Forum Thermomix
Questions Doubts and Requests => Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: Thermomixer on September 26, 2008, 08:58:25 am
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There are 2 ways (that I know of) to post images on this forum.
The first - which is easy if you already have an account such as flickr or Photobucket, or have your own blog.
Once they are in these sites you can usually right click on the photo and find properties - copy the address (URL:) and then, in the body of the message you can click "Insert Image" (second icon in middle row) when you are at the spot you wish to place the photo, position the cursor between the [ img ] [ /img ] characters and hit paste. The URL should appear between the [ img ] [ /img ] boxes. Then check with Preview. If you like it you can then Post.
The second method - which is easier - now that I have told baf65 to do the above - click on "Additional Options... " below the box you are writing your message in and "Attach" comes up as an option - there is a box to enter the address on your computer or internet where the photo is to be found (& of course the "Browse" facility - to make life even easier).
This way allows you to attach photos without flickr/Photobucket etc accounts and is much simpler !!!!! :-[
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Thanks Termomixer - Can you also tell me how to reduce the file size of a photo please? I'm having trouble posting as my photos are too big >:(
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Depends on the program you use for the photos, but if you open them in Paint or similar there are options to reduce the size of photos in the Image under Stretch/Skew -you can reduce to 50/40/30/20 % or whatever suits.
Let us know which program you are using.
You can set up a Picassa, Photobucket account -free and then use the URLs to post??
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I L B, all I do is, right click on the photo, then find edit, then up comes the photo and down the left side there is a bit which lets you change its size, I choose small, and then save changes. It then works! My DD showed me how, won't be long before your DD will be teaching you too!
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Ta, that's easier -shows what kids can do to help us oldies !!! Thanks bron - guess the kids told you that trick?
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Oh of course, my eldest has started charging me for her time whenever I request her attention. 5 euros an hour!
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Time is money -that's the free enterprise system - actually 5 euros sounds cheap - can we get her sevices too ??
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Thanks Bron and Thermomixer. Next time I have a pic to post I'll refer back to this one ;D
Think it took me over an hour to work out last time - >:(
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Thanks for bumping I love Bi,by - I couldn't find this anywhere last night
Is there anyway we can make this a sticky thread so it stays at the top?
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ralo, I'm not sure what the notify button at the bottom does, but just clicked it and hopefully that helps.
When I get around to cooking something else that requires a photo I'll look this up again, until then it's just going to sit here... LOL!!
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as far as i can tell this thread has always been a sticky!
oh and i think the notify button will probably just tell you when the thread gets a new reply ;)
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Thanks. You're right - the notify button means that I get emails each time someone replies....
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as far as i can tell this thread has always been a sticky!
Yeah, it is a sticky - but please let us know if there are other topics that you think should also be a sticky.
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obviously it takes great talent to not be able to locate even a sticky thread :)
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heehee
i belong to another forum where we have all our contact details up - we have less boards than here and yet i can never find the contact detail sticky LOL
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obviously it takes great talent to not be able to locate even a sticky thread :)
May be a problem with me - because there is no pin in the sticky note ?? Not sure why - probably not doing it right, but it stays near the top :-\
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i can see a pin it ???
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Test:
(http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/compp1090362vapthuq3.jpg) (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)
(http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/thumbnail/compp1090362vapthuq3_thumb.jpg) (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/view/compp1090362vapthuq3.jpg)
Yippeh, Thank you Susanne :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* My headache is gone
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Hi Elli,
felt great tobe able to give technical advise ;D.
Looks yummy. I put papaya seeds on my dehydrater this morning.... hope they are done tomorrow :).
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Yippeh, Thank you Susanne :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* My headache is gone
Yeah, but now we have headaches wondering when you will share the recipe ??? ??? ;)
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They look so..so....so nice. Yes please for the recipe.
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They donīt only look nice ;D.
Donīt worry, itīll probably be here soon :).
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test
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Well done, it worked. :-*
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test
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs461.ash1/25334_377263520899_590870899_3468958_8361391_s.jpg)
works in the preview.... just a little something we found in the bottom of our garden!!
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How cute is that :) :)
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Ohhhh. I hope you're keeping it.
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Too cute - looks very tired.
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definately keeping it!!
Well... after tonights tantie.... anyone want a purple fairy??
:o ;)
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Yes, I'll have it. ;D It can throw tanties with the others we look after.
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Test
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That test was of some Cranberry & White Chocolate biscuits I made yesterday and I wasn't sure if it would work to upload photos as I have been unsuccessful on another forum I'm a member of. So will post the recipe later today.
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Well done RoxyS, bet you are chuffed with your efforts.
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Good work Roxy - looking forward to lots more pics. :-* :-*
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For months I had a piece of paper that I had printed off about how to download pics on to this website. It looked very difficult and off putting, especially mentioning stuff about Photobucket.
For dummies like me - ignore Photobucket.
Download your pics from the camera into a file eg. My Pictures
Create another file where you can put all your food photo's eg. Thermomix
When you download your photo's pop them in this file, and you can rename those pics that you want to upload eg. Date Slice
When it comes to downloading, do what you would normally do in this text section here, and then you will see directly under this text box --- Additional Options, click on this. Click on the Browse button where you have the Attach, and by clicking on your files where you have saved the pic (eg. My Pictures, Thermomix, Date Slice) until your desired file name appears.
