READ FIRST: How to post/upload photos and embed wide images

There are three ways of posting photos in your threads:

1. Link to an off-site image (embed the photo URL)
2. Attach images directly* (use the attachment feature when posting in advanced mode)
3. Post images in the user gallery (upload your photos to the user gallery, and then embed the photo URL)

To embed photo URLs in your posts, wrap the URL with image tags ([img]http://www.site.com/image.jpg[/img]). If images are very wide, please see below for an alternative set of tags you can use.
You can also use the appropriate photo button in the WYSIWYG editor and enter the URL in the prompt.

*Note that attached images will automatically be placed in your posts- they do not need to be embedded using the above method.

----- Update -----

I know that many of you like posting wide photos, especially panoramas, but embedding these directly was previously very inconvenient becuase it would stretch the width of the post table by several screen lengths, making it hard to read any replies. The only alternative was to post a direct link to the image, but that would open up another browser window and make a mess on your screen.

That problem will no longer be an issue, however, with the latest addition to PentaxForums.com: the ThickBox 3 image resizing effect. If you want to post a photo wider than 800 pixels, simply wrap [imgwide] tags around it instead of the conventional [img] tags. For those of you using the WYSIWYG editor, that would mean clicking the button instead of the button. Please note that these buttons look slightly different if you're using the Classic or Simple layouts.

Wrapping an image URL with [imgwide] tags will automatically resize in and make it clickable. When clicked, the full-size image will appear on your screen using a JavaScript effect. When finished viewing the image, you can quickly close the JS window.

Here's a demonstration of how the effect works:

[imgwide]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/953/butterflyjb6.jpg[/imgwide]

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

vs.


[img]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/953/butterflyjb6.jpg[/img]



Users of 1024x768 (or below) screens will find this especially useful. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading! If you guys have any additional questions, feel free to ask

[Ken T]

My first trial posting a picture see if it works.

[lgross1949]

You can also resize them in Picasa ( free download for Microsoft, Mac & Linux) and post them as an attachment to your thread.



Les

[Outofocus]

How do I get the files down to the max. size listed in the Management Attachment ??

[Adam]

I've now updated the first post with additional useful info, and moved information on how to post wide photos into this thread.

Outoffocus, simply reduce your image dimensions and use JPG quality 10 or below (preferably lower!).

[dcmsox2004]

good day all....
i must be having one of those brain fart days/weeks et al...
i've posted a few shots previously.... but i can not figure out
how to create an album in the gallery.....
i think i need a vacation... not enough neurons working right now..
please provide the necessary info...
thanks, dave m

[therion]

I would like to ask about this possibility of inserting images to forum:

Attach images directly* (use the attachment feature when posting in advanced mode)


How to use advanced mode? I just clicked on POST REPLY and I can´t
find any "attach image" , only "insert image" from http

[res3567]

Originally Posted by therion

I would like to ask about this possibility of inserting images to forum:

Attach images directly* (use the attachment feature when posting in advanced mode)


How to use advanced mode? I just clicked on POST REPLY and I can´t
find any "attach image" , only "insert image" from http

When you click "Post Reply", look for the paper clip icon on the top next to the smiley face. Once you click it another window will open labeled "Manage Attachments"

[cgchief]

Too complicated for me.