I frequent a few message board/communities on the Internet. Shocking, I know. Hey, I used to frequent a lot more (and I admined on a few). On one in particular, there are frequent Photoshop contests or other photo-posting going on and people often have trouble with it.
I'm a computer moron. I swear I'm not as nerdy as I appear. If I stumble on something I don't know how to do or don't understand, I simply Google the question. Back when I first got on the Internet (in December 2003), I would ask my friends in Yahoo Messenger the most idiotic questions. If they'd answer, I'd tell them "dumb it down for me. Really, I won't get offended." I used to say "tell me like you'd tell a first grader" but I'm sure a first grader already knows how to do half the stuff I had questions about- or even more, really.
Over the years, I've figured some things out, memorized a few others. One of those things is image-sharing with html or BBC codes. For those who need this tutorial, BBC is the stuff that has these brackets: [ [ ] ] around the url and everything. HTML has these: around the text.
I can't do complicated html coding unless I can do a copy/paste. And most photo hosting offers that option.
On Flickr, there are two ways to share using HTML- I'm going to show the easiest way.
First, you have to upload your image to Flickr. That should be a given. And it isn't hard to do. I'm starting off with the fact you've gotten that far. Most people seem to think that the link in the toolbar is what you need to post an image. It isn't. You need the direct url to the photo. Or, in the case of Flickr, you just need to click the drop-down menu that is in the upper left of the photo.
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You'll want to choose "Grab the HTML/BBC Code" option.
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There's an option to choose HTML or BBC- for the Regretsy site and forums, you want the HTML. You can also use that little drop-down menu to choose the photo size. That's what I like about Flickr- you can choose which size to share, without having to go through the hassle of resizing each individual photo. A good size to share on the forums is that 500x375 option, or even the next size up (which is 640 at its widest part).
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Photobucket is even easier. Their codes are listed right under the photos if you're looking at them in thumbnail size. Or, by clicking on the photo, the link options are on the right side.
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To resize on Photobucket, though, you have to go through the whole thing of actually resizing the photo. Not that hard to do, but its an extra step if you haven't already done it to a decent size before you uploaded it.
Both of those options will link back to the site you've hosted it on- so if you were to mouse-over the image, it would be linked, if you click it, it takes you to the page on Flickr or Photobucket.
If you don't want to do it that way, you need to know the html code for images. All the url at the top in the toolbar is going to do is to link the person directly to your photo on the site where it is hosted. But if you want your photo to show on the page (like they are here), then those two methods are the easiest. Most photo hosting sites have the codes already done and you merely need to copy and paste them into your reply or post or whatever the kids are calling it these days. If you're not sure if you need the HTML or the BBC, its usually listed on the site, near the bottom of the page where you'd leave your reply. Some places have the option to choose between the two. But for this blog, I'll tell you- Regretsy and the forums of Regretsy are html.
I hope this helped.
I'm a computer moron. I swear I'm not as nerdy as I appear. If I stumble on something I don't know how to do or don't understand, I simply Google the question. Back when I first got on the Internet (in December 2003), I would ask my friends in Yahoo Messenger the most idiotic questions. If they'd answer, I'd tell them "dumb it down for me. Really, I won't get offended." I used to say "tell me like you'd tell a first grader" but I'm sure a first grader already knows how to do half the stuff I had questions about- or even more, really.
Over the years, I've figured some things out, memorized a few others. One of those things is image-sharing with html or BBC codes. For those who need this tutorial, BBC is the stuff that has these brackets: [ [ ] ] around the url and everything. HTML has these: around the text.
I can't do complicated html coding unless I can do a copy/paste. And most photo hosting offers that option.
On Flickr, there are two ways to share using HTML- I'm going to show the easiest way.
First, you have to upload your image to Flickr. That should be a given. And it isn't hard to do. I'm starting off with the fact you've gotten that far. Most people seem to think that the link in the toolbar is what you need to post an image. It isn't. You need the direct url to the photo. Or, in the case of Flickr, you just need to click the drop-down menu that is in the upper left of the photo.
You'll want to choose "Grab the HTML/BBC Code" option.
There's an option to choose HTML or BBC- for the Regretsy site and forums, you want the HTML. You can also use that little drop-down menu to choose the photo size. That's what I like about Flickr- you can choose which size to share, without having to go through the hassle of resizing each individual photo. A good size to share on the forums is that 500x375 option, or even the next size up (which is 640 at its widest part).
Photobucket is even easier. Their codes are listed right under the photos if you're looking at them in thumbnail size. Or, by clicking on the photo, the link options are on the right side.
To resize on Photobucket, though, you have to go through the whole thing of actually resizing the photo. Not that hard to do, but its an extra step if you haven't already done it to a decent size before you uploaded it.
Both of those options will link back to the site you've hosted it on- so if you were to mouse-over the image, it would be linked, if you click it, it takes you to the page on Flickr or Photobucket.
If you don't want to do it that way, you need to know the html code for images. All the url at the top in the toolbar is going to do is to link the person directly to your photo on the site where it is hosted. But if you want your photo to show on the page (like they are here), then those two methods are the easiest. Most photo hosting sites have the codes already done and you merely need to copy and paste them into your reply or post or whatever the kids are calling it these days. If you're not sure if you need the HTML or the BBC, its usually listed on the site, near the bottom of the page where you'd leave your reply. Some places have the option to choose between the two. But for this blog, I'll tell you- Regretsy and the forums of Regretsy are html.
I hope this helped.
