I wont be able to post any more pictures here as I ran out of space….unless there is something I am ignorant of….ha….like dont start…..
I guess I can go back and start deleting pictures..but I dont know if that will work either.
Any suggestions?
Stan
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You mean space on your hard drive? Or is there a limit here at BT to how many photos a person can post?
If the later, there are workarounds, like start a page at picasa or one of the other web photo places that give open access to th epublic at your request, and then just link the insert in your post.
or we could petition the moderators to open your restriction to sky's the limit, given that you are such an asset here.
If the former, you could get a removeable hard drive that is larger than what is in your PC and move the files to it.
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Apparently Smitty's hit that wall as well.
They're gonna force us to post pix in their gallery is my guess. http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
I thought of that as an alternate suggestion too, but that site is a PITA to use, so I avoid it.
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Well that pretty much bites.
What an asset to be able to show a picture in response to a question.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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It won't allow me to either. I have a whole bunch of picts of this job I've been on for the last 6 months and it showed on a pie-graph how much space I've taken up. Photographers are being interviewed to take picts of this job for a spread they're planning in Architectural Digest. I thought it might be nice to post here.
Funny, I haven't posted a fraction of photos that some here have. I dunno. Am fading anyways. I threw my renewal subscription of FH the mag into the trash yesterday. I have over 20 years of them collected.I don't know if it's me or the magazine, I suspect it's both, but it's just not the same.It's good but...sometimes its better to move on.
I realized last week that I haven't read the last four issues. So I dug them out of my "IN" box and tucked them in my suitcase to read on my last trip.Holy Moly!Since I'd been away from the magazine for a bit it really hit me in the face:
"Eco"
"Green"
"Enviro"I about hacked when the first "big" article I read was on how to screw down deck boards. How to screw down deck boards? Why are all these articles on the level of the "how to" seminars at the box stores?Fluff. Nothing but fluff.Susie needs a vacation.
1.)Open a new email account on earthlink, yahoo, etc., signup with Breaktime under StanFoster2 or whatever, and then begin anew.
2.)Plead your case with RDA so she can be your mediator behind the scenes and hope that the Taunton chain of command will get around to it before the end of the year.
3.)Talk to Luka, he can get anything done.
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"Taunton chain of command will get around to it before the end of the year."Snork!I'll recommend you to this rez guy who hands out awards for great lines like that!;)
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While I load photos on prospero once in a while, I usually host my photos on third-party sites like picasa, photobucket, shutterfly, etc. I actually have several accounts on each for differing categories of photos, work, family, kids stuff, etc. It's easy to track them.
Then I just link here using embedded HTML. An added bonus is adding a size command so the photo isn't so large it needs to be scrolled left/right/up/down.
I prefer it that way, it gives me more control over my photos. I can kill them when wanted or needed, or swap out a better shot for an existing if desired.
Just add <IMG SRC="" width=500> to the body of your post, insert the photo's URL between the quotation marks, and click the "check here if HTML tags..." box before you post.
The "width=500" will make the photo 500 pixels wide. You can change that to 400, 600, whatever. By just defining width OR height the photo will always stay in proportion.
"Just add <IMG SRC="" width=500> to the body of your post"That will work, but you're better off resizing the image first and then calling it with the HTML tag. Resizing on the fly like that tends to cause a loss of clarity in the image, sort of like how clown suits don't stay wrinkle-free when 12 of them are squished into a VW.I think that you are also still waiting for the full image file size, too, so just because you've reformatted a 2mb photo to 300px by 250px, you're still having to load a 2mb photo in the browser.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Correct, they still need to be resized to smaller files prior to linking to a post. That's a simple step included in the process when you upload to the 3rd-party photo hosting sites.The "width" specification does not alter the physical file size in any way shape or form. It only controls the display size when viewed on a monitor.
Right. I didn't want any of those dialuppers griping in case there was a rash of 3mb thumbnail sized photos popping up :)'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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I'll just go ahead and grumble in advance and get it out of my system.$($(%^@%*)@#$^!!!
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And this thread presents a reason completely separate from those who are on dialup... For making the pics you post, a smaller file size.Smaller file size means you do not get to the 'limit' as quickly.And pics can be made smaller filesize, without making them smaller in screen size, or so lossy that they are worthless....Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy..You are always welcome at Quittintime
I use flickr.com to store my photos. Its free (up to a point, and then the charge is minimal after that). It automatically resizes, giving you a variety of sizes and formats to choose from. They require you to link to their site if you post a photo - but flickr automatically gives you the html needed to post your pics online, with a built-in link. Just right-click-copy, then paste here, after you click on "Source".
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great sculpture! I feel like going swimming now.
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Huck ,
Can you give us a little help in how to link to here once the photos are in Flickr ??
Thank you for the help .
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once the photo is in flickr, click the picture you want. Then, above the picture, click "all sizes". Medium or small works best for BT posting. Scroll down, and below the picture you'll see "To link to this photo on other websites you can either:1. Copy and paste this HTML into your webpage:" Below that is the html, just copy and paste in in BT (in the "source" mode), and the picture will show up in your post.
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Thank you Huck ,
Next post with pics I'll try that .
Walter
Sounds easy. I may try some flickering myself.
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I may try some flickering myself.
cheap and easy. Also, I just discovered picnik, which is a free photo editing service with flickr. Kinda fun going in and playing with color, contrast, etc. Much easier than the old "darkroom editing" days - ugghh!View ImageView Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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I am trying to copy and paste here, a pic from my Flickr folder.
Here it is.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28441890@N07/2654965251/
But as you can see, it is not working. What should I be doing?
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
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click "source" below the BT box, then pasteView ImageView Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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Like this?
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It is difficult, in that it makes the typed text you did, before you clicked the "source" radio button to toggle it, total gibberish.
At least difficult for me. I'll learn, I guess.
And, I wonder how much space Yahoo will let me occupy with my pics, before they throw me off, or limit me. Do you know?
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don't look at that. Just type. Then click source, paste the html, then click WYSIWYG again, and make any adjustments to the text.View Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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Flicker, Flicker little fools
I just might like these brand new tools
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from the site:
How many photos and videos can I upload for free?
When you have a free Flickr account, you can upload 2 videos and 100MB worth of photos each calendar month.
While the 100MB bandwidth limit for photos is firm, we do allow a little leeway for video in case you encounter transcoding errors, sound sync weirdness, etc. You will be able to delete and upload a new video. Please note, that if we determine you’re abusing your free video upload privileges, we may block your ability to share video.
Your upload limits are reset to zero at midnight in Pacific Time Zone (Flickr headquarters time) on the first of each calendar month. You can't recover any of your monthly allowance by deleting photos. If you have a free account, you'll see your limit on the upload page.
If you find yourself hitting your limit, try a pro account. Or, you can shoot your photos at a lower resolution or resize them to be more "web-friendly" (like 300KB instead of 5MB).
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Oh, and BTW. When you edit a second time, go ahead and delete the previous "edited by" footnote. That way you only have one at any time! (personal pet peeve)View Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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I have shutterfly, picasa, and photobucket accounts, all free.I use photobucket the most, I have four separate photobucket accounts. Photobucket lets you store 1GB worth of photos (4000 photos at 250mb each) and gives you 25GB a month of bandwidth for each account.All of the sites have bulk uploaders, which allows you upload a folder's worth of photos with one click. When you upload them, they have an auto-resizer as well.The beauty of the third-party sites is that you upload the photo once, then you can link to it from several forums. You can even link a photo loaded on breaktime to a post on another forum.The sites take a few minutes to get used to, but heck, once you get the hang of them they're simple to use.
And make sure the downloaded photos to the site aren't mistakenly deleted or the link will be broken and the dreaded redx will appear.
And if anything were to ever happen to the photo sites it will affect your pics on BT.
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will they all allow the cut/paste ease described for flicker?I have a picassa account already, but haven't used it much because of slow dial-up connect.
I've been thinking that if I set it to upload a folder at night while I sleep....
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Not sure.I'm on a mac, so safari versus ie or firefox might yield different results.I do think that when I used ie you could cut and paste. With firefox I had fewer editing capabilities available in the posting box. I had to use some HTML. With safari if I try to copy and paste a photo, it says it copies, but it only pastes the url address, not the photo itself. So then I manually add the <IMG SRC=""> and click the "HTML included box" to get the pic to post.Ah, technology. What a timesaver, eh? With all these advances shouldn't we be down to a 12 hour work week by now?
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"With all these advances shouldn't we be down to a 12 hour work week by now?"What?!!!!You still working fourteen hours?
