Forum Pics Explained

[+team walkingsticks]

How does one get a picture into a forum post? I currently have the pic in both Kodak Easyshare and MGI Photosuite. If I want this pic to be in my forum post, what is the trick? I have searched the help section and found nothing on this...it's getting late you know?!

[+Renegade Knight]

You use the IMG button to set up the pic. Like so. What you input is the internet address of the picture. If you have a photo on your computer you have to upload it to the internet or this site somehow. IF you know of a pic you like you can right click and use the 'Properties" to find the URL of that photo. If you upload to your own webspace you will have to figure out how to view the photo to find it's URL then you can insert it.

[+team walkingsticks]

Thanks for the response....not the most exciting topic ever to be sure! I waited up pretty late last night hoping for a quick answer and finally decided to crash. Renegade Night saved the day when I woke up this morning to find....someone cares.....even about something so mundane. Now I will continue on for all the other poor souls out there who might like to do this and are afraid to ask...HOW?!

 

Question Two:

 

Le'ts say someone doesn't have a website of his own he can post to. Is there anywhere else one can post a pic so that it then has a URL? I thought about posting a pic to this sight but where would one post a very random pic here?

[+TinTN]

Can someone recommend a free hosting site that allows hotlinking? TIA

[Cachengrab]

pic host

[+Stunod]

You can upload your pictures right to your geocaching profile and link to them there.

 

Geocaching User Image Upload Page

 

After you upload the file, click on the thumbnail preview and copy the web address (URL). Add this into your ING tags in your forum posts.

Edited April 7, 2004 by Stunod

[+team walkingsticks]

Thanks to all....

 

My first post with a pic can be found on the geocache topics forum

[+TinTN]

You can upload your pictures right to your geocaching profile and link to them there.

 

Geocaching User Image Upload Page

 

After you upload the file, click on the thumbnail preview and copy the web address (URL). Add this into your ING tags in your forum posts.

excellent! thanks!

[uperdooper]

You can upload your pictures right to your geocaching profile and link to them there.

 

Geocaching User Image Upload Page

 

After you upload the file, click on the thumbnail preview and copy the web address (URL). Add this into your ING tags in your forum posts.

when i try to post a pic using the IMG tag i get an error message saying, "sorry, dynamic pages in the tags are not allowed." i just can't seem to get it. i can change my avatar without any problems. i can't get avatars or pics in a post for forum posterity.

[+team walkingsticks]

Yeah,

 

I had the same problem....anyone know how to solve that one? I guess I'd rather post my pics through this site that continue to use the hunting site suggested earlier...somehow my shrinky dinks gone bad pics look a little odd among all the hunting pics....!

[+Renegade Knight]

When I tried to use that to post my stats in the anti stats thread I got the dynamic link. As I unerstand it dynamic links will build a graphic from data. It's not a static pic like our avitars. Thus unless the site supports them you can't do them because they are not a typical GIF or JPG graphic file.

[+Stunod]

After you upload the pic, are you getting a URL in this form?:

http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/3104358b-e...0fb38a9b4d3.jpg

 

You should be able to copy that and paste it between in IMG tags.

 

I'm not sure why you're having problems with it...works great for me. See, look:

 

[IMG=http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/3104358b-e3db-4f3a-9883-60fb38a9b4d3.jpg]

Gives this picture:

Edited April 8, 2004 by Stunod

[+West Tn Dawg]

Your internet server should provide you with space for pics.

[uperdooper]

When I tried to use that to post my stats in the anti stats thread I got the dynamic link.  As I unerstand it dynamic links will build a graphic from data.  It's not a static pic like our avitars.  Thus unless the site supports them you can't do them because they are not a typical GIF or JPG graphic file.

the pics i'm trying to use are some of my avatars on this site. it's on the select an avatar page in my profile. i don't know what the problem is. i'll try to cut and paste one here to see how it turns out. it won't even let me do one.

Edited April 8, 2004 by uperdooper

[+Renegade Knight]

The link that gives me that error looks like this:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?t...1084-45c8-835e-

 

Just looked. It doesn't even stick the stats on the image though it's a direct cut and paste. Oh well.

