Recently I wanted to add a picture to a posting. I thought I did it right, but apparently not. Someone else was kind enough to put it in a response, but when I asked that person how they did it, I got no reply. Probably away for the weekend.
I looked in the FAQ’s and nothing is mentioned there. I did a search, but as usual, there was nothing but pages of titles that I could spend days looking through.
So, can someone please explain how to post a photo?
If it doesn’t have a url (that is to say, it’s a file in your computer, but hasn’t been posted to a website),
One way is to go to www.snapfish.com and follow the instructions for opening a free account and posting the photo.
Once you have the photo on snapfish.com, you can then right click on the photo on your screen. A dialog box will appear. Click on “properties” in the dialog box, and you’ll get a display that will include the url of the photo.
Copy that url from the screen (be sure to get all of it; it may be more than one line) and paste it into your message. Then highlight the url in your message and click the “Img” button at the top.
If you follow Cranberry’s instructions, you’ll get a link to the picture. If you follow these instructions, the picture will appear in your message.
You can use this method (right click on a picture anywhere on the Internet) to post any picture you find, btw.
Here’s an example of an image I posted to Snapfish.com:
I found it on the bathroom counter one day. I think it followed the kids home. No one complained about it’s having disappeared from where they left it, so I guess it’s mine now.
It has “China” on it, is 4 7/8 inches long and makes strange “almost a whistle” sounds starting at, believe it or not, soprano C.
When right clicking on a Mac you get a different set of options. To see the URL of a picture choose the “display picture in a different window” and there will be the URL in the address line.
When right clicking on a Mac you get a different set of options. To see the URL of a picture choose the “display picture in a different window” and there will be the URL in the address line.
For free web space to post pictures and share them with family and friends, I use Ofoto. It gives them the option of ordering prints at a fairly reasonable price. Then when my mother and a couple of my sisters all want copies of a photo, they can just get them themselves instead of my fishing around for the negative and going back to the processor.