chroma601

This forum newbie is bewildered. I have a shot of my HHR but can't find an upload button. How does one place a photo here? Didn't see instructions in the stickies...

EDIT: I figured out how to get it into the galleries, but now I can't figure out how to post it here...

whopper

When you have uploaded a picture, you can place it in your posts by using the BB code text that is displayed below the image when you view it at full size.

Like this:


that gives a thumbnail view, but there are better ways - am trying to find the tutorial for you. Well I could not find the tutorial I was looking for.

But here is another way around it - copy the BB code text, and put it in your posting, then copy the Direct Link code, and paste it over the ht........thumb.jpg - ie:

whopper

Finally found the tutorial I was thinking of: https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/site-development-help-announcements-18/how-upload-add-pictures-your-post-old-3033/

Also mentioned in the thread is a link to a reference re: the size limitation of 640x480 for pictures, and some free software to resize pics:

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/site-development-help-announcements-18/picture-size-posts-%7C-free-image-resizing-software-2621/

843de

whopper, nicely explained!

jay loukakis

For 5 years I still cannot post a photo here????

843de

Are you using an Apple computer or i-Pad Jay, they can give some problems when attempting to post photos.

chroma601

I'm on a PC, 843de. Used the tutorial and I got a thumbnail. Anyone know how to get the same size that's in the gallery?

chroma601

Whopper, for a full size photo do you overwrite the image code with the BB code? Do I keep the brackets, or the url= part?

firemangeorge

Fwiw. I just stick my pictures on my desktop. Then when I'm doing my post,
I go to the attachments thingy(the paperclip icon), I download the picture, then attach it to my post. Comes out the correct large size.
Must be some kind of computer magic!
When I try the copy the BB thing, I get those small thumbnail pics,so I'll just stick to the way I described above.

whopper

Ok - the thumbnail code looks like this (leaving off the start and end square brackets and put * instead):
*url=https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=23796&c=searchresults&searchid=413 1]*img]https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/7/5/7/HHR3B_thumb.jpg[/img][/url*


then copy the Direct Link code, and paste it over the ht........thumb.jpg - ie:

*url=https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=23796&c=searchresults&searchid=413 1]*img]https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/7/5/7/HHR3B.jpg[/img][/url*

Of course I left off the start and end square brackets again.