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How-To: Upload A Photo To hondapcx.org

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:06 pm
by badaveil
All users can upload as many pictures as they want, and are encouraged to do so, as long as the pictures are relevant to the topic. Image size is restricted to a maximum of 1080p (1920x1080px). All images above 1024x768 will be "thumbnailed" and displayed as 1024x768. Users wanting to view a larger size can click the image to view it larger.

Some examples of image size:

640x480 displays the full image, and won't make a thumbnail:
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1024x768 displays the full image, and won't make a thumbnail. Any size larger will thumbnail:
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1920x1080 is the largest allowable size, and is displayed as a thumbnail at 1024x768. Users can click the image to view full resolution.
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Please message Maddiedog if you have any questions about posting images.


Here's how you upload and display images:

1. Click Post Reply at the bottom of the thread you're replying to. Below the post window that pops up, you should see a section that says "Filename:" and has a Browse button. Click the Browse button, as shown below.
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2. On your computer, find the file you want to upload, and double-click it, or select it and hit the Open button in the bottom-right.
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3. Press the Add the File button:
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4. Your image will automatically upload. You should see a spinning Yin and Yang in a pop-up window while the file transfer goes through:
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5. Place the image inline by selecting the file from the Attachments dropdown that has appeared below the post window, and clicking the Place inline button:
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6. Move the BBCode that is placed into your post wherever you want your image:
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7. Finish typing your message, and click the Submit button to post your reply with attachments.

Images uploaded to the site can be a maximum of 1920x1080 pixels, but it is strongly advised to keep them under 1024x768 to ensure users with smaller screens do not have to scroll.

Hope this helps. 8)


Note: edited by Maddiedog on July 26, 2013 to add image size clarification at top

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:23 pm
by Taz
Sounds very complicated! From Flickr I just copy and paste the BBcode straight into this forums editor!

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:57 am
by badaveil
Taz wrote:Sounds very complicated! From Flickr I just copy and paste the BBcode straight into this forums editor!
Well, conceptually the same. You have Flickr whereas I have Picasa Web Album. You copied and pasted the code so did I straight into the forum editor. Lastly, I am sure you had to put that code in between [img]and[/img] as required by the forum which I did to. So what you did sounds very complicated to me too, it's just a matter of perspective. :lol:

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:29 am
by Taz
No I don't need to use the [img] tags.

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:52 am
by maddiedog
Moved this content up to the original post! :)

For clarity, the original post from badaveil showed how to upload an image with Photobucket. Per his permission below, I've moved the content that was in this post to his original post. :)

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:54 am
by maddiedog
Unless you request otherwise, I'm going to edit your original post to show the how-to that I just typed above. The how-to you've shown in the original post is not actually uploading a photo to this site -- it is "hotlinking" the photo, which is considered bad web etiquette because it uses all of another site's bandwidth without their permission.

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:44 am
by badaveil
maddiedog wrote:Unless you request otherwise, I'm going to edit your original post to show the how-to that I just typed above. The how-to you've shown in the original post is not actually uploading a photo to this site -- it is "hotlinking" the photo, which is considered bad web etiquette because it uses all of another site's bandwidth without their permission.
You have taught me something new today and I agree with you the steps you've shown is more rational and more convenient. Yes edit my original post. My humble intention was to share a way to encourage people to show off their photos after all a picture shows a thousand words which I think most forums I've been to do not show how-to.

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 2:42 am
by you you
Either way it was useful that you did the thread as I'm sure that quite a few people didn't realize you could upload in this way and now there is a "how to"

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:54 pm
by WhiteNoise
Excellent thread guys! Perhaps a move to the "How To" forum would serve better? What say ye Sir David...Lord of the forums? 8)

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:47 pm
by JGC
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Thought I'd give the instructions a go, It would appear that the pics I have in my folders still need to be resized though as the pixels of my first choice pic was too big?

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:42 pm
by maddiedog
JGC, that's possible. There is a maximum size, to prevent threads taking FOREVER to load. I usually resize my images to 800x600 before uploading. :)

EDIT: Moved content up to original how-to and moved to how-to section. Also stickied.

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:54 pm
by WhiteNoise
Excellent! and a Sticky too! Love getting more than asked for...Thank ya!!! :D

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:07 am
by maddiedog
Just updated the 1st paragraph to add clarification on image sizes. 8)

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:53 pm
by WhiteNoise
Need help shrinking a picture to use as an avatar? (a signature photo)
Here's a very user friendly website to get the job done :) I just did one meself ;)
http://www.shrinkpictures.com

NOTE: You'll need to know the forum avatar limits when you go to above site, so jot this down:
120 pixels width And 120 pixels height (file size 100 KiB)

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:21 am
by kramnala58
GN2 put me onto this app. I love it. You just drag and drop your picture(s) into it and it creates a new folder under the folder you dragged your picture(s) from. You can set it to do any size you want, or multiple sizes at the same time. It will create a different folder for each size so that you don't have trouble sorting them.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/variedrop.html

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:08 pm
by Mel46
I sort of cheat. I have a very old copy of Corel Photo paint that I use. There is a menu for resampling at whatever size you want it to be, in pixels or inches or several other formats. So once I pull up the photo that I want to modify, all I have to do is resample it in the pixel size I want and use the Save As to save it with a different name. Unfortunately, this version won't work in Windows 7 so I have to use my older computer with Windows XP.

Re: How to upload a photo to Hondapcx.org

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:49 am
by kramnala58
Mel46 wrote:Unfortunately, this version won't work in Windows 7 so I have to use my older computer with Windows XP.
I am hearing that Microsoft is about to stop offering any updates for XP. That's a shame because I have an XP machine that runs a couple of old programs that my Windoze 7 won't run.

Re: How-To: Upload A Photo To hondapcx.org

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:14 pm
by willajabir
A simple to use FREE photo editor program that windows users can use. Different formats and compression available for making easy to upload photos.
Paint.Net <---program name, NOT website name.
http://www.getpaint.net/

Re: How-To: Upload A Photo To hondapcx.org

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:24 pm
by pxc-in-japan
Thanks all for the various useful posts.
I recently made a new Facebook account just for making public albums of scooter/bike tasks.
Then I posted a link to it on this site.
I thought we were unable to upload to this site, full stop.
Thanks a lot, the uploading advice is much appreciated.