How to add photo links.

The best way to add photos to a post is external linking with the IMG tag. Here’s how it works.

First, prepare your photos for web display. Using photo editing software, lower the picture resolution to 48 dpi and resize to 800x600. Do that on a copy of the photo, don’t want to damage the original, full-resolution one.

Once the photos are resized, upload them to an image hosting website that allows direct IMG linking. www.photobucket.com is a good site, there are others. After uploading, copy the IMG code and insert it into your forum post, wherever you want a picture.

Here’s an example.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c313/Galanity/P1070076.jpg

The result?
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c313/Galanity/P1070076.jpg

Beautiful pictures, zero board photo space. Let's see your ride photos too!

thanks man, i allways have to attach to a quote

Great post, I edited your post slightly and enclosed the code in tags so you did have to show it with the spaces in the tags (makes a little more sense for those reading).

Thanks again!

Thank you very much for that useful piece of information. Very helpful tool.

One way to find out if the photo hosting site has direct image linking capability, is to navigate to the photo you want to link to and "right click" on the image. If you get a drop down menu that includes "view image" and you click on that, it should go to a blank page that only has the image on it. You can then copy that address in the address bar and use it to past the code in your post here. If you click on the little yellow square
http://www.vn750.com/photopost/data/502/medium/yellow_square.JPG

with mountains in the lower half and what looks like a postage stamp in the upper right, it will open a little popup window

http://www.vn750.com/photopost/data/502/popup-address.JPG

with part of an address in it. Delete the address and paste the address you copied previously in there and click on OK.

http://www.vn750.com/photopost/data/502/paste_address.JPG

It will load the code into your post to display the image. Its what I did to paste all three images in this post!:beerchug:

Thanks very much, for posting all this information, Guys!

Very timely tech info for some of us.......:)

So .if I use photo bucket already which I do I can post the image location just as I have been with the photos on my board albums,am I getting the gist of it? Bear with me I am kinda slow on the computer.

Photo Test -- It was hot in Carthage, MO.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x294/jimfost/Houston%20Trip%202009/2009_0622_165313AA.jpg


Cool, it works!

That's a "hot" photo! ;) Not to furr a piece from my home town, Joplin...
Those temps make for a tiring ride!

http://s772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/?action=view&current=Copyof100_0799.jpg
Something didn't work right!!!!!!!!

<a href="http://s772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/?action=view&current=Copyof100_0799.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/Copyof100_0799.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
What am I doin wrong????????

http://s772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/?action=view&current=Copyof100_0799.jpg
Something didn't work right!!!!!!!!

If you click the link it takes you to the album.

<a href="http://s772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/?action=view&current=Copyof100_0799.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/Copyof100_0799.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
What am I doin wrong????????

I am not sure what you did there.

IT worked!!!!!!!!!!!
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/Copyof100_0799.jpg
Mans best friends
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/stump7997/100_0816.jpg
New seat

Great pic! Two of "man's best friends"!

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/clock152/Project%20Vulcan%20VN750/DSC02359.jpg
UGH!.. finaly got it to work off of Photobucket... had to use the "direct link" url to get it to work.. anyway.. as you can see I have a long road ahead with this beasty!... but I found a parts bike, less the engine, for $20 and a 6 hour drive.. so I am on the road!