How do I upload pictures from my computer here?
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fedukeford
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photobucket's teh easiest way, it resizes the pics for you
aveda6
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I can give you a really quick explanation, and I apologize if you've already figured it out. The first thing you need to do is set up an account with a photo hosting site. This is just a free account that lets you upload a predetermined number (size) of photos. Obviously if you want to store huge amounts of pics you can always upgrade to a pay service, but this is rather rare. There are a few options, as people mentioned you can use Photobucket.com, this is probably the easiest. I use bytephoto.com, but it does not resize your photos. I just set it up so long ago that I have stuck with it.
Once you set up an account somewhere you need to simply transfer your photos to the website you chose (photobucket). This should be pretty simple through the webiste's instructions. As I mentioned, photobucket resizes the pics for you, while others do not. If they don't resize for you, you will need to do that on your own computer to avoid reaching the storage limits of the site you're uploading to.
Okay, now that you have uploaded your photo(s), you need to go back to saltwaterfish.com and open a New Topic or Reply thread. You type in your message and then select the yellow button with what looks like a mountain in the toolbar section. This is located between the "Font" toolbar and the location where you type in your message. When you click on the button it will open a box asking you to enter the website location of the photo that you want to post. To find this location, go back to photobucket and right-click on the photo. Select either "copy image location" or "properties" (depends on if you're running a mac or PC but the idea is the same). You'll see an http: address that you want to copy (right click on copy). Be sure that this address ends in jpg. If there are some other characters in the end of the address (such as numbers) just delete these. Paste this location into the box that opened up in saltwaterfish.com's website.
This sounds much more complicated than it really is. Once you get the hang of it you can post numerous photos in no time.
Keep in mind that if you delete your photo from the hosting website (ie, photobucket or bytephoto), it will be removed your saltwaterfish.com posting. The posting relies on the location of the photo on the other site. Some people forget this and delete the photos to make room for new ones and don't realize that they have removed them from the posting.
Let me know if I've made you even more confused and I can try to clarify.
Jim
Once you set up an account somewhere you need to simply transfer your photos to the website you chose (photobucket). This should be pretty simple through the webiste's instructions. As I mentioned, photobucket resizes the pics for you, while others do not. If they don't resize for you, you will need to do that on your own computer to avoid reaching the storage limits of the site you're uploading to.
Okay, now that you have uploaded your photo(s), you need to go back to saltwaterfish.com and open a New Topic or Reply thread. You type in your message and then select the yellow button with what looks like a mountain in the toolbar section. This is located between the "Font" toolbar and the location where you type in your message. When you click on the button it will open a box asking you to enter the website location of the photo that you want to post. To find this location, go back to photobucket and right-click on the photo. Select either "copy image location" or "properties" (depends on if you're running a mac or PC but the idea is the same). You'll see an http: address that you want to copy (right click on copy). Be sure that this address ends in jpg. If there are some other characters in the end of the address (such as numbers) just delete these. Paste this location into the box that opened up in saltwaterfish.com's website.
This sounds much more complicated than it really is. Once you get the hang of it you can post numerous photos in no time.
Keep in mind that if you delete your photo from the hosting website (ie, photobucket or bytephoto), it will be removed your saltwaterfish.com posting. The posting relies on the location of the photo on the other site. Some people forget this and delete the photos to make room for new ones and don't realize that they have removed them from the posting.
Let me know if I've made you even more confused and I can try to clarify.
Jim