Then voila! press Post.
Don't wait for someone to help you, just try and do it yourself because it really is easy ;D
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Once they are in these sites you can usually right click on the photo and find properties - copy the address (URL:) and then, in the body of the message you can click "Insert Image" (second icon in middle row) when you are at the spot you wish to place the photo, position the cursor between the [ img ] [ /img ] characters and hit paste. The URL should appear between the [ img ] [ /img ] boxes. Then check with Preview. If you like it you can then Post.
I can't get this method to work :( Help!
I've followed the steps exactly as described above, but all I get is a wierd little icon instead of my picture when I save the post. I tried viewing it in Internet Explorer (the weird little icon is in Google Chrome) but there's still something wrong. It shows up as a box with a big red cross in it. As far as I can tell, there's nothing wrong with my Flickr account.
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I use photobucket. I upload the photos to there, save and name them and then put the scroll over the photo and a drop down menu comes up. Move down it until the bottom line and right click to copy that. Then return to the forum and go to where you want the photo and right click and paste. I guess this is about as clear as mud. :-)) :-))
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I've worked it out! Well, not me exactly... I had to ask someone who could decipher the SMF code. Turns out I was trying to insert the link to the whole webpage of the photo on flickr rather than the link to the actual image itself. I edited the post so you should now be able to see a pretty photo of yummy yoyo biscuits (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1877.msg70291#msg70291).
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Here's Chelsea's explanation of how to reduce the size of your photos.
"I open the folder where the photo is currently saved (can even be your camera folder).
I right click on the photo and a menu appears.
I click on the "open with" option.
I then click on the "paint" option and it will open in the paint program (don't worry if it is huge).
I then click on the "image" menu at the top.
I click on the stretch and skew option in the image menu.
In stretch and skew I change the stretch settings to 25% and 25% (and leave the other settings).
I then click on the file menu and click on the "save as" option.
I type a new name for my smaller sized photo.
I find the folder where I want to save my resized photo in the drop down menu (I use "my pictures" folder)
I click on save and then close the paint program.
The smaller sized photo will be saved in the folder I selected and will open in almost every application (not just paint).
It sounds complicated but that's just because I have put in all of the steps (I hope). Hope this helps. "
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The only issue with attaching photos to a post is remembering to first resize the image down to less than <256k in size. The other is that you can't attach via the iPad :(
If there is one thing I'd like Apple to solve for the next iOS release (i.e iOS 6) it would be to be able to upload photo's from the iPad/iPhone photo library to a forum via Safari. (with an optional resize step in between like you can do with email)
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have tried to explain the way I do it here (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=3083.15)
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test photo from my blog
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ujb6vw7dwk0/Toji3mGtE7I/AAAAAAAAEEk/ZcSBmnUGZIo/s1600/IMG_2446.JPG)
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yum ;D
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oh my, it works, but it is huge - sorry. I was skimming a few threads on how to add photos and I remember seeing somewhere that I could add the URL from photos that are in our blogs. I thought I'd try it out, but now I need to find out how to change the size.
I guess I could go back and read these threads more carefully, but if anyone has any quick tips I'd really appreciate them.
Cheryl
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a few post down from JD, thats how i do it :)
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Ok, so I'm trying to work out how to add photos and have followed the instructions above but I've got a problem.
I click on the Additional Options button but in the Attach section the Choose File button is greyed out and I can't select it. I'm using Safari browser on my iPad if that makes any difference.
I really want to post a recipe and it would be great if I could work out how to add a picture
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I just posted a recipe and successfully added the photo, but it appears down the bottom very small. How do I add the photo into the recipe under the photo heading? I'm sure the advice is here somewhere but I cant find it :-\
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it look good kath and in the right spot ;D
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Kath, just left click on the photo and it will enlarge - you've done well.
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Btw for anyone with an iPad or iPhone, you can now upload directly to this forum (and others), as long as you are running iOS 6.
The only downside if your photo is too big for the forum, is you may need to choose the photo in the photo app first, email it to yourself (choosing a smaller size), swap to email to save photo to photo roll and then upload photo. (Assuming you don't have a photo editing program to shrink it yourself)
Works a treat ...
[photo from iPad front camera and didn't need to be resized]
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I have been trying to attach a picture if this works, then I can add my recipes.
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Worked like a charm 50+, well done :D
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I am working here, she is just seeing what food I might have.
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Love your doggie.
Gert
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Thankyou, she is a sweetie, she goes everywhere with us except to the shops and when we go out for meals.
I am not going to tell her she is a dog, because I don't think she would agree.
She's a cavoodle by the way, beautiful nature, doesn't shed but can be a little naughty and bark at people.
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I bark at people too but no matter how naughty I am I still get to out to dinner!
Gett
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She gets lovely dinners, just not in restaurants, they don't want her.
I'm sure your bark isn't as loud as hers or annoying.
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She gets lovely dinners, just not in restaurants, they don't want her.
I'm sure your bark isn't as loud as hers or annoying.
Others here would disagree :-)) :-)) :-))
Gert
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;D ;D ;D
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She gets lovely dinners, just not in restaurants, they don't want her.
I'm sure your bark isn't as loud as hers or annoying.
Others here would disagree :-)) :-)) :-))
Gert
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D