A step-by-step guide on how to upload photos to Photobucket and how to link to them in your posts.
This may sound complicated, but do it once and thereafter it is straightforward.
Go to
www.photobucket.com
Register with them - it is very quick, you just need to get a confirmation email. Can then be used straight away.
Try to ignore all the distracting adverts - look for a reference to 'Upload Images and Video' and click on the button 'CHOOSE FILES'
Locate your photo using the (hopefully familiar) file browser
When your photo is uploaded (I find it very quick - approx 15 seconds per photo) then hover over the photo in Photobucket and underneath it you will see various codes. You need the 'IMG code'
Click once in the IMG code box to select the code (it should turn blue to show it is selected) and right-click COPY (or press Ctrl+C)
You now have the correct code to link to your photobucket photo from the MRC forum.
Go to the MRC website and start a new post (or reply, or edit an existing one) and at the appropriate place right-click PASTE (or Ctrl+V)
This will place the code in your thread. It should look like this:
[IMG]
http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l379 ... ini500.jpg[/IMG]
Use the preview option on the thread to see your post with picture before you submit it.
Notes:
You may need to resize the photo - this can be easily done on the photobucket website. Go to the photo, and click on the word 'Edit' that appears above it. Then click on the 'Resize' icon.
If you want to use a photo as your avatar (the picture that appears under you user name in all your posts) then you will need to resize it to approx 80 x 60
If you plan to upload a lot of photos, I suggest that you create folders in Photobucket to organise them.
Just remember that if you link to a file, then move it in Photobucket, you will need to update the original link to point to the new location.
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