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| Posted by Rob J in WNY |
| There are two ways to have a photo appear in your posts. |
| METHOD #1: |
Attaching a photo to a post is fairly easy to do. To do it, just make sure the image that you intend to post up has a file size smaller than 100 kilobytes (100KB). It’s longest dimension, either horizontal or vertical, should be no more than 450 pixels.
If that sounds like Greek to you, then know that it's not as confusing at it sounds. Probably somewhere on your computer there is software for photo editing. For instance, most scanners and digital cameras come with such a program, which is usually on a CD-ROM supplied with them.
Open the photo in the editing program and, usually under a menu item entitled “Edit” or “Image,” you will be able adjust the image size. For attaching photos in posts, I usually try to go with the largest dimension set to 450 pixels. The result may be your photo will wind up either 450 pixels tall, or 450 pixels wide, depending on the composition of the photo. Make sure the proportions of the photo are “constrained” so that you do not distort the image.
450 pixels is a good number, because going over 550 pixels wide will cause the message board display to “stretch” in size to fit it. An overly excessive horizontal dimension can even cause the board to become larger than your screen can display it.
Save the photo as a JPEG (JPG) file. The JPG format will assure a smaller file size needed to stay below the limits of NYBass. Most JPGs saved at the suggested dimension of 450 pixels in the longest dimension will be under 100KB in size. If your photo is still over 100KB, then you can do one of two things. You can make the dimensions of the photo even smaller, say, 400 pixels in the longest dimension, or even 350 or even 300. This reduces the file size. Any smaller than 250, however, and your photo will begin to get rather small in appearance. The other thing you can do is to leave the photo at 450 pixels and adjust the level of JPG compression to create a smaller file. Usually there will be either a slider bar or other control which appears during the JPG saving process. When you use this method, notice that the more compression you apply to the photo, the worse its visual quality gets.
Just to recap, you are shooting for photo dimensionally no larger than 450 pixels (longest dimension, either vertical or horizontal) and less than 100KB. You can attach only one photo per post, so if you have more than one photo to show everyone, you will need to reply to your own post and attach the next photo, and so on.
To attach the photo to your post, just click the button entitled “Browse” right beneath where you enter the text for your post (in the “Attach file:” section of the screen). Then, browse to the photo's location on your computer, select it, and submit your post. Poof! Done! |
| METHOD #2: |
Okay, the other way to post up a photo is to upload it, no matter what the size and quality, to some personal online webspace, and then use the board's “IMG” tags to “fetch” it from the webspace and display it in your post. When you go to compose your post, there is a button to automate the generation of this code right above where you enter the text of your post (IMG). Just click it, and when prompted, enter the web address of the photo. Or, you can manually type the code so that it appears like this in your post:
[img]http://www.webpage.com/yourphoto.jpg[/img]
Then, your photo will be inserted in your post, regardless of its size and quality. It's great for two reasons. You can display multiple photos in your post, and they can be very high quality. Plus, you can add a “caption” underneath it if you want to. You cannot do this with photos you “attach” to a post.
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