Lister Engine Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: AdeV on May 01, 2011, 09:51:20 AM
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A perennial issue for users of forums, not just this one, is "how do I post a picture". Having seen another such question, here is the definitive answer.
Step 1: If you haven't already, please go visit http://www.listerenginegallery.com (http://www.listerenginegallery.com), and grab yourself an account. Accounts are completely free, and the gallery is run by a good friend of the Lister Engine forum. Once you've got your account, follow the simple steps there to upload and (optionally) resize your photos to "forum-friendly".
Step 2: Open a new tab/window/browser session (whichever suits you best), open the Lister Engine Forum, go to the thread/forum you plan to post in, and start your post.
Step 3: From the icon view of the Gallery, click the picture you wish to see. It will appear in "screen size" view; this is perfect for the forum. On Windows machines, right click and choose the appropriate option:
IE6/7/8(?) users - click "Properties", then copy the contents of the "Address" field in the pop-up window to the clipboard
Opera - click "Copy Image Address"
FireFox - click "Copy Image Location"
Safari - click ???? <--- Are you a Safari user? Please let me know the menu option to copy an image's URL to the clipboard so I can complete this FAQ
Other - click ???? <--- If you use a browser not listed above, please help! I need the same info as for Safari + your browser's name & version no.
Step 4: You now have the picture's URL in your browser. Switch to your new posting, and click the IMG button ((http://listerengine.com/lef/Themes/babylon/images/bbc/img.gif)); this will give you an {IMG}{/IMG} tag pair, only with square brackets not the curly ones I'm showing.
Step 5: Finally.... position your cursor between the two IMG tags, and paste in the URL you selected in Step 3.
To add extra images, simply repeat steps 3-5. You can do this with almost any picture you find on the web, they don't have to come from the Lister Engine Gallery; I believe you can do something similar with PhotoBucket and other on-line galleries.
If you can add anything to this guide, or if you feel any part of it needs clarification or re-wording, please do let me know either by PM, or by replying here.
Cheers,
Ade.
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Lets see if OneDrive works
(https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=7f24a948ff029a3b!808&authkey=!ALxUMl4IZeoDpqQ&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg)
(http://1drv.ms/1EXzq07)
??? Forum don't seem to accept the URL...
User Galery Upload:
Bigger:
(http://mbryner.fatcow.com/listerenginegallery/main.php/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13890&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Time to experiment again with image hosting.... Doesn't look like the Lister engine gallery is ever coming back on line again :'(
Image hosted on: www.mediafire.com (http://www.mediafire.com)
V12 Rolls Royce Merlin engine at the Johannesburg Military Museum.
(Engine used in Spitfire Aeroplanes)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3b80/wbp5wjy3whscxb24g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/wbp5wjy3whscxb2/RollsRoyce_Merlin)
Seems to work fine. Also an option to resize before the link is copied.
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imgur.com is also an option, you can easily resize for a forum by appending a s/m/l or so to the end of the URL as well
Like so: m added before .jpg to resize to medium on the fly.
http://i.imgur.com/CZbRzdjm.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/CZbRzdjm.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CZbRzdjm.jpg)
and full sized without the m
http://i.imgur.com/CZbRzdj.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/CZbRzdj.jpg)
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Another one from photobucket[imghttp://(http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo27/listeroil/SOMbrochure.jpg) (http://s358.photobucket.com/user/listeroil/media/SOMbrochure.jpg.html)][/img]
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Its 2023 now ....
I think photobucket is about useless for image posting .. but not 100 % sure .. iv removed all my pictures from there.
the first post has a link that is dead now ... or it could be that im at work and its blocked ...
Id like to post a picture of an unknow listeroid that was in a garage fire and is missing a few parts ... I hope its a listeroid cause iv read that they were not cast iron but cast steel .. even if of poor quality. The one i picked up looks like it froze and cracked the water jacket before the fire at one time ... meaning that i might get away with welding ...
The bad is that its missing the cap of the connecting rod .. and presumed LOOOOOng gone ...
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I'm home and just tried the link in the first post ...
The site is gone ... or it's landing page is changed to a generic search page that is very basic.