HOW DO i Post a Pic on here

[GTison]

I give up. how do i start? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

[Scott Tichenor]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin....t=13102 (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=23&t=13102)

[250sc]

Scott,

The link doesn't discuss the best size of the file. I have unsuccessfully tried to post images and finally gave up.

[grandmainger]

Scott, I think you should add the following to your "How to" section:

1) The Image button in the Quick Post box at the bottom of a thread only allows the posting of an image's web address.
http://www.grandmainger.com/cafe/insert_image.gif
This means that you can only enter in this field the URL of an image that is already on the internet. For example:
If you press the image button, and enter the following URL: http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html....ogo.gif (http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/Skin/Default/images/logo.gif)
you will post the mandolincafe's message board logo:
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/Skin/Default/images/logo.gif

[grandmainger]

If you want to use an image from your own computer on the message board, you need to follow a different method:

2) Press the Add Reply button:
http://www.grandmainger.com/cafe/add_reply.gif


You will be taken to a new page where you can enter the content of your message, as well as attach an image to your post using this field:

http://www.grandmainger.com/cafe/attach_image.gif

Be aware that the board only allows attached images up to 70kb in size, so you may need to use an image editor to save a lower resolution, higher jpg compression version of your image before you can post it.

[grandmainger]

Scott,

The link doesn't discuss the best size of the file. I have unsuccessfully tried to post images and finally gave up.
I'll write a tutorial now... give a 10 minutes http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[GTison]

I DID IT . I WAS QUICK REPLYING BEFORE. BUT THE ADD REPLY HAS THE BROWSE BUTTON. I HAD TO REDUCE MY PIC TO 310 WIDE TO MAKE IT SMALL ENOUGH. AND I EXPORTED IT TO MY DESK TOP. THEN BROWSED TO THE DESK TOP. AND GOT IT THAT WAY. THANKS YALL CAN STOP IF YOU ARE DOING IT FOR ME.
I GOT IT. FINALLY.

THANKS FOR THE HELP . SCOTT IF YOU WANT YOU CAN DELETE IT ALL.

[grandmainger]

There are various ways to reduce the size of an image to the 70kb threshold required for posting images to the mandolincafe board.

There are two main steps to take: reduce the actual image size (ie the number of pixels that make up the image), and save a copy of the image

using a higher JPG compression setting.

First of all, check the software that came with your digital camera! There usually is a function to resize image, and almost certainly a

function to save your image as a JPG with a high compression setting.


Failing this, read on:

I am going to assume that you are using a Windows PC running Win2000 or XP.

Method 1)
Windows XP/2000 often have installed as standard have a very handy software called PhotoEditor, which is usually located here:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE

To resize your photos for posting:
1) Open your image with PhotoEditor
2) From the [Image] menu, select [Resize]
3) Adjust the Height/Width to the desired value (Rule of thumb: for web posting, shrink the longest side to about 640 pixels)
4) Click [OK]
5) Select SAVE AS... from the [File] menu and save your resized picture with a different name as the original, unless you want to overwrite your

original large file.
6) Select JPEG as the [Save As Type], and adjust the [JPEG quality factor] to about 60 or 70, although 40 is still OK.
7) Click [Save]... You're done!


Method 2) (taken from another thread here on the board by Django Fret)
If you have Powerpoint on your computer, there is a quick and dirty way to do this. #You can copy the image taken with your camera onto a

Powerpoint slide and then reduce it down in size or crop it to make it smaller. #

You can then go to "file" and select "save as". #Save the slide as a JPEG using the pull-down menu and when prompted, just export that one

slide. #If you find it is still too big, go back to the Powerpoint slide and reduce it further, or crop it even more.