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[JustBeingMe]

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[JustBeingMe]

My question for help is how do you post a picture like a screen shot into a post? or a picture you want to post? I have yet to know how to do that. It's something new for me. I also would like to know how to make a link to a thread to be able to be underlined and give it a name? like go here and have here underlined or say link here or something like some of you all know how to do. This thread is very Useful to us all.
Thanks,
Just.

[JustBeingMe]

when I said picture above I meant a picture from my computer that is saved on it and post into a thread. there has got to be a better way to post it than having to upload it to a site and do it from there???? I don't like posting pics too often on sites I don't trust. Just sayin.

[Linus]

We don't allow it because of the amount of space it takes on our server (y'all like your LOLCATS too much). If you want to upload one, upload it to your gallery.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by JustBeingMe

My question for help is how do you post a picture like a screen shot into a post? or a picture you want to post? I have yet to know how to do that. It's something new for me. I also would like to know how to make a link to a thread to be able to be underlined and give it a name? like go here and have here underlined or say link here or something like some of you all know how to do. This thread is very Useful to us all.
Thanks,
Just.

Since Linus already addressed your picture question, I thought I'd do a post for the other stuff: adding a link to your post and underlining it.

And honestly, whenever you (general "you") add a link, it is already underlined, so you dont need to add the underline tags, but I added those steps anyway because while a link is already underlined, it is not automatically in bold or italics and the same steps can apply to those.

Side note: this is a very long post with step-by-step pics which may seem tedious to people who already know how to do this, but if you have never done this sort of thing, skipping a step could make the whole thing seem confusing and intimidating, so I tried to include each step here (I also had to remove some of my smilies because we are limited to 18 pics/smilies, so pretend I added a winky-face here!).

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Everything you need for a post is at the top of your posting or editing box:




So I will show this 2 ways: first, posting a link and then adding the text to it and then I will show how to add a link to text you already have in your post.

First, you need a link - I just chose a link to your post:





Then you go to where you want to post your link and click the little button that looks like the world with a chain link (see what they did there?):





This box will then pop up:





Without left-clicking inside the box (the http:// should remain highlighted), right click and past the link you copied into that box and hit "OK":





Your link, text, and tags will look like this:





In that highlighted area between your tags is where you would write the text that you would like your link to appear as:





Then, you can highlight that text an add bold, font, or italics, etc (I added underline here, but again, you dont have to do that):





Making your link, text, tags, and editing look like this:





And your post would look like this:





Now, let's pretend you already have a post with a bunch of text in it:





Go get your link:





Highlight the text you want to appear as a link and click the little world w/a chain link:





Paste your link into the box and hit "OK":





Keeping the text highlighted, you can then add your edits, like bold, font, or italics, etc (again, it will already be underlined when you post it):





Your post with text, link, tags, and edit will look like this:





And your finished post will look like this:





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Something I have done before and would suggest to anyone new to this sort of thing would be to open up a post and start playing with the edits. You dont have to actually "submit" the post to see what your post would look like, you can hit "preview" and see what it will look like and then go back and edit, playing around with the buttons, links, etc a little more.

Hope that helped a bit!

[JustBeingMe]

Originally Posted by Parker

Something I have done before and would suggest to anyone new to this sort of thing would be to open up a post and start playing with the edits. You dont have to actually "submit" the post to see what your post would look like, you can hit "preview" and see what it will look like and then go back and edit, playing around with the buttons, links, etc a little more.

Hope that helped a bit!

Thank you Parker. It seems easy enough to follow. And I never thought about just playing around with the buttons before, was afraid I would end up posting something I didn't really want posted. LOL
Again, thank you to everyone that helps out in this thread,it's much appreciated.

PS. I was talking about being able to post pictures in the "Find Me a picture of" thread and that sorta thing. Do I still have to upload them to another site, then grab and post them from there to the thread?
And, do I have to be a paying member to be able to have some tiny pics at the bottom of my signature line, like some others do ?

[Parker]

Originally Posted by JustBeingMe

Thank you Parker. It seems easy enough to follow. And I never thought about just playing around with the buttons before, was afraid I would end up posting something I didn't really want posted. LOL
Again, thank you to everyone that helps out in this thread,it's much appreciated.

PS. I was talking about being able to post pictures in the "Find Me a picture of" thread and that sorta thing. Do I still have to upload them to another site, then grab and post them from there to the thread?
And, do I have to be a paying member to be able to have some tiny pics at the bottom of my signature line, like some others do ?

You're welcome


And if you are talking about posting pics from your computer, then yes, you have to upload them elsewhere first. Allowing people to use this site as a place to upload pics from their PCs would use up so much space, I cant even imagine! I, personally, use my Facebook - others use Flickr, Photobucket, etc. - and when you upload it to a site like FB, just grab the URL and bring it here.

If you are talking about using something that is already on-line that you found, then no - you just need to grab the URL and post it using the little picture button.

This post is where I show how to post a pic in a thread - and the same instructions can apply to your sig line. Just go to "edit signature" on your control panel and you will see that it looks very similar to posting on a thread so you can follow the same instructions on posting a pic there; and you can also hit preview there as well so you can see what your sig will look like before submitting it.

[Kelt]

Well, this is a tad embarrassing.

After a dozen years in BF space, I have never started a thread from scratch and I realized I don't know how.

I would like to get it right. Any tips? Or maybe a link to where I find out?

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by Kelt

Well, this is a tad embarrassing.

After a dozen years in BF space, I have never started a thread from scratch and I realized I don't know how.

I would like to get it right. Any tips? Or maybe a link to where I find out?

Go to Forums on the front page, under site Navigation.
Choose a topic area to make your thread.
Hit New Thread on the left Blue button.