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[IMG]http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/scan0211.jpg%5B/IMG]
Finally found the elusive "source". I was looking for a "button" like "post". If this don't work, could you let me know what I'm doing wrong... This came from photobucket.
Edit; looks like I still doing something wrong.
<a href="http://s379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/?action=view¤t=scan0211.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/scan0211.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Edit edit; now I'm just confused. In all other forums I just copy the "IMG" code under the pic on photobucket and paste it - bingo it works - here, no go.
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"Check here if HTML tags are in the message (not including signature)."Right below the Post button below the reply..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
[IMG]http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/scan0173e.jpg%5B/IMG]
[IMG]http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/scan0172b.jpg [/IMG]
Oops sorry Bill. I was screwwin' around and hit the post button.
The only options under the "post" button are - post to message board - and - reply via email...??
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http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo239/A_JHOLE/gassers%20plus/c.jpg tryin' something else...
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Do you see this "check box" (look at RED circle and ARROW) ???
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Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
No.
My screen looks just like yours ----EXCEPT for that????
And, just above where it says "Signature", there is; O WYSIWYG O SOURCE
I've played with all combinations of source toggle, paste, WSIWYG toggle that I can think of...???
Think I just pi$$ed it off?Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Click on YOUR name in any message. Then click on "My Prefs". Scroll down until you see this info.
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Do you have "YES" checked for the editor?
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Yes.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
I *think* if you choose "SOURCE" you will see all the HTML code (web page language words), and you can insert/type in that code for showing the off-site pictures.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
I have toggled source on, pasted in the codes from photobucket ( they offer an "IMG", "HTML", and direct address). Nothing but the code shows up...Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
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I'm getting closer, maybe.
To do that, I opened photobocket seperately, right clicked on the pic, hit copy, came back to the already open "reply" window, turned on "source", and hit paste..
I then tried to edit the post and add more pics but it didn't work?
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Ok now I think I got two to work... Now I'll try a third -
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Edit - Did the same thing and it didn't work - looked good in the reply window - two pics above that text and one below - come back here and they're gone...
Edit,edit,edit,edit - ok now they're all back just by copying and pasting them. Anybody else see 'em?
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I see 'em but that don't mean anything. I also saw them as you...
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Try this...
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I'm gonna keep tryin' til I figure ot out d###it.
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now you're cookin' with gas!View Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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Must have been stuck in the mind set of how I need to do it in other forums.
I still can't believe that it works this way.
I'm just going over to photobucket, right clicking the pic, copy, comeing back to the reply window and, right click , paste. No source or code or nuthin'.
If it aint broke...
Thanks for the help.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Well, he's doing *some*thing with gas.....Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
Ethanol.
But I'm eyein' CH3NO2.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
See what?
Jus two holes.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Any pics? Or are we just seein' them 'cause of cookies or somethin?
They're there.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Thanks.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
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Congratulations!
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My pixel pie disappeared today, just as I was about to run out.
no sh, just checked and mine's still there. I keep it full and ready for a cold glass of moojuice.
But ya never know, could disappear and reappear anytime.
and then maybe disappear again
and again
Just testing a couple of different ways of posting pics....
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Looks like photobucket will work for full sized pictures.
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I thought I'd test out a thumbnailed picture - Might be better for those on dialup.
Any comments? I need to figure out what's gonna work best in the farming picture thread.
Is the first one 800x600?
I have to expand the screen ( like Cal does) to see it.
480x640 works a lot better.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Both of them are 800X600.I may not be able to use Imagevenue for thumbnailed pics - I got a popup ad for "aduly friend finder" when I clicked on it to test it out. I don't think that's gonna fly around here.
If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish third. [Tommy Lasorda]
get a bigger screen.
or while your at get 2.
right after you get the spare ching to pay for fixin your cars.
:)
That's why I like to use the "width" definition inside the HTML tag when I post photos.
I can make them 600 pixels wide:
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I can make them 400 pixels wide:
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0r I can make them 100 pixels wide:
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HUH?
I will smack you next time we meet (G)
So uh...next week I bring your copper roof?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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If the "full size" picture is 5 MEGBYTES, then even when you "resize on-the-fly" to a tiny 100 pixels wide the file download is still the same S-L-O-W.It's best (and more polite - aka "netiquette") to make the original file size (not dimensions) a small download. You can get a decent looking 640x480 picture that is well under 100K in size.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Exactly.You need to control the size in two ways, the file size for faster downloads, and the physical size for scrolling.I used to resize everything with Irfanview, now I let photobucket do it.Some photos I post I want to be large for better viewing of a certain detail. For others they can be any generic size.
intresting that all 3 of those show as the same file size (rt click and then properties) Wonder if that makes a difference on the dl or not when they're resized.
I think I just answered my own Q. When I copy from your post and paste into PS they all show with the exact same sized image, 1023x680 so all the data is there so the time to DL should not be affected my the smaller image, since it's the same data just displayed differently.
I'm curious - No one commented on the thumbnailed pic. I was wondering if that would cover the best of both worlds - Small pics for those on dialup, and bigger ones could be opened by anyone that wantred to see detail.
Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector.
I never saw it - what post#?
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give it time to DL and let us know what you see and how long it takes. Mongos post is the one I think.
Just trying a copy and paste from Picassa
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Yup, no problem.
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Don ,
Can you tell us how you did that photo ??
I'm not having the same success .
Thank you
I have pictures on Picassa Web (I don't use the Picassa photo manager). I just right-clicked on the picture and selected copy, then came here, right-clicked where I wanted to insert the picture and selected paste.
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I'm using IE 8. That might matter. I leave my reply option as WYSIWYG.
I notice that it generates this code:
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3eIghdWIy04/RxvwBhXgT9I/AAAAAAAAAbc/TVejH1wbU_s/s512/DSCI0206.JPG" width=512 height=384></P>
What that means is that the picture continues to reside on Picassa's web site, but it gets autmatically embedded here.
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Thats the secret then -- they have to be on Picasa Web , not just from your computer .
Thank you
Yes. You're too fast. Go back and read my edit.
Don ,
I just tried it with a new post " new front steps "
Worked really well . Thanks for the help.
walter
You may already know this...
If you move the source picture,(on the web based service) or delete it, the link will be broken and it will come up as a red x...Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
I guess I didn't know that , but I will remember it now .
Thanks
Also explore this.http://store.eye.fi/#ggviewer-offsite-nav-9252856
Wireless from camera to Picassa or Shutterfly.
Thank you Mr. Hood
I've finally decided on how I'll post my pictures in the Photo Gallery until the pie chart is no longer with us .
Start by getting the pics from camera to computer .
Resize in a batch with Picasa 3
Put them into a Shutterfly album -- takes a lot less time to upload if they are already resized .
When posting a thread just go to Shutterfly and copy and paste to the thread .
I tried Flickr and photobucket , but in the end I went back to Shutterfly where I already have 65 albums hosted for free .
You are very welcome, your continued efforts to share your wonderful photo essays are appreciated.This device may make your camera uploads go even more smoothly.
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Make sure that your Picasa Web is set up for public access, otherwise the link works only those whom you have specifically allowed on your Picasa web page and most BT'ers won't see your pics. BruceT
I'm only going to use Picasa for batch resizing prior to uploading to Shutterfly -- then simply copy / paste the picture directly into the post .
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This is a highlight/copy/paste from SmugMug.com. I can do the same with flickr, but their rules say it has to link back to their site, so I follow the rules. Not sure what SmugMug's rules are.
The only thing I added to the html was align="left", so that I could write my text on the right side of the picture.
The logo is a watermark, which I intentionally added to my pictures, but which doesn't show up if you purchase them.
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Edited 6/14/2009 7:01 pm by Huck
"Content copyright 2009. All rights reserved. Photos on this website courtesy " Eyemagination.That makes it sound like the photos are someone else work and you are only posting them by permission.I would change it Photos by the author, hosted by Eemagination (which after I look at it I see that it is also you website).PS are there any need pic's of the Gamble house on their. I see that they have a new date. Or did you just move them from another site?.
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Just uploaded them again. I think the quality is better on smugmug, and their system allows me to set prices and sell them.View Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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I just set up a Picasa site, but I still can't embed photos using my Mac. Any ideas?AitchKay
I assume that Safari on a Mac leaves you as high and dry here as Firefox, as far as an editing window.So what you'll want to do is enter some HTML code to make your picture show up, and you can do this anywhere in the text that you'd like.Very simple, too. Just put the following code in your post and make sure to check the box below that says 'Check here if HTML tags are in the message':<p><img src="imagenamehere.jpg">The <p> tag tells the browser to start a new paragraph line. You'll also want to use that in front of any text, and not just in front of the image. Otherwise your text will all bunch up.The only other thing you need to do is replace imagenamehere with the actual URL of your image, including the http:// part. That's it. I usually preview the post to make sure things are lined up as I intended them to be.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Nada.
