how to post photos/pics.

curious did a wonderful job already explaining how to post photos.

click here for instructions

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I'll go one step further. NT has offered every member free photo spaces to post photos from their own computer and store it in their personal profile.

to start, first by click on your own user name. It'll then take you to your personal profile page.

On the right hand side, scroll down to "Albums" and click on create albums.



Give the album a name.

now, one can upload photos from their puter to their album by clicking on upload pictures.



the uploading window will come up



you can upload up to three photos at one time.

click on "browse" on the right hand side and browse through your puter for the photos you want to upload. The maximum limits are:

Maximum File Size per Picture 9.54 MB
Maximum Picture Dimensions 1,800 by 1,800 Pixels

but if the photo is slightly larger in size, NT's software will shrink it down automatically.

once the pathway is created, (either by selecting the photo you want and double clicking on it or click on the photo then select "open" )

select upload pictures.




the photo(s) will then appear to be inspected for final submission. Click on Save Changes. And now those photos will be in your album.

To post those photos, go to your album and select on the picture you want to post.

copy and paste the second option: BB code



and insert that to anywhere you want to place it in your post. (including your signature)

because it is coded already. You do not need to add additional IMAGE codes ( [IMG] [/IMG] )

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if you find a photo on the internet that you'd like to share on NT (read the rules on bandwidth and copyright first, please)

what you'll need to do first is to copy and paste the URL.

For example, I found this photo that I like:

http://www.prashantpoladia.com/html_...-cute-kids.jpg

I would cut and paste the above URL, then click on the "photo/pic icon"



this window will pop up for you to insert the URL of the photo:



As a general rule to avoid human errors. I would hit backspace once to undo the highlighted "http://" then copy and paste the URL into the box then select OK.

it now should look like this in your pre-post.



(as coupled by the IMAGE tags [I call them the IMG brothers. LOL]

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some useful tips.

If you see a photo you like but you see a whole page of writings and other photos, you cannot serve that page.

every link starts with http:// and ends with something. If it ends in " .htm"

you cannot post those photos. You have to find the individual link where the photos themselves are served.

the URL will usually end in something like " .jpg" or ".gif " or anyone of those picture file names such as php or bit or tiff.

and if the site is strict about their bandwidth, they may not let you link their photos/pics and you might see a big red X.

If you want to practice, the best place is to practice in your own personal profiles page.

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*Edited to add another tip:

The easiest way to find out where that photo/pic is located: is to "right click" over the photo (provided it is NOT locked by the website) and scroll down to "properties" then left click.

it'll give you the information.

On that new "grey window" Look on the left side for "Address (URL)" and you'll see where the photo/pic is hosted. Copy and paste that

that's the quickest way for me to link photos here. You can always test it by placing that over your address box and see if that photo shows up by itself.

if you want to practice with the photo below by right clicking over it and checking its properties.

the URL link should be: http://www.prashantpoladia.com/html_...-cute-kids.jpg



Good luck and have fun!!