Posting images

[chrislocke2000 (OP)]

Quick one hopefully

I've been busily writting an AAR on a recent fight in a word document and have been taking screen shots as I go to show the action developing.

Was just having a play around with cutting and pasting the document into a post but can't see how to get the pictures in. I can see the insert image button but not how to actually paste something between the quotes?

[Vynadan]

Inside an image tag you usually put the URL of the image that you want to show. More advanced parameters of (img) allow for resizing the displayed image so that it fits into the forum layout and is easier on people with lower resolutions.

Examples:

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[img]http://www.website.com/image.jpg[/img]
[img width=640 height=300]http://www.website.com/image.jpg[/img]

For uploading images there's various free-to-use websites that'll do the job. I usually use imageshack.us myself, but taste varies a lot regarding adverts, time it stays uploaded, etc.

I'm pretty sure it's possible to do with attachments, but as I never use those, I can't help you there.

[Erik L]

The [img] tag puts the picture inline, and you need to have it hosted someplace. The attachment loads it here, but places it at the bottom of the post like an email attachment.

[Jacob/Lee]

On the topic of hosts, I would suggest Imgur.

No account required and it comes free with the IMG code in case you somehow forget what to do.