"For Sale" listings with Pictures work much BETTER!
Once you've written your ad, it is easy to include one or more photos.
1. Start by clicking "NEW TOPIC" in the Classifieds Forum.,You'll find that right in the top center of the page.)
2. Title your advert, and type the text of your advert in the message box.
Now you're ready to add one or more pictures. There are two ways to do this.
EASY UPLOAD For image on your hard-drive1. From the Posting Window, click on "
Additional Options".
2. Click on "
Choose" File. Then select a file from your computer hard drive. You can do this multiple times to select multiple images. Each file name, starting with C:, should appear to the right of the "Attach" label.
IMPORTANT: Keep the file size under 150kb. Crop the photo so it is 600 pixels (or less) wide. You can crop and re-size easily with FREE Irfanview software,
www.irfanview.com .
3. Click "POST". That's all there is to it. The software automatically creates a thumbnail picture for you. Thumbnails are handy because they load quickly. People can click the thumbnail to see a bigger version. It will appear in your post, like this:
Attachments:
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Using a Web-hosted picture1. Go to
www.tinypic.com . Select "Choose" to select a file from your hard drive.
2. Click "UPLOAD NOW". This puts your picture on the internet and takes you to a page with a lot of different lines of codes.
3. With your mouse, Highlight and Copy the SECOND line to the left of the uploaded picture thumbnail. This is labeled
"IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards". To copy, right-click the mouse when the text is highlighted or just click the BLUE "Copy" button). Your image will appear in the size you uploaded. Be sure to grab ALL the text in the "IMG" line, starting with [I M G] and ending with [/I M G]. If you use the COPY Button, it will grab all the text you need.
4. Go back to the Forum board where you were writing your message. Paste the line you copied from Tinypic.com. Make sure it starts with [I M G] and ends with [/I M G].
5. If you've already hosted a picture on the web, say on your personal web page or photo host, first get the URL. You can find that by right-clicking the photo and selecting "properties".
Now go to the Message Board entry window. You'll see a small icon that looks like a picture frame:
Click that icon. It will ask you for the "Image URL". Type in the URL of the picture. Our software will automatically add the [I M G] tags.
6. Now finish writing your post and click "Post Message."
IMPORTANT -- ABOUT PICTURE SIZESBANDWIDTH: Because of bandwidth costs, we are limiting uploaded files to 150kb. This is plenty for a web attachment if you crop and save at 75-80% quality first. Even the very largest photos on our feature articles are only about 80kb. Use Irfanview to crop and save your digital pix.
Please keep your images to 600 pixels wide at the most. This will make it easier for others to read the boards. Really big pictures do funny things to the margins. Here is a picture 450 pixels wide. As you can see, it's plenty big:
If you need to resize your photos, you can download FREE software called "Irfanview". This can crop, re-size, and color correct. GET Irfanview here:
http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm .
