Want to add a photo/image? Practice posting a picture HERE!

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 21:40:05 pm

As I stress earlier here in the tutorial post on photobucket, I urge all members to go and edit out the first 3 link options they give you:

They will now show - all 4 links - on your account like this:

Share URL - Email & IM - http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... xroul1.jpg

Direct Link - Layout Pages - http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... xroul1.jpg

HTML Code - Websites & Blogs - <a><img></a>

IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards -

Most folks of course often simply paste the TOP one in as you did, and that does not work - HERE.

If you choose the FINAL (4th) option, and paste that here, it has the html IMG coding already in place for you! Fast and easy.

I needed to manually add a space after [img]and%20before[/img] in option 4, or else the photo would load above!

So in short folks go in and remove all the options EXCEPT:

IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards

And if you ever need to email the link or url to someone, simply remove the [IMG] and [IMG] from the url you email. :idea:

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ozstamps · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 15:19:16 pm

And a lot of collectors are using scanners for their stamps that came out of Noah's Ark, and are quite frankly outdated and near USELESS for the job!

Read THIS thread below as to WHAT you need, and for $100 or so you too can be posting up scans that looks as superb and sharp as this one below, that I did of the rare perf Anzac for stock.

viewtopic.php?t=5996

Glen

adivaragan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 22:03:47 pm

[url]http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn28/adivaragan/
[/url]

adivaragan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 22:17:18 pm

Mr. Glen,

I registered in photobucket and forwarded you URL
for reproduction of scans. Kindly advise as i attempt
this for the first time.

Thanks,

rsa

Kev · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 18:09:12 pm

I have been able to use photobucket to send a copy of a stamp from "my computer" - with help from a 14 year grandson, who has now gone home.
I'm working on the theory that I can practice on this thread in the next few days.
Kev.

admin · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 13:00:28 pm

A new member choki on another thread yesterday, bought a used set of Papua 1935 Silver Jubilee off me for $25, and posted up his first ever scan - (see link below) saying they would go nicely with this FDC of them, he bought years ago:

viewtopic.php?t=7858

Even from the tiny size images on each block, I could see that each block had the "accent" or "apostrophe" flew -- SG Cat is £200 = $A450 MORE than normals.

As you can see, from thread link above he had no idea whatever he owned those, and has now told his wife what a clever stamp buyer he is!

This proves 4 things -

1. That we often have valuable things sitting there we do not know about.

2. That posting scans to this board is REALLY worth doing. This member is £200 in front due to it. :idea:

3. "Knowledge Is Power" as I always keep saying.

4. That telling your spouse about good finds always allows you to spend more next time.

Glen

anna · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 17:57:18 pm

Just testing if I am uploading my pictures of stamps well...

anna · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 17:58:15 pm

Did not work obviously...will try again...grrr...

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 18:03:18 pm

Its all fine Anna...a little bit of the coding dropped off which I have edited back in
Cheers
MargoZ (Mod hat on)

anna · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 18:16:22 pm

Thank you very much MargoZ...
I will try another one and hope to get it right...

anna · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 18:30:24 pm

Here is another one of my little fishes from Mauritius...

anna · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 18:32:06 pm

Yeeees, it works. Thank you very much MargoZ and also Glen for the step by step guide to how to use this photobucket website...

anna

Pod · **Posted:** Sun Dec 21, 2008 13:58:35 pm

Hepl needed - I have a button to enable editing my threads and have started to go through the images.

I'm attempting to repaste the original image links from Pohotbucked into the threads - however on preview (and submission) get the messages in red at the top of the script box:

" Your images may only be up to 850 pixels high. Your images may only be up to 850 pixels wide.into "

I've checked Photobucket and the setting is for a 15" screen (800 x 600) so should be well within the limits.

Can anybody help me with this please as I'd like to get the images back in place for the benefit of fplk visiting the threads.

Cheers - Matt

admin · **Posted:** Sun Dec 21, 2008 14:14:50 pm

Give us a thread and post date link Matt and we can look at it for you.

Pod · **Posted:** Sun Dec 21, 2008 16:34:48 pm

Hi Glen - sorted - my images are all up to date. The problem I had was that some saved in Photobucket at greater than 850 x 850.

