-2008, 07:33 PM
You can also use www.tinypic.com for single uploads. You do not have to register and it it fast and very easy to you.
I_FLY_LOW
12-16-2008, 08:50 PM
excellent work sir!
I just noticed, i was going to give you some props for that, but noticed no way to do it.
Is there a way to do it Juice?
Juice
12-16-2008, 09:00 PM
You should be able to add to his reputation by clicking the check/x box under his avatar.
I_FLY_LOW
12-16-2008, 09:02 PM
Brain fart...
I went to the profile to do it...
I didn't scroll down low enough in the avatar, to notice the button to do it.. thanks...
NitroX
12-17-2008, 04:08 AM
thx much for the info. i was doing it by http.... and not [img] so dats why mine kept being clickable thumbnails. muchos jalepeņo's!
LiteHeaded
08-26-2009, 07:58 PM
How do you upload from a camera phone, such as the Blackberry?

Example, I take a picture, and want to put it in a particular thread that is pre established. What do I do next?
2Evil4U
08-26-2009, 08:47 PM
That's not quite as simple. However, what I've done in the past is use my phone to email the picture to my photobucket account. (They have a mobile function with a special email that automatically uploads and formats the picture.) Then I go to photobucket like normal, and copy and paste the picture link into the thread.

You should be able to find the photobucket mobile email under the account options page.

Hope that helps!
LiteHeaded
08-26-2009, 10:17 PM
That's not quite as simple. However, what I've done in the past is use my phone to email the picture to my photobucket account. (They have a mobile function with a special email that automatically uploads and formats the picture.) Then I go to photobucket like normal, and copy and paste the picture link into the thread.

You should be able to find the photobucket mobile email under the account options page.

Hope that helps!

I got the upload by e-mail to photobucket. However, it won't let me copy the [IMG] link. I get a confirmation e-mail back but the http: link is not the right one even if I add the brackets at the front and back. Any idea on how to get photobucket to e-mail me the IMG link?
2Evil4U
08-27-2009, 07:31 AM
I'll work on it and see what i can come up with.
2Evil4U
08-27-2009, 11:43 AM
To make sure we're on the same page:

You're going to m.photobucket.com, logging in, clicking the picture you want, scrolling down, clicking "Get URLs", and you can't copy the primary link it gives you?

If that's the case, it's a flaw between the site and the blackberry. My WM6 touchscreen will copy it no problem.

Email-wise, you can "share" the photo, but the link it sends is not one that will work in a thread.

I'll keep screwing with it to see if I missed anything.
LiteHeaded
08-27-2009, 12:11 PM
http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww338/Lacombe_KLR/utf-8BTUEgU2hvY2tlci5qcGc.jpg

TEST from BB
2Evil4U
08-27-2009, 12:55 PM
If that's from today, I'm in the wrong line of work, yet again. Looks like a picture!
LiteHeaded
08-27-2009, 02:58 PM
Nah, not from today, but I think I figured it out. Mobile photo bucket and DSRL does not like Opera Mini. I had to switch to the BB browser. Thanks for the help.
2Evil4U
08-27-2009, 03:13 PM
Interesting. I'm using Opera Mobile (Different from mini) on my tilt and it works fine.

Glad you got it working!
chuckklr04
09-08-2009, 09:52 AM
How do you get multiple pics at the same time from your host and post them here?

I have 700 pics from the Labor day rally,and one pic at a time sucks.
2Evil4U
09-08-2009, 10:43 AM
How do you get multiple pics at the same time from your host and post them here?

I have 700 pics from the Labor day rally,and one pic at a time sucks.

If I had that many, I'd name them serially ie: picture1, picture2, etc... Then I'd copy the link for the first one a bunch of times and just change the numbers.

Usually, though, I just go to each picture on photobucket and copy and paste the link.

When I get home I can try to find the specific setup on PB that allows fairly easy access to the links without having to click individually. Its a subfunction of the grid view IIRC.