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How to Insert

Images into Posts

 

 

Most members know how to Reply to a post, Start a New Topic, etc., and even how to do some formatting of their posts.  The majority though seem to have problems when it comes to inserting an image into the post.

It's really not difficult.  In the following sections, we take you through it step by step.  Reading through, it's possible that you will think that it's complicated and daunting.  It's not.  In fact, it's very easy indeed, and the only reason that the following looks a bit complicated is that we are trying to cover all the possibilities.

Skim through it, spot the bits that you need, and give it a try.

After your second successful inclusion of images, you'll know as much as the rest of us, and you'll be wondering why you didn't try before

Type and Size of Images    [Will become a live link]

These days, almost all output from digital cameras is in JPG files.  These are the sort of files that we are going to consider.   In this section, we tell you how to find out what the dimensions of your current pictures are, and discuss whether or not they need to be re-sized.

Automatic Re-sizing of Images    [Will become a live link]

In most cases, the Discussion Board is now able to resize pictures from you "on the fly", and without any intervention by you.

Resizing by Software on Your Own Computer     [Will become a live link]

If the pictures are too big for even our auto-resize software to handle, or if you want to resize them using software that you currently have on your computer, you are quite at liberty to do so yourself.  We discuss this.

Our Download of a Resizing Utility     [Will become a live link]

We can now offer Windows users the download of a very useful extension to Windows that will resize pictures on their own machine with just two clicks!

Inserting Your Image(s)     [Will become a live link]

- and finally, the really easy bit - we tell you how to insert your picture(s) into a post.