Posting pics

[jac in a box]

I know it's probably in the wrong place...but you're all so helpful here[]

I've posted pics occassionally on here without any difficulty. Just thrown up a wanted ad' and I can't get the picture to display.

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=246472

Always seemed to manage with

Has something changed?

I've tried clicking on the add image icon - but I'll be damned if I understand what it's telling me.

Dave

 

[Mark_Bennett]

Have you tried it using the image file ref itself? (.jpg .gif etc) that link in your post goes to an html page and although I can see the image, I can't get the actual filename.

I don't know if this is the right answer or not - but it is strange isn't it?

 

[jac in a box]

Anything PC related is strange to me Mark! Certainly used to work the way I described though

I guess you saw the image by pasting the URL into Google or similar?

Dave

 

[Mark_Bennett]

I just selected the url (the bit between the

 

[pmjt]

The PCGB forum uses 'image' rather than other forums that use 'img' between the square brackets.

Also the link you quoted is to a forum page rather than an image - if you've uploaded the image to the server (rather than hosting on an external site like Flikr or Photobucket) the image is tied to that forum post and can't be re-linked with the 'image' tags

Personally I use Photobucket to upload to - I can then post the picture as many times as I like without taking up space on the PCGB server - and the image is available on other forums to use to.

HTH

Philip

 

[jac in a box]

Thanks Philip[]

Seems the image will display using or [IMG] tags....loaded into photobucket and works.

All I want is a "yes, I've got one" reply to the add!

Dave