Edited April 8, 2004 by Renegade Knight

[+Stunod]

The link that gives me that error looks like this:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?t...1084-45c8-835e-

 

Just looked.  It doesn't even stick the stats on the image though it's a direct cut and paste.  Oh well.

You're trying to post the stats banner, right? The code that you are entering is the dynamic code to create it...you need to use the jpg file to get it to show in a forum post. There was a thread a while back on how to do this...I'll see if I can find it for you.

 

EDIT: It looks like you need to save the image and upload it inoreder to use it in an IMG tag

Edited April 8, 2004 by Stunod

[+Renegade Knight]

I think signal the frog should have stats.

[lowracer]

how do I modify the last line of my stats banner. Right now it just asks you to view my profile but I'd like it to say something else. I can't find the instructions anywhere.

[+bons]

www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?uid=7405b52e-fd10-4507-9034-973e9b5009c8&txt=eat+at+Joes&bg=1

 

txt for text, bg for background (1-4)

[lowracer]

Thanks! I'll give that a shot.

[+4x4 Trail Busters]

how do I modify the last line of my stats banner. Right now it just asks you to view my profile but I'd like it to say something else. I can't find the instructions anywhere.

How do you get a tag line under your avatar? I can't seem to find a way to do this?

[+Stunod]

how do I modify the last line of my stats banner.  Right now it just asks you to view my profile but I'd like it to say something else.  I can't find the instructions anywhere.

How do you get a tag line under your avatar? I can't seem to find a way to do this?

After 10 posts you will lose the "Tadpole" tag and then edit it on your profile.

[WH]

How do you get a tag line under your avatar? I can't seem to find a way to do this?

Go into your "edit my profile" page. Theres a window that says "Forum Signature"

 

Whatever you type in there will be added to the bottom of every forum post you make.

[+4x4 Trail Busters]

How do you get a tag line under your avatar? I can't seem to find a way to do this?

Go into your "edit my profile" page. Theres a window that says "Forum Signature"

 

Whatever you type in there will be added to the bottom of every forum post you make.

Hey, thanks everyone for the help. This sure is a frendly place. I hope to see many of you out on the trail someday.

[+Dragoon]

Hmm, regarding the geocaching stats image, my girlfriends site has a black background, the white image looks pretty nasty on it, any way to invert it dynamically?

[Jeremy]

mm... unfortunately no. Right now it's just in white.

[+CrimsonWrath]

If you are using IE 5.5 or greater, you can try this out:

 

<img src="http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?uid=6a3a45e9-2a01-4f40-99a5-ec012e1a58ea&bg=1" width="200" height="50" ALIGN=RIGHT border="0" STYLE="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Chroma(color=white,Enabled=True)">

 

Of course update the UID with yours.

 

That will make all the White pixels in the image transparent. You might need to put the image on a non-black background since the text will still be black. It also looks like there are a few almost-white parts that aren't made transparent. Kind of a hack, but its close!

[+bons]

If you are using IE 5.5 or greater, you can try this out:

Let me rephrase that a bit. It should read, "if all your visitors are using".

 

Any visitor using a different browser (a common occurrance) is not going to see what you want them to see.

[+CrimsonWrath]

If you are using IE 5.5 or greater, you can try this out:

Let me rephrase that a bit. It should read, "if all your visitors are using".

 

Any visitor using a different browser (a common occurrance) is not going to see what you want them to see.

Yup, thank you. I stand corrected. Actually, I'm sitting while I'm typing...

 

Your non-IE 5.5 visitors will just see the normal image with the white background.

[2oldfarts (the rockhounders)]

Yeah,

 

I had the same problem....anyone know how to solve that one? I guess I'd rather post my pics through this site that continue to use the hunting site suggested earlier...somehow my shrinky dinks gone bad pics look a little odd among all the hunting pics....!

 

Try this post in the benchmark forum & scroll down to our answer to Black Dog...use the link to one of our archived caches to log a note & then upload an image. Then try the right click thing on it from there...this seems to work & we do not mind people using our archived cache in this way...at least it will serve some purpose other than just taking up space.