The only thing it did was to collapse the message so that the last three lines directly follow each, even though I hit Return twice between each of them.
AitchKay
If you want an extra return between the text, use the HTML tag for that<br>What's the URL for your Picassa file image? (any one will do)'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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"If you want an extra return between the text, use the HTML tag for that<br>"Yeah, I figured that part out from your earlier instructions. I guess with the HTML box checked, it ignores the return key and looks for <br> or <p>. That will help me with text from now on.Here's a link to a Picasa photo:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2NpgblJa0pmFgbVNocg_5g?feat=directlinkThanks, FR.AitchKay
Right. Once you check the box, it's going to ignore the commands like the return key.
You probably want to resize your Picassa shots so that they are 500-600 pixels wide. That seems to be a good size for posting here.
Here's what you need to do on the images. View the Picassa page with the image in question, then right click on the image and select 'Copy Image Location', then paste that between the " " marks in the code I mentioned before. And it should appear like so:
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Marry me!
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Of course Picasa says I can't resize, I have to delete the album and start over, but that's a different problem.
AitchKay
The secret was the right click option instead of clicking on the "Link to this Photo" command. Thanks.BTW, that last was just a poor-quality photo. Nothing wrong with the link process.AitchKay
Didn't you read my post back in June? That's what I been sayin'.
Kids these days...
(picture a smart-alecky emoticon here)
I remember seeing Stan's OP, but I don't lurk in the Photo Gallery much, so I didn't follow it.I've done an AS on embedding pics several times, which was more what I was interested in, but you can easily spend days searching and trying various techniques, and I tended to give up after a half-hour of experimenting.I did end up spending some time in this thread, but no way have I read half of the posts. I'll definitely browse it some more, though.I've been copying and pasting stuff that might help into a new doc on my desktop so that I've got it for future reference, without all of the other side conversations that occur.What with scanning old prints to disc, wrestling with re-sizing, and figuring out how to embed, I've got most of the last two days invested. So the Old Dog has learned a few New Tricks, but at a pretty steep price.AitchKay
iphoto gives me three size options for exporting: Faster Upload, which is what I chose for that Picasa Gallery; Better Quality; or Actual Size.Since Picasa won't let me resize, what other resize methods are there?AitchKay
AitchKay,
Here's a copy and paste from a past thread about how to do embedded photos without all the HTML or photo site mumbojumbo. Gene Davis provided the guidance:
Mike, have you tried doing it as I and others do, placing all the pics before posting?
You write your entire single-post entry, and let's say it will have three pics in this part of the story, with one or two paragraphs of text before each pic.
Where each pic will insert, leave a "pic insert" spot by hitting the RETURN key twice between paragraphs, instead of the usual once. Do the same at the end.
Then, attach all three of your .jpg files, but when done, instead of doing POST, do PREVIEW instead.
In PREVIEW, click the first of your attached pics to open it, and with cursor and mouse, context-click R key and choose COPY.
Now use the BACK button of your browser to take you back to the not-yet-posted message, which is still editable, and place the cursor at your pic mark, then R click, and click PASTE.
Repeat for your next two pics, and now you can POST.
I recently experimented with it on the "Cupola" thread. My second post of photos there http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=126223.14 I followed the above and it worked perfect. The key is however having your sizing correct, in the neighborhood of 50-100K.
Now if this works, will you marry me? Or maybe even Gene Davis as the post is his.
Runnerguy
Edited 11/14/2009 6:14 pm ET by runnerguy
Thanks. I'm definitely done for the day, but I'll C&P that into the "Tips" doc that I've been compiling, and revisit it tomorrow.But I want to leave enough time for the two of us to pick out curtains.AitchKay
Take your time.
Gene's method worked well for me (edited my previous post to show my pics in the "Cupola" thread) and as you can see the post turned out great with very minimal "hoops" to jump through.
Runnerguy
Cool. Will check it out.Thanks,AitchKay
I'm going to try it again.
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Sorry, no more ideas. For me, works just as simply as I said... select copy from Picasa, select paste here.
from what I've been able to figure is that those thumbnailed pics are the same amount of data as a larger one unless you made a file spcifically downsized for the thumbnail and then it linked to the larger image at the photo site.
ETA but it does give us a way to circumvent the allotment pie.
Edited 6/9/2009 6:35 pm ET by john7g
"...from what I've been able to figure is that those thumbnailed pics are the same amount of data as a larger one..."
Not the way I do it - They're just very small versions of the original.
Someone else proposed just changing the width as it appeared on the screen - THAT would keep the file size the same, as you were thinking.
We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests. [Henry Miller]
What you can do .... show a smaller picture right here on break time but make it 'clickable" to show the fullsize pic as it is stored elsewhere.Thumbnails are too small. Maybe something like 480x320 (or whatever the ratio is), to show on your BT post. Then click on teh pic and go see teh larger 800x600 or maybe 1024x764 sized pic.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
"...show a smaller picture right here on break time but make it 'clickable" to show the fullsize pic as it is stored elsewhere."
I have no clue how to do that. But I'd be willing to try if it isn't too complicated.
Just the fact that I would have to have 2 versions of every picture would make it a bit more complicated. Keep in kind I'm dealing with a LOT of pictures - Maybe 20 to 30 a week at times.
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The "code" is like this:<br/><a href="LINK TO THE BIG PICTURE" target="_blank">
Some words or link to a small picture, to click on goes here
</a>
<br/>=================================================================
Using your small pic and large pic as an example<br/>
<a href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/Boss_Hog/CarlyIinRecliner.jpg" target="_blank">
<img src="http://img234.imagevenue.com/loc468/th_79261_Girl_with_hot_dog_122_468lo.JPG">
</a>
<br/>=================================================================The <br/> is a BREAK that causes a carriage-return to happen. So that anything afterwards starts on a new line.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
I'll play around with that and try it when I have time - Might be a while. Thaks for the info.
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Here is the example
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Click The Pic
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
As others have said... -each- of those three pics takes the same, long time to download.If you want to post a smaller pic, it is better to MAKE it smaller, then post. Just making it -look- smaller while it stays the same huge file size, does not cut down the frustration factor for those on dialup. It just makes details harder to see, for no good reason. Not a good tradeoff...Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
You're missing the context of why I made that post.Someone commented on the frustration of a large photo being posted and having to scroll left/right/up/down to see what it was all about. My post simply had to do with how to control the display size of the photo. The three photos are indeed the same photo file, I was just trying to show whoever was asking that the display size can be controlled as well. I can make a 5MB photo 10 pixels wide or a 10kb photo 1000 pixels wide.Both file size and display size need to be considered.
Sorry about that.Point well made.=0)..Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
640x480 works best as far as size goes. Any larger and people have to scroll around it. Smaller, and you lose the details. But size isn't everything! A pic at 640x480 dimensions, but 5 MEG in size ("weight"??) will take forever to see online. So, decrease the "density" of your pics with whatever photo editing software you use.For our purposes here online, small density and 640x480 on a web page looks pretty good. Higher density is best for printing photos.Of course your mileage may vary!
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I've been doing 800X600 in the farming thread (and elsewhere) for years. Most folks seem to deal with that just fine, so I plan to continue.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? [Albert Einstein]
Ron, I have to open your thread in a new window, because of that 800x600, not a big deal, but it is ingrained now in my mind, and when there are no pics, well..it kinda reads like I wasted a click or three..
I'm so shallow, awwww,,,,I'm sorry..really I'm on a LT mostly, you don't even wanna know the new DT monitor I had to buy the DW...
it's like her..wider than tall
Ruckmefunning.
Just do what ya do best, we all wanna watch, no matter the clicks. Ok?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I generally make them 720 wide and 72dpi
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For those that use the BT "sub" window to view threads (NOT viewing in a separate window), that size is still kinda big and we have to scroll. Not a huge deal ......
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
OK, I found it.Somewhat embarrassing tho - When I hover on it and right click > open in new tab, it took forever to open the large version, longer than it took for the large embedded one above it to open in threadbut when I just clicked directly on it, a different page openned up - with lots of hot sexy babes looking to get laid, according to the heading.
There was a link near top of page to take you to your image, but I shut the whole thing off before I had a chance to get dis-tractored
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You're right about the popups. But I may be able to deal with them so there are no popup ads. Assuming I can do that - What do ya think?
