Is there an easier way to post photos?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ ^ | 10/11/2009 | Self

[CalvaryJohn]

I was wondering if there is an easier way to post photos here. Every time I want to post one of my own photos, I have to upload to Photobucket and grab the HTML code. Is there a program or Firefox add on that can assign HTML code when the file is saved?

[CalvaryJohn]

I included the URL; I think my answer is there, but some help would be appreciated.

[rawcatslyentist]

The easiest way I've found is to put easy access links to the program notepad in the start menu and desktop.

You can prewrite the code without the link, and save it to a freep folder. Then just copy paste your link address into the prewritten html command.

Also keeping a notepad/text doc handy of the addresses on your desktop is a time saver from having to visit photobucket.

pre written code ready for link address insertion between asterisks.

< img src="">

[peggybac]

http://tinypic.com/

Upload your picture then copy and paste in here, the addy in the HTML FOR WEBSITES.

[harpu]

bump4later

[allmost]

Not sure I understand your question. You would still have to upload it to a third party. img src=”” isn’t that hard to type. :)

[day10]

The pic has to be hosted somewhere. You wouldn’t be able to post it to FR from your own PC unless your PC was a server on the internet.

[cripplecreek]

I save mine to Imageshack and post the html from there.

[Delta 21]

Yep. They put the html in for you. Just cut and paste.

[Lazamataz]

Sticky tape.

[KarlInOhio]

Photobucket is becoming harder to use. Too much flash crap is getting in the way of just uploading a picture and making a link to it. Does anyone have a file storage site they like which is as simple as Photobucket was a couple of years ago.

[sig226]

‘hosted’ means the image is stored somewhere that can be accessed by the internet. your computer might have an internet address. it depends on your isp. but you’re much better off if you don’t establish an internet presence for yourself. first, you would need a name. there’s a small fee to register a domain name. free republic is a domain name. then you have to leave your machine available all the time. as soon as you do that, people will hack it. it’s nothing personal, that’s just what hackers do. and they will do it. if some kid finds bank information on your hard drive, you’ll get robbed. photobucket et al prevent the internet from accessing your personal stuff.

[CalvaryJohn]

Finally, an answer I can understand. Any chance you can tell me why mirrors on the TV don’t reflect my image?

[FReepaholic]

There is no other method for linking to your own photos other than uploading them to a hosting service unless you have your own web server at home.

[Lazamataz]

You have to plug a mirror’s electric cord into the outlet for it to reflect anything.

[Jay Howard Smith]

FireFox has an add-on ext for Image shack..... Just right click the picture in question to save to I-shack and up pops your pic w/url ...

[ADSUM]

bump

[McGruff]

If you are adding text with no HTML, do that first and then

hit the spell button. When completed the forum software should have added the HTML tags. If it did not intensionally misspeel a word and repeat.

Once the forum software has inserted the HTML codes add the “HTML Code” from photobucket where you want the image.

[submarinerswife]

Click here:

http://www.ibdguy.com/makehtml/

enter your link and it generates the code for you

[cc2k]

KarlInOhio wrote:

Photobucket is becoming harder to use. Too much flash crap is getting in the way of just uploading a picture and making a link to it. Does anyone have a file storage site they like which is as simple as Photobucket was a couple of years ago.

I switched over to using http://tinypic.com/. No fuss, no muss, just upload the pic and you get HTML and several other flavors of codes. They just host the pic. No albums, no accounts, nothing complex.

The down side can be finding your pics later. You don’t get an account there, it just stores pics. You have to remember where they were stored. It will store your last few pictures in a cookie on your computer, if you allow the cookie, but that’s the extent of your history with that site.

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[TomGuy]

You can ‘grab’ the HTML from some pix online, but then you are using that website’s bandwith for each view. For websites, that can add to their costs.

Sites like Photobucket are created for the specific purpose of ‘parking’ pix for viewing on other websites. Photobucket provides the bandwidth.

Many site, especially blog and ‘local only’ pix parking sites, have coding that prohibits images from being ‘shown’ on other websites.

[Daffynition]

I tape the image to my monitor. Seems to work fine.

[MosesKnows]

why mirrors on the TV don’t reflect my image

The mirrors on TV can't reflect what they can't see.

[TomGuy]

Photobucket is becoming harder to use. Too much flash crap

I cringe every time is see "new/improved/upgrade" on a website or product or software.

Change for the sake of change is not always better.

I agree that Photobucket has too much 'flash crap'. That is true with many websites that think they have to have the 'flash' for flair.

KISS [keep it simple, stupid]

Just this morning, I turned off -- AGAIN -- Google's new and improved 'personal' search page, and I returned to the old standard, white, non-glitzy, plain wrapper, search.

[TomGuy]

Does anyone have a file storage site they like which is as simple as Photobucket was a couple of years ago.

I'd like to know the answer to that.

I used to be able to screencap, upload to Photobucket, and post to FR within 8 seconds. Now, it takes 20-30 seconds to upload per screencap to go through the process.

[Morgana]

duck tape!

[Lazamataz]

[B-Chan]

I park my images at Flickr.

[Morgana]

Oh the poor duck!!!!!!!!

[cynwoody]

FireFox has an add-on ext for Image shack..... Just right click the picture in question to save to I-shack and up pops your pic w/url ...

Hmm. Looks like it worked (Rehost Image)! That was really easy!

I see there are also some extensions that address the problem for Photobucket.

I also use a Greasemonkey script that saves typing while on the posting form. In this case, I just clicked the Image button, pasted the URL, and the script threw an IMG tag around it. You can get the script by clicking my name below.

[Tunehead54]

Bump 4 l8r ... ;-)