How to include a photo in your message

[Paul Motter]

First of all, the photo has to already be on the Internet, not on your home computer.

The format is easy:

[img]http://cruisemates.com/gallery/galleries/4750/thumb74344.jpg[/img]

here is how you do the entire process:

The first step to adding an image to your message is to upload it to an Internet server. You can do this by creating your own photo gallery in the CruiseMates Photo Gallery. Then you can embed any full-size or thumbnail picture from your gallery in a message. The key to is find the Internet address (URL) for that specific picture and to create a link to it.
How to embed a picture in a forum message: (complete visual instructions below)

Find your picture in the Photo Gallery
Place your mouse atop the picture and RIGHT-CLICK
Select "properties" and find on that page the URL (location on the web) of the picture you want in your message.
Make note of that URL (hint: you can highlight it with your mouse, right-click and select "copy")
Come back to the Message Boards and "paste" the URL of the picture into a new message.
Provide a link to it by enclosing the image within square brackets like this:

[img]location of your picture[/img]

Be sure to include the entire link, including the "http://"

Visual Aid: Step by Step Instructions for Embedding Pictures:


Step 1: Put mouse over pic, right-click, select "properties" (try it now!)




Step 2: use your mouse to high-light the URL properties




Step 3:right-click on mouse and select "copy"





Step 4ut the mouse in the message you are posting. right-click and select "paste"





Step 5: high-light what you pasted and click the IMG button above





Step 6: you will see the [img] tags surround your URL, your picture is now in your post!

[AF1]

[IMG]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll153/timkerwin/2007%20cruise/DSCF0841.jpg[/IMG

(note from Paul...)
yes - you accidentally left off the final bracket = ]











I copied this from photobucket. They have four choices by each picture and u just click on each picture and pick which way u want to copy and paste. Thank you for your help. If I have pics on other websites I will try and use your tips.[img][/img]

[AF1]

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[dave 3261]

I find these features difficult to use. I don't have a right click(Mac user)

[billbelt]

Paul---I am having a problem setting up my CrusieMate Crusie Photo Gallery. I fill in the form and at the bottom I am ask for a "code" . I see no code, only a "red" X. What am I doing wrong? Thanks----Bill

[pJames]

One can also generate a cruise BLOG, as described here
.
It's great fun.

[Paul Motter]

I f you see a red X in the gallery it means your picture was not accepted. This happens if it is too big.

When we create the gallery in about 2000 we did not want a lot of huge picture files taking up our server space. Back then a 1 megapixel camera was common - now they are 10 or even 15-mehapixels. That is huge. One gallery could be almost 1 Gigabyte.

So, that is why we only allow smaller pictures.

[ednotmilkman]

I am first trying to get my id photo posted under my name. I can't figure out how to reduce the size of it down to 120 pixels.

I have Mozilla e-mail program, and it has a place to insert an image in and e-mail and reduce it by pixels, but this feature does not appear to work. I reduced it down to 35 megabits already by using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and right clicking on "send to" > "mail recipient",

then clicking on "make my pictures smaller" and "fits in small window"
but doing that still shows 347 x 480 as pixel size it appears.

Edwin