I went back into the edit function in Photobucket and reduced the size to the allowable limits and then resaved the resized images over the original scans.

I then cut and pasted the image links over those in the original threads - and they seem to be fine.

Cheers - Matt

crazygerman · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 23:08:34 pm

If anybody has difficulties with images via photobucket like I had (there were always problems with the size of the picture), then try:

http://666kb.com

I got this hint from a stampboarder from Austria, who said that especially in Germany and Austria one can have problems with photobucket.

666kb is easy to manage: You go on this site. There you can look on your your computer for the file you want to load. You load it and get an URL, which you have to note or copy.
If you fill in a picture here at stampboards you have to click on the button "Add Photo" above and fill in the URL where the cursor is.

That worked for me several times without problems.

Regards,

crazygerman · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 23:12:02 pm

Well, I forgot to mention that this site is in German.

The button "Durchsuchen" means "search"; the button "speichern" means "save".

Hope that helps.

WEIRD AL · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 15:31:07 pm

[img]img001.jpg[url]just%20testing%20guys[/url][/img]

WEIRD AL · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:12:13 pm

Hi Glen Weirdal here persisting with photobucket

Howd I do?

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:17:59 pm

Fantastic Al!
Give yourself a cigar

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:24:02 pm

weird al,

your image made it to the board.

As for some suggestions, you need a program that can better crop the files so you don't lose the perfs on one side and have big black empty gaps on the other.

Secondly, when you name a file, DO NOT USE BLANK spaces between words. Some browsers can get around it by putting in the 20% characters in the empty space. Other browsers just ignore it and return "file not found".

Brummie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 17:57:26 pm

Sorry image too small :oops:

Back to the drawing board...forgot to select 15" option

I know my mistakes now, I thought I'd cropped it but apparently I didn't

My next try will be better :wink:

Is it big enough :?:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 20:45:46 pm

Brummie wrote:

I know my mistakes now, I thought I'd cropped it but apparently I didn't

My next try will be better :wink:

Is it big enough :?:

When you crop the image it will increase in size to replace much of the white space. How big you want it depends on what you want to show but I suggest cropping will give you a near perfect image.

Brummie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 21:26:18 pm

I cropped this one. I don't know how I will get on with stamps though as this scanner only does 300dpi....I think.....where is that instruction booklet :arrow:

I'll be BACK!

YIPEEEEEEE! That looks OK doesn't it? Not too big?

Brummie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 21:50:08 pm

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 21:53:11 pm

well done brummie
now lets see if you can give those four greens on the envelope by them selves and no envelope
and also the envelope so that is two images to the post

Brummie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 22:18:53 pm

I found it hard to rip off the stamps from the corner neatly :lol:

I found 'geek' in photobucket, great isn't it? I'm off to play with photobucket now :arrow:

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 23:53:48 pm

Brummie you are now a pb master go and take over the world
great work

Brummie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 09:55:00 am

I'm EMPOWERED! and it's all your fault Gutters :lol:

Thanks for your encouragement or I would still be on the sidelines :wink:

Brummie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 15:13:00 pm

I've done something REALLY bad :oops:

i thought I'd tidy up my photobucket and made a folder for Money and one for Stamps, here starts the problem, by moving them to these folders I have broken the link to this forum

I

mean it is not earth shattering in the big picture and you will probably not miss the images (if you don't look that is).

My question, oh smart ones, is there a way to put them BACK to the original page they were on? Have I burnt my bridges? I couldn't see an option, and believe me I've looked.

HELP ME PLEASE!

Sorry Ignore this post, it's a miracle, it's appeared so I can send them back. :oops:

admin · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 15:26:14 pm

Brummie .. as post #1 of this thread says in part - and the huge red letters were chosen there for VERY good reason :-

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IMPORTANT ... remember if you post a link from your photobucket account to this board and then LATER delete that Image from your account, or move it to a sub-folder, the link to here will then be DEAD, and show as a dreaded white box:

I did not realise that until deleting a few images in my early days of photobucket. So PLEASE do not delete or move internally there, images that you have posted anywhere here on stampboards! Or the board will be populated with ugly white boxes like the one above. :shock:

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Brummie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 16:08:34 pm

Thanks admin for the BIG RED WRITING but I knew if I delete an image I would get dead links but I only moved it a little :oops:

Anyway all is good now I have fixed it, I just paniced cause I didn't want you to YELL at me

chippin · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 04:12:59 am

I'm obviously not alone in being unable to upload images - and I thought I was reasonably competent in these matters.

