Picture posting within the site is quicker and has less problems if pictures are resized so that they are no more than 500 X 500 before posting them to the site.  Automatic picture resizing on this site is limited so it’s best to do it on your own end to speed things up during the posting process.  Most pictures taken directly from a digital camera will also exceed this sites capability to resize them for you.  If pictures are resized on your own end so they are 300 wide (or less) they will download even quicker while also being able to insert them in pairs or two per row (or triplets if at 200 wide) but be sure to hit a hard return after each second picture so a new row can be started.  Otherwise, the pictures just keep going to the right and running off of the screen.  Not using a hard return after inserting the pictures within the thread also makes the text proceed off the right side of the screen thus forcing the reader to scroll the screen to the right in order to read the text.  If wanting the pictures to be in a single row going down, then just put a hard return (enter key) after each picture.

If you’re using another site for hosting the pictures (ie.  Photobucket), then be sure those pictures are sized so they are no than 600 wide at the host site or the pictures will be too large and fall outside the boundaries for normal viewing on this site besides taking an inordinate amount of time to download when pulling up the thread.  If putting text after the pictures, then be sure to use a hard return after picture links to prevent the text itself from scrolling off the right side of the screen.  Likewise, do a hard return after any text before inserting image links; otherwise the pictures will start immediately to the right of the text and potentially go off the right side of the screen depending upon the length of the text.  For those of us on dial up and using conventional monitors, the use of properly placed hard returns makes viewing much quicker and easier.  The upside for using another site for hosting the pictures is that slightly larger pictures can be viewed at the cost of a longer download time when bringing up the post or thread.  The downside is if the pictures are renamed, moved, or deleted from the host site, then they are also no longer viewable on this site.

Here are a couple of past threads with additional instructions on picture posting.  Other posts regarding picture insertion can be found by using the search function.

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic6165-6-1.aspx 

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic7693-6-1.aspx 

Feel free to practice picture posting within this particular post.  If necessary, I can re-print the text from one of the linked posts above into this post that goes into more detail on the step by step specifics of picture posting.

Picture posting instructions when not using an outside picture hosting site (ie. Photobucket):

1. While in the editing mode, select the icon with the mountain and sun in it.

2. Select “Browse” in the popup window

3. Go to the directory where you keep your pictures.

4. Select your picture.  Downsized works best.  Too large may be too big period.

5. Select “Open”

6. Select “Add Image”.   Do not use the link bar in this instance.

7. Wait….  This could take a couple of minutes as your picture (if not inordinately large) is being downsized and uploaded to the site from your computer.

8. Then popup window goes away and the picture starts to display within the editing window.

9. When the picture is fully displayed, hit the enter key (hard return) and add more text if desired under the picture.

10. Select “Post Reply” and the updated thread should then display with your picture in it.

     Well going to give this a try and see if I can make it work.

                                        Michael                            

                                          Michael

Paul.  Your settings on the site are the same as the other members which points to the problem being back at your own computer and possibly your browser settings.  On a slightly different note, do you perform any routine maintenance such as keeping the recycle bin empty, disk or drive cleanup, cookie cleanup, and performing a Defrag?  Not doing any or all of these will have your computer slowed down to the point that there’s not enough RAM remaining which can potentially keep extras like ‘Browse’ buttons from coming up in a speedy manner.

But assuming all is well from a memory standpoint and you have no Grandkids around that can get the browser settings to function as desired, then using an outside picture hosting site such as Photobucket is another option.  Here’s some instructions for this.

1. In Photobucket, select the IMG CODE under the desired picture and copy into your memory buffer (Cntrl + C).  The IMG CODE should be the last one in a list of four under the picture you’d like to use.

2. Be sure the picture is downsized before storing the link into the buffer.

3. Open up the YBF post editor to the post for which you are going to add the link.  (Add Reply, Add Topic, Edit)

4. After adding any desired text, hit a hard return (enter key).

5. Paste the desired link into the edit screen (Cntrl + V).  Only the link will show at this point and not the picture.  Make sure the IMG brackets are fully intact after pasting in the link.

6. Add a space using the space bar behind the link.

7. Put a hard return (enter key) behind the space.

8. Add text if desired.

9. Select the ‘Post Reply’ key.

10. Updated post should then display with the picture also displaying.

I noticed this morning that the picture of the car included in my post on the Street thread, concerning leaf springs, has changed.  It is no longer my car.  Did I do something to cause that?  It is a good looking car though.

John

John

John

I see my car came back.  What happened?

John

John.  Afraid I accidentally did that .  And I don’t even know how it happened as I was working on getting some of the other signature pictures reduced and didn’t think I was anywhere near yours.  Anyhow, I got with Jim and he was able to restore your original signature picture back to your profile as it was a link to a YBF picture file that I couldn’t get back to.  Sorry about that.

Guys.  This is as good as it gets for the time being.  Being a no cost site, there’s simply no finances to get outside resources to look at the known issues.  Granted that the Java Script editor not being right (a known problem) could potentially be part of the problem, I don’t have access to the code and therefore I’m clueless on how to get that part fixed as Java Script editor issues in themselves inhibits certain functions on the site for myself.  I’m just about as computer illiterate as the rest of you but given enough time with some code sitting in front of me in written form, I can usually figure it out.  Especially if I have a Rosetta stone sitting next to whatever I'm working on.  But the ‘insert image’ thing does work for myself and others so this is not an across the board issue.  Unfortunately there are just too many different operating systems out there with their own specifics for browser settings which makes it difficult to troubleshoot problems that do not show up across the board.  Through trial and error, I’ve readjusted my own browser settings to optimize my own computers performance and this doesn’t by any means make me any kind of webmaster.  Just remember to take notes when readjusting any settings so you can put them back where they were if need be.

Here we go again.  This free website.  Yeah, it's wonderful, and Jim doesn't know how much he's appreciated.  But, if it takes a little money to hire someone to evaluate this picture issue, then let us each kick in a few bucks and "git 'er done".  We've been freeloading for years now, and Jim won't let us help, maybe we can help in this way.   I don't know anything about pictures on computers, but I'll still help.  Any idea how much money would be needed?  If a handful of Y guys can raise $4000 for our shootout, without hurting anyone financially, then the bigger base of participants on this site should have no problem with raising the funds.  Count me in for something.

John

      God Bless   Eddie

Check it now.  Jim let me know that the Florida profiles are now in place.

Try refreshing the screen.  In the browser bar at the top of my own screen, it’s the little white page icon with two circular green arrows within it.  Placing the cursor over the icon has it saying ‘Refresh’.  Assuming your screen does refresh, then enlarge the map by a couple of + clicks so that the U.S. is larger or more detailed.  At that point, Florida does come up on my screen and then clicking on the Florida marker shows that there are six entries.  But I don’t see a ‘Sam’ as one of the entries so you may need to resend your profile to Jim again.

Cleaning up or deleting the older cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder may also help as far as refreshing the screen goes.

I never follow instructions, lets see if this will work

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