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#1 · 30th May 2007 12:18 PM

Hi all,

Is it possible to post a picture within the content of the post itself if the file is stored locally on your machine? If I click the "insert picture" button I get an option to add a URL, but what if the file you want to post is not on the web and you only have it locally? Can you only add as an attachment in that case?

Thanks guys

Brian

#2 · 30th May 2007 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by ThermalRunaway

Hi all,

Is it possible to post a picture within the content of the post itself if the file is stored locally on your machine? If I click the "insert picture" button I get an option to add a URL, but what if the file you want to post is not on the web and you only have it locally? Can you only add as an attachment in that case?

You can't add a picture (or anything else) using a local address on your own computer, because anyone else trying to view it will look for the file on their own computer. You need to either upload it to a server, or (probably better) store it here as an attachment.

#3 · 30th May 2007 12:31 PM

I usually just store my pictures on my ftp site, then just link them. Attachments are stuck at the bottom of the page, sometimes you want the image specifically between/following text

#4 · 30th May 2007 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

You can't add a picture (or anything else) using a local address on your own computer, because anyone else trying to view it will look for the file on their own computer. You need to either upload it to a server, or (probably better) store it here as an attachment.

I understand that you would not be able to link to a file stored locally on your machine, that would be silly, but I thought there might be a way to upload to electro-tech and then include it within the post. But you're saying you can't do that, which is fine - I'll continue using the attachments then.

Brian

#5 · 30th May 2007 02:04 PM

hi brian

Just in case you dont know.
Look at: http://www.box.net

#6 · 30th May 2007 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by ThermalRunaway

I understand that you would not be able to link to a file stored locally on your machine, that would be silly, but I thought there might be a way to upload to electro-tech and then include it within the post. But you're saying you can't do that, which is fine - I'll continue using the attachments then.

You can upload the file once and use its URL @ electro-tech-online in other posts that require the same image, though.

Do you remember this?

#7 · 30th May 2007 02:14 PM

Eric, as it happens I didn't know!

Thanks very much

Brian

#8 · 30th May 2007 02:16 PM

eng1, ahhhh! Yes I do remember that hehe.

Well, if you're able to do that wouldn't it be much nicer if you were able to click the "insert image" button and then browse to a picture on your own machine? It could then be uploaded to Electro-Tech and simply inserted into your post. The attachment option could still be kept for non-picture files of course.

Brian

#9 · 30th May 2007 07:05 PM

eng1,
I do that all the time, for the benifit of the other people here I'll explain how.

Click on "User CP" at the top left hand corner of the screen and select attachments from the bottome left hand corner of the screen.

You'll see a list of attachments pop up, click on the the attachment you want to insert and copy the url from you browser's address bar.

You can now insert the picture in your post by using the

icon.

#10 · 30th May 2007 07:32 PM

Thanks Hero999

Bri

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