I have uploaded some images to one thread but my images show [url]before and[/url] after. What did I do wrong?

In trying to change my avatar I have uploaded an image to photobucket, followed the process set out in this thread but wherever I try and place the new image I get "The URL you specified is invalid".

Help please?

chippin

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 07:26:45 am

Morning Chippin, at least that is what it is here. As a Mod I have removed those nasty [url]s for you.

I suspect the the problem may simply be the link you have selected from Photobucket.

Try this: go to the image you have uploaded to Photobucket; hover your mouse over the image until the drop down menu appears; click on the last of the links (4th one) to highlight it; press Control-C; in your draft post on Stampboards press Control-V.

The code for an image should now appear. It should commence with [img]and%20finish%20with[/img] and there should be no mentions of [url].

Click on Preview and, when the post appears above your draft image, check that the image is inserted properly without any extraneous words or codes.

With the Avatar exactly the same procedure applies, but you need to make sure you have saved it in Photobucket at the maximum size for an avatar, ie 160 x 160 (or less).

You can experiment here if you wish and we can advise further if need be.

cheers

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 07:59:50 am

KevinHedley wrote:

With the Avatar exactly the same procedure applies, but you need to make sure you have saved it in Photobucket at the maximum size for an avatar, ie 160 x 160 (or less).

To add to Kevin's great advice above use ONLY the non html coded "DIRECT LINK" url on photobuvket for avatar's .. use things with html codes for that, and you will get the message you got - "The URL you specified is invalid".

chippin · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:20:51 am

Thanks to Kevin and Glen for guiding me through that one - I was beginning to lose the will to live!!

I scoured all the advice I could find initially but saw no reference to the critical element that Glen mentioned which was to use the DIRECT LINK only when modifying the avatar.

Thanks again guys. I will return to the site tomorrow with renewed energy to add more scans.

Good night from the UK.

chippin

Philatelics (Australia) · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 21:10:01 pm

Just testing posting photos.....

[img]http://philatelics.com.au/media/large/38797.jpg

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 21:22:23 pm

Works well Steve. :mrgreen:

Add that scan here and they'll go nuts:

http://stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=580&start=352

And just a reminder folks -- never DELETE any image from photobucket you have posted up here. :idea:

Philatelics (Australia) · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 23:21:00 pm

Think I messed up the last image by editing it.

lets try again.............

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 23:28:43 pm

Steve ... why edit when it worked!?

Your removed the final [/img] HTML code out, so it looks like this -

Carenas · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 00:27:43 am

Am I really done it?

admin · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 00:37:52 am

Carenas wrote:

Am I really done it?

Good first try.

Make sure your photobucket setting is "15" and you use the free Goggle PICASA first and you will get big pix like THIS!

Carenas · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 00:40:25 am

Thanks very much for the advice....Will keep trying!!

Carenas · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 01:12:26 am

Is that better?

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 09:24:16 am

What do you think, Carenas :?:

Looks A1 to me.

Carenas · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 16:07:42 pm

A1? That will do me!!

Thanks to all for the help....

Vince

prof2000 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 22:25:45 pm

Time I got off my butt and tried this!!

Yay, it worked!!

Marcophily · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 19:24:08 pm

My PC has something wrong with photobucket. Can I post an image directly from the desktop? Thank you!

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 13:40:53 pm

There have been a lot of new members joining recently and this topic is the number one question.

So it is time for a BUMP. Go to Page 1 and all is explained with pictures.

And hello to all the new members

Brummie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 15, 2009 09:10:35 am

Photobucket has changed its size option to 'Link Option' which shows up when your cursor is under the image you want to post.

Maybe you could edit your instructions Glen so that posters will be able to see how to get a full sized image instead of the thumbnail image :idea:

Don't know why they change things :shock:


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