I believe we should all pay our tax bill with a smile. I tried, but they wanted cash.
generally, I like the idea of thumbs attached to a larger size photo, But the way it works with yours there, that larger photo is on a website page that carries a lot of other junk with it.No pop-ups on my screen, I have a popblocker but the display was an intro #### page.
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Before you actually POST, all you will see is the code in your EDIT window. AFTER you post or at least PREVIEW you should see the images.But as you found out, just click COPY and then PASTE here in BT.... and it works w/o needing any SOURCE code.Enjoy! Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Edited 6/9/2009 1:12 am ET by PatchogPhil
Thanks for your time.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
OK.... now I understand.... you are using Internet Explorer. I was using Firefox earlier. On Firefox, I do not see the WYSIWYG or SOURCE radio-buttons. Only shows in Internet Explorer (which I am using to post this message).
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Correct IE and XP.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
I don't know why it generated that code for your first one. For a photo to auto-display the code should be <IMG SRC=""> with the URL of the photo embedded between the quotation marks.The second one almost looks like the code for a clickable thumbnail. It has the code or a photo embedded within a clickable link. It has the image code above embedded inside the <A HREF=""></A> code. For that code, place the URL for the webpage you are linking to between the quotation marks, and place the text name of the link between the two >< marks. Example, if you wanted to link invite some people over to taunton.com and call it "breaktime", you'd write:Hey guys, come post at <A HREF="http://www.taunton.com">breaktime</A>, it's where all the idiots hang out.Remember, after doing that you need to check the box below the "POST" button that reads "Check here if HTML tags are in the message".At least I have to do that on Firefox.
Finally found the elusive "source". I was looking for a "button" like "post". If this don't work, could you let me know what I'm doing wrong... This came from photobucket. Edit; looks like I still doing something wrong.
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Edit edit; now I'm just confused. In all other forums I just copy the "IMG" code under the pic on photobucket and paste it - bingo it works - here, no go.
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Just hit "source", pasted your post from above, then hit wysiwyg, and cleaned it up a little!View Image"...everone needs to sit on a rock, listen to the surf, and feel the ocean breeze in their face once in awhile."
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Hey Huck,
Thanks for the little lesson there on getting photos in...
I uploaded my pics to flickr and I already had them resized to be right for positing here so I just used large for the size...
Everything seemed to come out all right...
Actually was easier to embed the pics using that method but kind of pain uploading the pics to flickr. I do see that there are some uploading tools that let you upload mass qty's of pics.
Thanks for your help....
But I still want my quota lifted!
Lefty-peevish with The Powers That Be
Edited 6/9/2009 12:48 am ET by leftisright
Stan,
Don't go back and delete any pics.
I have tested this.
That space does not get added back in. We just lose those great pics.
do you have a clue as to what is going on ?
when did this change ?Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I have no idea.I am assuming one of the technogeeks changed that limit.Maybe accidentally.Maybe on purpose, but wasn't paying attention.Or, it is possible Taunton has decided they need to conserve their space.I have an email in, asking about this.More emails will bring more attention to the problem......Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy..You are always welcome at Quittintime
hey--- I am a not mess around type.....
If Taunton wants me to post more pictures...they are going to have to enable me to do so.
Stan
i'm with you stan...they can fix it or forget about itMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I know this doesn't sound as humble as we all are, but i'm with you guys.and I'm down to 130 Kb left. I'm tempted to find a 133kb photo in my stash tonight.
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somethings screwy becasue when I look at the pictures I've posted it shows a list that seems reasonable but when you look at the allotemnt remaining it shows the max, like I haven't posted any files.
Go to the atach files tab, and click on it. Where it says click here to find your old attachments Click on that. At the bottom of that it saysClick here if you think that we have counted your attachment space incorrectly Click on that and it will reset your number without deleting your old pictures.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
good deal!
Seems to work more or less.I find multiple copies of some old attachments. For instance I have published the pdf for notching and drilling floor joists nine times nowI wonder if Dinosaur's photo in his sig line shows many multiple times...
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Interesting,
I just followed your link and my total is "0KB".
My entire list of photos is in the color blue.
Tells me : "Attachments listed with this color were sponsored by the Forum, and do not count against your personal allocation."
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Wonder if they count photos taken from another site differently?
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
wondering if they count the porny and frivolous photos more against your capacity left to post attachmentsI'll have to look again, I didn't notice that colour notice ....OK I have it saying "...with this color..."But I have no idea what colour this colour is.
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"Attachments listed with this color were sponsored by the Forum, and do not count against your personal allocation."If it's like mine, your attachments are listed in black ("this color") followed by the link to the thread in blue.BruceT
Edited 5/30/2009 11:20 pm by brucet9
When did you last post an attachment? This is the first time I have seen the space used/space available pie chart and, like you, I have none of my 10,036kb charged against my allotment. I think maybe files attached before they started counting are "sponsored by the Forum", ie grandfathered, and those afterward count against the limit.BruceT
Edited 5/30/2009 11:37 pm by brucet9
Last post of a pic was May 23,2009 in "Job Site View"
So a week ago. My screen showed the same , listed photos in black , links in blue.
Tells me I have a user limit of 1000 and have used zero.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Thanks, Gunner!~AmyCooks Talk T&T Recipes
Gunner, I found a link to your great hint on Cooks Talk. I just tried it but it didn't work for me. Excuse me if this has been covered already in this thread, I don't have time this morning to read the rest of the 200+ replies. I clicked on the request to recalculate my attachments. The attachment log now says "User limit:1000. Recorded Usage: 0" so I tried to post my picture again.Still no luck. The Attach Documents window says, "Sorry, you've exceeded your personal document space allocation. Personal document space allocation: 1000KB. Available: 1000KB." But they won't accept my attachment.Is there any other solution?
I've had the same problem. The only solution I know of is to host the pics elsewhere, like Photobucket or Flicker.
Thanks! I was hoping for a simple solution, maybe that's not to be.
I was also hoping for something different. But when I asked a question about it and addressed it to the mods, the thread was pulled. It seems that they don't even want to talk about it.
Using a photo storage and sharing site is an easy workaround to Taunton/Mozilla's clampdown on our pic posting capacity.
Having tried Shutterfly and Flickr, I think Shutterfly is a better way.
It's pretty seamless in the way it works. Easy to upload pics from your hard drive, and once there, all you need to do is cut pics and paste them into a Breaktime post.
See my thread in this Photo Gallery section, called something about "Cantilevered . . . "
I ended up deciding against Flickr because the only way I could get a pic into a post here was to switch to "source" mode when composing, before pasting in the HTML string for the Flickr pic, then switching back out of SOURCE to WYSIWYG mode, to continue composing.
That method was tedious, and what I found not desirable, was that a pic thus placed into a Breaktime post was a direct link back to my entire Flickr picture storage account. Click on Gene's Breaktime pic, go back into Gene's 3,475 boring pics. The dog show, the bike ride, all kinds of boring and irrelevant stuff.
Flickr won't let you do the cut/paste thing, which is what you want, so forget Flickr. Set up a Shutterfly free account, and start to load all your pics there, that you wish to post here and elsewhere.
I am using IE8, but IE7 worked the same in this respect. With two web browser windows open, one your Shutterfly page with your photo open, the other your work-in-progress being-composed-right-now Breaktime post, just go back and forth to do the cut then paste, and you are ready to click "POST."
It is actually easier than taking a photo from your hard drive, resizing it with a photo editor like Irfanview, then re-saving at that new size, then uploading it as a post attachment, then if you want the pic embedded in the post to make its accompanying text work best, copying it in preview, going back, pasting, etc. Whew! I'm worn out.
So, all you guys and gals that want to enhance your thread posts with photos and .jpg screencaps, do a little practice using Shutterfly, and start posting!
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Gene Davis 1920-1985
Quickly resizing in my own picture file, then attaching to the post is waaaay easier than going to a photosite.
one can hope.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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You haven't tried it. I can tell.
Do you use the M. Hussein Smith patented "embedded" method when posting here? Takes additional steps, but makes a pic in a post work so much better to tell the story. Embedding is seamless when using a photo site, and a whole lot faster than the MHS tango.
There is no resizing required when using the pics you have put up onto a photo site.
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
Just to add - it was soooo simple it took me a day to figure out how simple it was. I was making it too complicated.
Really, if I new compuese better I would have got it in 2 mins.
Even if they fix the upload here - I aint going back to it. Photobucket is my friend...
