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    1. whyfi
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      Flexichick » (p.s. can somebody please give me instructions on how to put a photo in my post?)

      You need the address of where your photo is stored online. To get it, right-click the photo and go to 'properties.' Highlight and copy the location (with firefox, you can just right-click and choose 'copy image location'). When you post here, just paste the location, highlight it and hit the 'Img' button above. It'll look like this - [img]http://static.flickr.com/31/62513442_75a2e44e97_m.jpg[/img]

      But you'll get this -
      ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
    2. dailyheights
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      That works, but kitties look even cuter in HTML. The code is:

      <img src="">

      So your image would be:

      <img src="http://static.flickr.com/31/62513442_75a2e44e97_m.jpg">

      And it would look like this (may I emphasize: even cuter than above!):

    3. whyfi
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      I don't know... black levels look better the other way!

      Less bandwidth your way?!

      Also, since this thread has been stickied, and it was mentioned in another thread, post split - when posting the image location, the last part of the address should be the file type - .jpg or whatever the case may be. Any text after the file type may render the link inoperable (sites like Flickr sometimes throw in extra letters/numbers with the thumbnail views - thumbnails are essentially them opening a small window to the file location, which is kinda like what you're trying to do when you post a picture here. Opening a window to their window doesn't always work).
      ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
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      The other thing that's important to know about Flickr is that even though each photo has its own page, you can't put the address of the page (ending in .html) in the tags WhyFi and dailyheights demonstrated above. It has to be the address of the image itself, usually ending in .jpg (sometimes .gif or .png).
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      Let's look at them side by side:

      I'm not saying which is which (you'll have to quote this to check), but I think they're identical. And the file size is the same (obviously).
    6. whyfi
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      Carnivore » I'm not saying which is which (you'll have to quote this to check), but I think they're identical. And the file size is the same (obviously).

      No way, man! There's TOTALLY more black-level detail (more 'depth' - shades of black) on one!!!
      ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
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      WhyFi » [quote="Carnivore"]I'm not saying which is which (you'll have to quote this to check), but I think they're identical. And the file size is the same (obviously).

      No way, man! There's TOTALLY more black-level detail (more 'depth' - shades of black) on one!!! :twisted:[/quote]

      I'm unconvinced. To me it seems like whichever has the better screen angle looks better.
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      Sorry... I was only kidding about kitties looking cuter in HTML. There is no difference in image quality. (although you are right - the black levels do look different between posts because of the different background colors of the posts!)

      I do prefer that people use HTML because I don't see the point of having a separate "BBCode" markup language. If we ever migrate this board away from the current phpbb message board system to something that uses standard HTML tags, all those BBCode entries will break.
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      dailyheights » Sorry... I was only kidding about kitties looking cuter in HTML. There is no difference in image quality. (although you are right - the black levels do look different between posts because of the different background colors of the posts!)

      I do prefer that people use HTML because I don't see the point of having a separate "BBCode" markup language. If we ever migrate this board away from the current phpbb message board system to something that uses standard HTML tags, all those BBCode entries will break.

      i've tried using the "blink" tag and it no workie

      HTML kitty wayyyyyyyy better than PHP kitty
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      What if you have a Mac? I can't right-click.
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      ctrl click
      Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
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      Submitted on wrong thread.
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      YankeeFan » http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/images/s/new-york-coney-island.jpg

      img button? i don't think i have that as an option

      After you copy and paste the image text hit "preview" not "submit".

      Then scroll down and high light the picture text (as if you're going to copy it) and then go click on the "IMG" button.

      Or just type this in at the beginning of your picture link --> [img]

      And type this on the end ---> [/img]
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      yay. it worked! thanks em.
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      VoodooNYC » yay. it worked! thanks em.

      omg, what have we unleased! are there now two cat photo nuts?!
      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      YankeeFan » http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/images/s/new-york-coney-island.jpg

      img button? i don't think i have that as an option

      You don't have it on quick reply but if you hit post reply button you will see the IMG button below the subject box.
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      http://www.newyorkmets.org/images/298_0607188_minorleague_vlg_10a_widec.jpg
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      [img]http://www.thesportsroadtrip.com/bkln3469.jpg[/img]
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      You finally got it!

      Congratulations! =D>
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      They may live and die never reaching them,
      but in the darkness of the night, those stars will guide them to their destination,because they put them in their sights."
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      Em26 » You finally got it!

      Congratulations! =D>

      They grow up so fast

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      VoodooNYC » ugh

      DooDoo, go look at the instructions I just posted for you on the heat post
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      these are good
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      One thing that I didn't see covered above and confused me when I first started posting pics is:

      Don't hit "Quick Reply" or you won't get the option that includes [img] . You must hit "Post reply" to find [img], then paste in your link (following instructions above) and then hit IMG again after your link is posted. Voila!
    35. sweet tea
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      ^good point. though you can still type the tags yourself in quick reply.
      Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
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      sweet tea » ^good point. though you can still type the tags yourself in quick reply.

      now you're just showing off
    37. jeffrey
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      One more thing...if you want to avoid the site occasionally cropping out the right side of your images (making you have to click the image to see the whole thing), you can use plain old html tags (instead of [ img] [ /img] forum bbtags) as follows:

      <img src="http://flexi2000.com/shamwow.jpg">

      But the last bit of it should look like this /> and not just >

      (the code tags strip out that / for some reason, screwing up the verbatim intended)
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