Can you attach jpegs from a file as well as web-based photos?

> Can you attach jpegs from a file as well as web-based photos?

Not directly. The administrators of the site could because the file is on the computer which contains the jpeg. For the rest of us, we'd have to use a two-step process. First attach the file to one of your posts as Lady of the Night did here: [www.emule.com]

That creates an html address for each photo posted like this: [www.emule.com]

You can then use this address elsewhere as an image source. The drawback to this is that the post which contains the attached photo must not be deleted, or the subsequent post using it as an image source would lose the source also. So if LON decided to delete her photo that link would disappear.


Les



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2006 10:19AM by lg.

I guess I'm just stupid...I get the html part, but I've completely forgotten (if I ever knew) how to attach a file to a post. Sorry for keeping this thread going way beyond what it should take for me to understand.

Joe

Somewhere on your computer Joe, should be a file for pictures. If you've downloaded pictures and created jpeg files for them, you should understand what I'm talking about. If not, then you need to ask Johnny how to create them on your computer. Ususally, you just scan them or download them from your camera.

In either case, the computer makes a file for you, that file is usually saved in a file folder titled "my pictures", or some such thing. Open that folder and right click on the photo you wish to use. You can do one of several things, but I usually like to send it to the desktop and work from there. Then you can click "properties" and the file name will appear. Cut and paste the file name into the box that appears when you click the "attach button" at the bottom of your post. If this works, there should be a photo attached to this post:



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2006 02:06PM by lg.

I'm getting the feeling that Joe isn't getting an "Attach" button displayed, is this so?

Now that I've created an e-mule file I can post the photo as an image source like this:




Les



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2006 06:29PM by lg.

Charlie Don't Surf !

>I'm getting the feeling that Joe isn't getting an "Attach" button displayed, is this so?

Aha, that could be the problem, it may be just a "log-in" feature, just like editing a post.



Les

There you go, Les. It's been so long since I've been able to log in that I didn't even remember there was once such a thing as an "attach" button. I guess you can't see it without logging in. All I see at the bottom are the "Preview" and "Post" buttons. Guess you'll have to rely on your mind's eye to experience the sunrise in my USP post.

Joe

Joe, you could e-mail the photos to Johnny, or me and have us attach them to one of our e-mule posts. That would create html files you could use, if you really want people to see them.

Meanwhile, we all wait for the new server to be installed here.

Les

Here's a way to put sound on your post:

< embed SRC="*.wav" >





Les



Edited 17 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2006 02:06AM by lg.

None of my concern, of course, but don't such files unnecessarily overburden the server with huge amounts of wasted space? Mere text messaging is much smaller than monstrous picture/sound/binary files I mean.

>don't such files unnecessarily overburden the server with huge amounts of wasted space?

Not really Hugh, all the files I've used are merely "links" to other sites where the material is stored, they only open when clicked. Perhaps if they were saved on this site like the photos people have attached, they might use some space, but with the capacities of today's servers it's not much of problem. Anyone could store hundreds of wav files without it affecting the performance of their home computer, let alone the type of system Rudy and Kevin have here.


Les



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2021 10:08PM by lg.

They are not embedded in the pages here? They certainly seemed to be, so sorry if I was in error.

Hugh, only the "code" is embedded. It is activated whenever someone clicks
on this link. In essence, it is like hiding the hyperlink: [www.whyaduck.com]


Les

I notice that since Rudy's latest tinkering, the smiley jifs don't work. Anything else that's not the same? :) :D ;)



Les

:p

oh yeah

[tinyurl.com]

Is there a reason why the Smilies are disabled here?

Les



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2021 10:10PM by lg.