Try it Cal. Different but better.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Not that I know of using Tauntons upload system. Mine gives me the same message you are describing and I have been able to post away. I haven't tried since the noodle incident let me see what happens. Well I just uploaded one and went htrough the reset procedure and I'm back to zero. So it still works for me. I am using Internet Explorer. If your not that may be something.
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Posting without a net since 99.
Doesn't work for me, I guess it is because I'm on a Mac. Taunton definitely doesn't like them.
AHHH HAAA. Yep. Everyone hates the good things. LOL
Posting without a net.
Hi, Heather,Ever figure out how to embed an actual photo (not just a link or a jpeg note) in the middle of some text?I stumbled upon you though an Advanced Search. I've been having no luck at all. I set up a Picasa site, as some have recommended, but that's not working.I'm working with OS 10.3.8 -- I think they call that Leopard.AitchKay
Looks like you got the help you need from FatRoman. I hope that works for you.
Nope.AitchKay
I just tried uploading a new picture from today......out of space....so out of here!
Stan
where you going to go?
I wonder if Knots and CT has the same issues?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I hardly get over to knots leta lone CT. Why don't you take a trip over there report back?
What is CT?ThanksBruceT
CT = Cooks Talk another Taunton products web site
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-cookstalk
FWIW both Knots and CT have the same pie chart.And when you click to have your files it shows them in BT (the only place that I have posted any pictures).But I did not see any complaints about being able to post pictures at either one..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
My previous attached files postings are listed including BT, Knots and CT. All the same no matter from which forum I started.BruceT
Edited 6/1/2009 11:34 pm by brucet9
'over the fence' has the pie chart/1000kb limit also - it appeared the same time as it did here - "there's enough for everyone"
He did this when we had the big change. Didn't want to learn the new system. Same problem here. He has a website that he can upload them too and hot link them Or he can use a free account like flicker.
Before everyone starts rat packing me. Take a look around the web. There's not many forums that are this good that can handle this much picture posting. This is one of the few forums around that doesn't make you host your pictures somewhere else. It's got to be a big resource killer to host this much traffic and the pictures that this one does.
Why it's selective with certain people? I don't have a clue. Like I said before It's got to be a glitch. But if your gonna get all wussy about it and slam the door in a huff then you probably didn't get the idea behind this place to begin with.
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The problem is FHB won't explain what's going on, and set expectations. For a very long time, unlimited pix were fine, and with the pimping of the gallery on the main site it's easy to assume that FHB _encourages_ posting of pix.But maybe all the complaints have grown shrill and FHB thinks it's a bunch of wolf-crying. Good luck with that.
You may have a point about the gallery pimping. And you are dead on about the silence. But what's a brother to do? You got to adapt and overcome.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
Stan builds stairs ... he doesn't f around with computers as a hobby.
Me ... I'd rather have a carpentry website that catered to crank old carpenters than one that made techno geeks happy.
Pretty sure there's a techno geek web site out there for them to upload their pics.
again ... I want to see Stans here.
in the end ... this is simply an attempt to get everyone to post their pics in that new section. Things will change and I won't begrudge any carnky old carppenter who leaves. The dumbing down of the participants will continue.
In time there will be no more Mikey house build pics ... no more Stan stairs ...
no more fun kid pics in the tavern ...
but at least we'll still have links to political blogs.
Taunton's really aiming for one high class carpentry web forum here!
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
And don't forget what Cher said. "I got You Babe."
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
"in the end ... this is simply an attempt to get everyone to post their pics in that new section."Either you haven't read what Robynn said or you are calling her a liar.I hope it is the former, not the latter.
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why would it matter to you one way or the other.
anyways ... I didn't read what she said.
On the other hand ... after my last dealings with trying to get answers from people who run this website ... no ... I don't believe anything any of them say.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
It is not FHB =it is prospero behind this problem. Robynn is trying to get a handle on it.
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Later.
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interesting- I started a thread in 'over the fence' about roses - attached and uploaded picts like normal - went back there last night to upload another picture and the 'attach' screen had changed and it said I had a 1000kb limit with a pie chart showing I had used half of it - so I uploaded 3 more photos that took up half the space that was left - - dunno - certainly I have uploaded my share of junk/snark, (very little at 'over the fence') and those files take up server space somewhere that has to be paid for - but 1000kb is not much room...I checked and see that the breaktime attachment screen shows I have 380kb left here - that's 6-7 60kb picts - not going to go far...."there's enough for everyone"
Imagine how much server space the carpenters helper picture alone has sucked up.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
Or how many time outs by the mods.And now he could feel it- that inevitable craving for cookies! It happened every time he left his firewall down. -Heck '02
Yea that picture has created a wave for sure.
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thinking you'd like to be locked up in the archives with her?
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I don't know. She can sure get a young naive guy in a lot of trouble.
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The reason for the loss of pic space is that big axx everchanging ad they got on every page you pull up.They're giving all the bandwidth to Lowe's and John Derriere.
well, they'll have to arrange for more allocation or lose their postersMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Yeah. Where are we going to post all those pics from Crazy Legs Fest.
Gunner.....I tried your tip...it let me have enough space for 3 more pictures which I posted in the chopper update thread. It now wont let me post anymore...it says there accounting is correct.
So......I am done.
Stan
Somebody somewhere has pushed the wrong button.
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Everyone's buttons are getting pushed
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can we do this over at Quitintime?
Luka would be the one to tell us how much room we have over there at QT. Me, I just stand on the street corner and beg for money to keep it running.
What slays me about all this. Post something controversial, mods are there in a minute.
Ask a simple question when even placed in the forum suggestion area and it takes forever to get an answer.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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so, you're saying if someone, say you, posted the carpenter's helper picture here, the mods would give this thread attention?"there's enough for everyone"
Have you observed they seem to make these "changes" just before the Weekend? Like the Lowes ad and other modifications?
Kinda stoopid to Beta us and then close shop for 2 days.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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eh - that gives it time to shake out - nobody loves us at taunton -"there's enough for everyone"
No doubt about it.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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Another curious thing about the limtis here is that I just posted a pic and it showed up in Pie chart allotment and then I wnet did the steps that Gunner pointed out and it cleared what I jsut added.
I wonder if Mike is doing the few steps. IRRC it's 1. attach the pic, 2. see your files, 3. click if you think it's wrong. That got me back to zero quickly.
i did al that... it came back and told me their accounting is correct.... so no more pics from this email addressMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
wonderful
not
I'm now offering my unused pixels to the highest bidder. Yeah, hello front desk! If you keep this up I'm moving on.
What's the point?
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=120767.1turn it into a petition
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I can't help but think that losing some of the regular contributors is exactly what they want. First there's the mass expulsion, then there's the introduction of annoying ads, next there's pushing everyone to contribute to the blogs instead of posting pictures here and now there's suddenly unexpected limits on attachments.
And of of this with very little communication. As Calvin said, post something controversial and they catch it right away, but ask a question or make a suggestion and it gets ignored.
Sometimes this place feels a little like a clique where people are maybe a little too comfortable with each other (teasing, criticizing, risque language, etc.).
Could it be that Taunton actually WANTS less participation?
I was planning on being a charter member of the FineHomebuilding Online, but I let my subscription lapse. I'm disappointed in the direction that their online offerings are headed. I haven't canceled my subscription to the magazine, which I think is still one of the best around, but if they destroy this online community whose members I have come to regard as friends, then that will be next.
I can't believe they don't hear the issues that have been brought up so many times. There must be a reason they choose not to listen.
"As Calvin said, post something controversial and they catch it right away, but ask a question or make a suggestion and it gets ignored."
I am not really sure, but I am guessing that the modrators don't have any control over the actual website picture hosting thingy. They can just view threads, and delete as they see fit.
Isn't Jean-Paul in charge of the website functions now?
It seems to me like he would be the person to contact.
Looks like that just magically fixed itself. No more pie chart for me. 10$bt says somebody accidentally enabled the feature on Friday and we got to deal with it over the weekend. Come in Monday AM to see the mess and diable it and go on witht he coffee without bothering with the common courtesy of an explanation.
No pie chart here any more.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
indeed - none here either - I hoped that it was just a mistake - very glad that appears to be the case - someone tell stan foster - "there's enough for everyone"
well, i just posted 4 more pics.... my pie chart is still there ....and i'm out of space again...
maybe some well-meaning soul will tell me to just "click on it" .... guess what.. it doesn't workMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
that's bad - I just clicked on 'attach files' and the pie chart is back - hope Mzinga is just playing/upgrading the software and we are operating on some old code while they sort things out - it would be considerate to have a bit of communication from someone about the situation - "there's enough for everyone"
My pie chart was gone for a while, but it's back now as well. I posted one pic this AM which dropped my allocation to 930kb and I just went thru the reset dance and now have 1000kb again. WTF?http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
That pie box is now back for me, too. It wasn't there earlier this morning.Just so you know, you can load any images onto your site and link to them from there. So you're not in danger of running out of room. And I find hot linking images easier than the old upload attachment, embed in the post and try to delete, dance anyway. If you need a hand with that, let me know.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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I know how to do it with my old site, but I'm not sure how to get started with the new site.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
I'll send you some instructions in the next 20 mins.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve,My chart is back as well. I have no site to post to. Is there another way?Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Chuck,You are quite welcome to email me a zip file of photos. You should have some software on either your PC or Mac that will let you drag and drop the photos to a zip file. I'll put them in a directory on my site, and email you some instructions on how to find them and post them to your threads here.No roadblocks to knowledge around here :)Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Thanks Steve!Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Somebody must be trying to rein in the cost needed to hold all this content, and pics need space.
My thought is that if they are concerned about storage space costs, then they ought to give users the ability to manage the pics, and the dialog and methods ought to be quick and easy.
Whatever is there now, ain't quick and easy.
One should be able to easily delete, upon selecting so, ALL the pics one uploaded into a single thread. One should also be able to override that and select just those pics within a thread one wants to toss.
As for storage, we ought to be told just how much all the Tavern chatter is taking, as a percentage of the total site. That is a pie chart I would like to see.
A user's total (as of right now) is apparently 1000 kb, which, if one compressed one's pics to 50, would give one enough for just one 20-photo thread.
Mike Smith needs 20 pics just to get to the donut break. Obviously, 20 is not going to do it for one of those footings-to-finish-let's-build-a-house threads.
That's too bad.
Maybe another way would be for the webpage weenies to figure a method to toss all pics uploaded over two weeks ago, but let users upload as many as they can do in the two-week rolling timeframe.
That way, we could all watch big exciting developments happen, but we would have to be semi-regular browsers. Anything Mike or Stan posted over two weeks ago would be gone.
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
>to figure a method to toss all pics uploaded over two weeks ago<
yes, there is a cost to maintain that space but it negates the value of those threads in most cases. if their going to go through the effort to delete the photos of the thread, might as well delete the entire thread. But that leads to an undesirable situ where there is no history of value, no threads to find as ref. info or answers to for who can get the search engine to work for them so all the questions will be asked over and over again which will get pretty lame in short order.
But for the tavern? No issue deleting anything that has had no posts in over 2 to 4 weeks.
My pie is back too but I've been able to zero it out every time I've tried.
All this talk about pie has me starving.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
Gots no pie. I do, however, have fresh home made strawberry short cake. I think I'll have some after dinner.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Yum, Yum.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
Yes. Absolutely no problem....Max: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Chief ?Chief: I don't know, were you thinking, "holy sh#t, holy sh#t, a swordfish almost went through my head" ?..You are always welcome at Quittintime
Know what's funny about that? At my neighborhood Lowes I can't find a copy of Fine Home Building to save my life. Not a single copy. How's that for gratitude?
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
I hit the same wall, no more room at the inn. Tried deleting some of my old posted pictures to no avail. Since a picture is worth a thousand words seems a shame to not have the ability to post and view photos.
Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
Did you get to read as far as Gunner's solution?
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Since a picture is worth a thousand words seems a shame to not have the ability to post and view photos.
I agree, particuliarly for a forum like this. I participate in other forums on other topics (like running forums) and this one relies on photos to convey critical information relating to answering a question far more then the others (Example: "The plumber, in installing his piping, cut out a lot of the 2X floor framing. Here's a photo. Is it ok and what do you all think?"). Without a photo, conveying the situation accurately is tough.
Also, interestly enough, when I go to my photo list, at the top it says "RUNNERGU4" instead of "RUNNERGUY".
Runnerguy
Cap and trade--I'll sell you my unused pixels! ;-)
I'm working on finding an answer for you. . .
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Gunner- I hope I am reading your post wrong...thats why I am slow and reluctant to respond.
I take your comment like I am snubbing this place,...raising my nose and slamming the door. You have to understand my retardedness towards computers and wanting to adjust to new methods.
I just off the cuff said I am out of here....and I did not have my nose turned up in the air. I just said...I am out of here...meaning I have some other places that I can post without hastles.
I literally meant I dont have time figuring new posting methods. I know this stuff is simple to most here..but look after all these years how I organize my photos. I have been the butt of several jokes and I loved it ,....and laughed along right back at myself. I welcome people laughing at me.....I have plenty of confidence in other areas of my life that make me welcome some being made fun of. Its like my openings in my shop not being trimmed out....I will trim them when I get to them.....maybe this year even! I just have so many priorities that I purposely let some seemingly simple stuff unattended....till I feel like giving it attention.
If I have to learn something....I most certainly can...but theres a certain threshold I have to be pushed hard enough to get across.
I am not mad at all at Taunton.....I just stated if they wanted me to post pictures...they basically would have to enable me to do so.
Its not hurting my feelings one bit.....
Stan
You probably did read it wrong. Or didn't understand it the way I meant it.
I don't think most people understand how easy it is to post from picture hosting sites. load them up and then copy and past them here.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
I just tried it today.
Tried to get some pics that I had on photobucket ( because I had posted them to another forum and that was the procedure...) and it didn't work., I'll take any tips you got.
It was in Mc's racer thread page 144 or sumpin' I was just tryin' for the heck of it, wasn't important or nuthin. I done it multiple time to other forums....
Edit-78335.144
Any ideas?
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Edited 6/3/2009 7:46 pm ET by JHOLE
You've got to it Alt f4 for them to stick.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
I assume that you're on your phone with the short responce. so I won't push it.
I'm thinking your may have checked that thread, and may be able to help me, others, and Taunton....
I aint following the short version...
I , seriously, don't know what to do. Not even real sure where to start here.
--Nothins workin here with the alt f4, in fact it just shut down the tab I was pullin from....
F it.
Thanks anyway, screw it.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Yes on my phone. It will take awhile to splain it. Everythoing works fine for me using Internet Explorer with Windows xp. If your using another browser or operating sytstem then that may be the problem.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
I'm vanilla - IE & XP...Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
it's good to be vanilla. I'm wanting to see the splanation too.
Don't feel bad he got me with the alt f4! That sucker! :)~
Shhhh. He's still trying it.
Not everyone is as fast as you.LOL
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
I cracked up when i read that i knew he hadn't caught it!
I would have told him by Sunday.
Gangstas don't dance. We boogie.
To copy/paste photos into this site, you need to be using MS Explorer not mozila
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I am.
XP and MS IE. Can't get much more straight forward than that.
Most other forums I am at it's a no brainer - which qualifies me.
Upload to hosting site, cut /paste code in message. simple. Shows up embedded, right where you want it.
I just thought I'd see if it works here. Would've streamlined my posting guidlines, instead of a different set of steps for each site I go to...Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
I hear what you are saying, and I am able to do so, but if Taunton (or their vendor) are not interested in hosting photos, why have a Photo Gallery section in Breaktime, and why encourage posting of photo's to the new Gallery?And frankly, it's a but suspicious that this is suddenly happening after the moderators have begun to encourage use of the new Gallery on the main site.But whatever is happening, the inability of our hosts to communicate in a timely and clear way plain stinks. I know, it's free, and we should be happy to be abused, but the reality is this forum serves a business purpose, or Taunton wouldn't provide it. So stop treating participants like whiny annoyances, and stop ignoring reasonable and respectful feedback. Or get out of the forum business. Either way is fine, but a poorly run forum tarnishes Taunton's brand and HURTS the business. I subscribe because I used to find the magazine useful, and now find this site useful, and want to support Taunton. My wife reads the magazine, I hardly ever do. Screwing up the forum makes Taunton not useful to me, and I won't resubscribe.Is that clear enough?
"how easy it is to post from picture hosting sites."Unless thou art on a dial-up connection
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Sorry buddy. Can't help you there. Buy more squirrels.
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Buy more squirrels.
There's a guy in Quebec that'll smuggle some in for him.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
I'm on the verge of ordering the sat connection. This is getting slower - thinkmy provider is not keeping up with bandwidth requirements. It always slows down after school and in summer because more peeople and the kids are using it here. But this year it's seeming worse - or maybe all the websites are loading more junk on their pages to be loaded each time - like the ad here at BT.Maybe I should try homing pigeons - they might just be faster
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Keep a dial up provider for when you lose SAT. You will have weather events that will knock you down.
I've had more weather interupts this year than ever before.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I've got a grand total of one experience with sat service as an ISP, which is when I visit my parents. It's a move up from DU, but it's not exactly the greatest thing since sliced bread.Any chance of something like Walter's got with the ATT card? I'd have to think that's a world of improvement over the sat.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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No cell reception at home here. Maybe if I put up an antenna on the roof and amplify into the house. Got any experience with that?Talked to my BIL and he is mostly happy with his sat but not in bad weather and he ended up getting billed for over high bandwidth usage - teen kids downloading movies and musics on it.
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No experience there, sorry. But you ought to be able to cobble together some kind of frequency amplifier. Paulbinct here would be a good resource for that.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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"No cell reception at home here. Maybe if I put up an antenna on the roof and amplify into the house. Got any experience with that?"I do.First off, cell-based broadband is MUCH better than satellite internet.I tried the sprint broadband a while back. I was able to get a signal for awhile, but overall, the service and the signal sucked. An antenna didn't make much, if any difference at all.Well, this year, I decided to try again.This time with Verizon. My local carrier.Hooked up with the little USB 760 modem, plugged into a cradlepoint 350 router. Wireless signal from there.Immediate signal.Poor signal. Very poor. But there.Next up, add a wilson trucker's omni, cell antenna. (Outside, with the cable run through the wall.) You have to buy an adaptor cable that you attach to the end of the antenna cable, so you can attach it to the usb modem.Big difference !Still not the best, but acceptable. Averaged 4 to 5 times faster than dialup. And often was ten to twenty times faster. And that is even though I had a good dialup. Averaged 4.2 and higher, rather than what others average.. 2.8But... the signal was not reliable. Even a barely acceptable signal would have been ok, if it would have been at least reliable.Waiting on the budget... I finally bought some more cable, and did a kludge job of raising the antenna, just to see if it would do any good.Boy howdy, did it !Now I am always online. The signal is strong. There are some dropouts, but they are not often, and they never last for more than a few seconds. I get the good speeds, much more often than the speeds of only 4 to 5 times dialup. It is at least as reliable as dialup ever was.I only raised it another 8 feet so far. I can raise it another 10 to 15 feet, before I am finished.I am hoping that the final raising of the antenna will get me into the constant high broadband speeds and keep me there.Bottom line, cell based broadband is worth looking into. And the right antenna and other setup, can make a difference.If you decide to try, check out 3gstore.com They have agreements with verizon and sprint, and can give big discounts and rebates because of that.But I'm here to tell you that if these people charged twice what others do, they would still be a huge bargain. Because of their service. If you have problems, they WILL patiently, reliably, courteously, and intelligently help you to get online.Their tech people do not follow a script on the screen. They KNOW what they are doing. They listen well. They figure out the problem quickly. And they figure out your own level of 'expertise' as well. So they tailor their tech work, accordingly.They don't talk down to you. And they don't talk over you. They are patient, they talk WITH you, and work out a solution in a way that -you- will understand.In english. From Texas, mostly.They got me online, even after the verizon script/techs had actually ruined my first modem. Sent it back to 3gstore, and they sent a replacement, and I have steered clear of verizon tech ever since. LOL)I have now been online reliably, with this connection, for three days.~~~My little belkin wireless g USB modem kakked. So I had to remove the cradlepoint router, and make a direct connection to the verizon usb modem, using a usb cable.But I still have a reliable connection.Today, I will be installing a lan card in my computer, and running a cat5e cable from that to the cradlepoint router. I'll put the verizon modem back in the router, and connect that way.While I CAN use the direct connection, I prefer having the router in the middle.After that, I'll raise the antenna some more. Just going to be a hassle dealing with stringing some guy wires to keep the top of that pole from swaying like a reed in a river.I'd rather put up some sort of tower arrangement. You know, with three legs, and bracing. But for now I'll have to settle for a single pole, with wires to hold it steady.Let me know, if you'd like more assistance....Max: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Chief ?Chief: I don't know, were you thinking, "holy sh#t, holy sh#t, a swordfish almost went through my head" ?..You are always welcome at Quittintime
My experience with satellite internet is very limited, while I have been using a cellular connection for about two years when away from home.My in-laws in WV had satellite internet- they could get about 1 mb/s on a good day, whereas I have NO signal out there. None. They are in a pretty rural location, for what it's worth.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Thanks for those tips.I have to get up on the ladder to change my floodlight bulbs and some other stuff this weekend, so I will see what reception is like up there to get an idea how high I go with my antenna. Sounding more like the way to go. If I can get a cell repeated and amplified in the house, I might drop the land line or at least cut back to the minimum plan
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"If I can get a cell repeated and amplified in the house"Very do-able ! And a lot easier than you might think.Check out that site, http://www.3gstore.comAlso, try getting all the way upon the roof, and standing up, to see what reception you have.One last, getting reception enough to make a phone call is a good omen. The oddas are very good that you'll be able to get a good broadband connection. But if your cell cannot make a call, that does not by ANY means, mean you are SOL on the broadband.People get broadband with reliable service and high speeds, even in places they cannot make a phone call.And you raise the odds by acouple of magnitudes when you are willing to put up an antenna, amplifier, repeater, etc....Max: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Chief ?Chief: I don't know, were you thinking, "holy sh#t, holy sh#t, a swordfish almost went through my head" ?..You are always welcome at Quittintime
I think he has the same problems I do, cell phone recpt. is worse than Sat.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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leave me outta this
I was talking about your cohort up there. I talked to him last night - sounded like he was well. How are you holding up?http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Still hangin in.
AC is still flying so we get the maintenance.
As for side work? building a deck to support a 3 season pourch for my neighbour right now.
Got plenty of them myself, but their cage is squealing - must need some more rust poured on, eh?
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I think you bring up a very good point. Many people (certainly myself) find the posting methods confusing and
tedious. Hey, were tradesmen and builders give us a break! Then another portion of us suffers when Someone (Like me) sticks
some huge blurry picture up. I KNOW it can be simpler and less tacking on the server.
Now....I will say that when I have to learn something...I do! There is a lot of stuff I had to learn building curved stairways....or building the machines I fly in. I had to learn those things...and I enjoyed learning them.
But throw a computer in my face...and my eyes glaze over......after all these years...I finally found someone that told me over the phone how to cut and paste. I told him the last time and cut and pasted anything was in 1960 when I was in kindergarten! This one person just talked down to my computer level.....which was WAY down....
and told me how to simply hit ctrl and the x.....after whatever I wanted to paste was highlighted....then hit ctrl an V to transfer it.
My big motivation for me to learn this complex computer trick stemmed from me trying to send otheres to some of my U-tube videos.....they have real long complex addresses that was driving me nuts trying to individually write down with pen and paper all the numbers...characters...hypens...colons....hash marks....etc....that has to be perfect along with the spaces.....
I cried uncle one day and called a guy in California...and he then told me in two sentences how to do it.
I just have a complex mind in some areas....balanced by a retarded corner in my head that handles the computer tasks.
I doubt I will ever change....
Stan
Edited 6/3/2009 7:46 pm ET by StanFoster
I agree with you 100% Stan.
I can sit down and figure all this computer #### out if/when I have to. I choose not to do so. If it ain't fun and easy ... count me out.
Just like that deck photo contest. Why start a new section ... I've been posting pics here for years. I read a bit and read people had problems ... so I didn't even try to post one pic.
I come here for fun ... not to learn new computer skills.
and learning new computer skills isn't fun to me.
hell ... I'm not so sure learning how to make curved stairs would be what I'd call "fun" ... but at least that could potentially put more money in this carpenters pocket.
learning a new way to post pics on a web forum ain't gonna do that.
I have absolutely no movitation learn their new system.
easier to just not post pictures. I have a camera full of the kids camping.
Oh well.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I'm not so sure learning how to make curved stairs would be what I'd call "fun" ... but at least that could potentially put more money in this carpenters pocket. learning a new way to post pics on a web forum ain't gonna do that.
Was that you in beard and buggy that dropped by Stan's shop the other day????
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That dude has one Crazy lazy eye!
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there's big money in being Amish ... they always got money.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
there's big money in being Amish ... they always got money.
Aint that the truth! people will pay them twice as much and think they are getting
something special personally the work I've seen then do sucks! I go up against them
any day. and at the end of the day I won't smell like a pig sty. I couldn't be a good
amish because I 've gotta bathe.
I'm money light;)
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R U Amish?
LOL!
Mennonite
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didn't mean to offend. but the mennonites I know here are night and day from the amish
You've even got a computer so you are really hell bound :)
my dad and brother are both holiness preachers.
people often mistake my wife and daughters for mennonite because they only wear dresses or skirts.
Stan,
If you want to copy/paste using your mouse only and bypass using the keyboard
here is the process I typed out for someone a while back in 108402.70
using a thread post number link as an example.
and yes, I copy/pasted to get it here. snorK*
Also, any word text will transfer the same way,
and if pictures have previously been posted on Breaktime and the copy/paste item is taken from Breaktime
then those pictures can also be transferred the same way.
Copy/Paste from other internet sources will not guarantee they will work or just might work for a short while before the dreaded redx appears.
From 108402.70:
"Left click the mouse and hold it down without releasing it when the cursor is next to the 108402.1 in the message numbers at the upper right of the page:
108402.67 in reply to 108402.1
and drag the cursor across the number 108402.1 until the whole number is highlighted in blue then release the left click on the mouse.
That number 108402.1 is now locked in your browser and as long as you don't copy anything else or release it anywhere else it will stay in there
so you can then go to the thread and the post you are in the process of making which you want to impart that numbered link into...
place the cursor in the post you are making in the location you want to place the link
right click the mouse which opens a window
scroll up to the highlighted in blue word 'paste' and then left click on paste
which will deposit the link into the body of the message.
If the word 'paste' is not highlited in black before you scroll up to it then you lost the copy of the link somehow."
Robyn,
I have found an own computor way to get pix onto your post site. It gets the pix on the input post screen; but after hitting preview or post the pix only shows up as an image place holder. If someone can figure out why the pix itself doesn't show-up this might resolve the file problem.
Here's how I got the pix to appear in my input post.
1) In Photoshop resize to 3" and save the small file as a new name.
2) In Windows Explorer find the pix file. Right click then select 'Open With" "Internet Explorer". A new window will open and the pix will be displayed.
2) Copy to clipboard [ctrl][C].
3) Open the BT post screen, Type as desired. Then paste [ctrl][V]. The picture will appear correctly.
Now if you look at the post with Preview or by Posting all you see is a place holder not the pix.
Maybe you can get someone to tell us why the pix doesn't appear.
Here is an example.
Jim Andersen
must be a snow storm or minimalist line drawing - "there's enough for everyone"
On seeyou's thread dealing with chimney caps
I get either two red x's and text, sometimes, or nothing at all but text
but everyone else seems to be talking like they were seeing the pics.
Don't know what's going on.
"What's goin' on?""...increases that paranoia feeling"
Edited 6/14/2009 10:19 pm ET by rez
"Got two red x's is seeyou thread taken from Quittin Time but everyone else seemed to be talking like they were seeing them. Don't understand."I don't either - would you try your first sentence again?"there's enough for everyone"
Your picture never makes it off of your computer.You can see it when you try, because the link is to your own computer. And since you are on your own computer, your browser, finds it.But no one else's browser will ever se the pic.You -have to- actually upload the picture to somewhere on the internet.Then link to that location...Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
I understand what you are saying; but, if I use the same procedure discribed above but paste to an e-mail in Outlook I can send the pix and the recipient on a differant computor can see the pix. I just tried it. The incomplete copy/upload has to do with the BT forum not the copy/paste issue. They should be able to correct that.
That's because your email program automatically sends the picture as an attachment to the email.The picture file gets sent right along with the email.When you link to a picture on your own computer from here, the picture file stays on your computer.The ONLY people that are going to see the pic, are people who have access to your computer. In other words... You. (If people COULD see the pic, you should be worried...)..Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
Sorry, That's not correct. The original pix is not attached to the recipients inbound e-mail. It is infact a pasted in image.
Also the picture on BT is not a link to the file on my computer. If that was the case no one could view ihe pix if my computor was off. Also BT would have no concern about file size etc. since it would not be stored on there system
Edited 6/15/2009 12:41 pm ET by jimcco
Jim,It IS correct.Your email program does the job automatically.It may not -look- like an attachment, to you, or to the recipient, but the picture file is indeed included with the email.Try this.Write an email to yourself. Send it. When it gets back, look at the size of the email.Now, write the -identical- email to yourself. This time, (and the ONLY difference), add a picture.When that email gets back to you, look at the size of the email.The email with the picture is larger, because it includes the picture.The ONLY way for others to see a pic in a post at BT, is if the picture file is uploaded to the internet, somewhere.You have to upload it to Breaktime, when you are making your post, in the first place. (Attachment). Or you have to upload it somewhere else on the net, that is a public place, then link to that.When you link to a pic on your computer... No one else can see the pic, whether your computer is on, off, or in the twilight zone. It simply cannot be seen, unless your computer is a server, constantly connected to the internet, and completely open to the public. (Even then, there will be problems.)Think of it this way...Tin cans on a string.If that string is cut, you can't hear anything. You HAVE to be able to establish a string between the picture, and the viewer's browser, or that viewer is not going to be able to see the picture.You can establish a string between your computer, and the internet, for your own personal purposes. But unless you do as I said above, make your computer a server, permanently connected to the internet, and completely open to the public, you CANNOT establish a string, that others can use to see your picture.If you upload the pic to someplace public on the internet, then a string is easily established, that allows others to see the pic. It's called a link...Something is only impossible... Until it isn't...You are always welcome at Quittintime
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testes, testes:
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Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
Sum beech! That was from flicker, on a mac w/ Firefox. Just copied the gobbledy goop, pasted it into the message, clicked the html box, and posted... have to check with multiple pics.http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
Man you were swimming up stream against the odds on all that. Good work trooper.
Are you festing this year?
Posting without a net.
Only if Amtrak will take empty PBR cans for a ticket lol!http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
DUDE! I can't believe you drank up the travel budget. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
Posting without a net.
I was under the impression yer kin wuz going to throw full cans thru the windows?
So, I'm going to try more pics. Ran base in a basement, came in the next day and found this:
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Had to use a flat bar to get him out.
I was gonna make one of these for you and Grant:
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Death Metal:
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Something tastee:
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Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
By jove, I kinda got it!http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
ya need the <P> command between your text and picts so things don't get long - "there's enough for everyone"
Let's check it out... June 12th 1976, somewhere in a holler in Floyd Co. VA
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The Unusual Suspects
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Hangin' Out
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Ruh roh!
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Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
You da man! Thanks.http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
hell! yer a hippie - I never wooda guest..."there's enough for everyone"
Hey, I had a suit on!http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
If you click "all sizes", then click "medium", you'll get a more manageable size for BT.
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I was under the impression yer kin wuz going to throw full cans thru the windows?
Sure thing. I'll get some for ya. ALL ABOARD!!!
Posting without a net.
Edited 6/20/2009 11:59 am ET by Gunner
You can't copy anything but TEXT and paste it in a message.You have two options.One is to use the upload feature and transfer it from you computure and save a copy of it in the forums servers. If you just do that then a link will show at the bottom of the message after it is posted (or in preview) and if you click on that then it will open the pix.After you do that you can then preview it and open the pix and copy and paste it using IE. But what that actually does is paste in text with has in it the commands to cause the the browser to look to the link and get the pix and display it directly in the message.Or you can post your picture on a Publicly available picture hosting website such as those mentioned earlier. And for those rare cases it In 99.98% of the cases your computure is on publically available on the internet and for those case you need to address the picture as "http://...." and not "C: ..." that tells the browers to look into your own computer, but the source. And that is sometimes confusing because it will show for the person trying to post the pix, but not for anyone else..
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I cut a pic from one of my Shutterfly albums, and I am pasting it right here.
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Easy as pie.
Can you all see it?
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Yes, I can see it.But you did not copy the picture, which is what I think that the other guy was trying to do.What you copied was the link to the picture.http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d834b3127ccec70acec8f04700000040O00AZuW7Nu5Zt2QPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/And being MS they thought that they knew what you want and did not give you the option and automatically added the HTML to make it display that picture.For some using other than explorer they need to add the IMG tag and click the HTML box below the Post button..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
Edited 6/15/2009 8:34 am by BillHartmann
I know it's a copied link, Bill. But it's still a simple copy>paste operation, conveniently done with both windows open, Breaktime and Shutterfly.
You said: For some using other than explorer they need to add the IMG tag and click the HTML box below the Post button.
More clicks, but it ought to go quickly once one has practise.
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
I was being explicit because the guy a few threads up was trying to copy and paste the pixels and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. The other thing that throws people is that the photo album is setup as private. But the owner has logged into and their computer has the cookies that tell the photo site that the user is logged on.But no other computer has those cookies thus they get the Red X..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
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Edited 6/25/2009 12:49 pm ET by RDA