How to insert graphics into a post?

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I want to insert into my Conundrum Theory post some conceptual drawings I've done. Questions: (1) How do I put the graphic into the text at the appropriate spot? I can see the [img][/img] button above, but don't know how to actually put something from my hard drive between the two sets of brackets. (2) Can I go back and do this in the post I've already submitted? It was a devilish amount of work to manually format the essay, so I'd hate to have to do it over. Advance thanks go to anyone taking the trouble to reply to this. -- dw

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@Dave World,

can't do it from your hardrive, the image must have a url, so the pic either has to exist on a web page currently or you must host it some where

this

Code:[img]http://www.choying.com/images/phocagallery/ani/anirecentphotos/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

gets you this

but this

Code:[img]/Users/Downloads/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

gets nothing

[img]/Users/Downloads/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

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@Dave World,

A lot of people use photobucket to upload photos so they can link to them.

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@djjd62,

Thanks! This just goes to show that if I ask the right question in the right place in a polite way, the answer is usually forthcoming. The only remaining question is: can I go back to a post I've already made and retrofit the graphic into the text?

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I just got the answer to the second question. Duh. I just go back to the post and hit edit. Bingo. This is a great place to interact with neat people!

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@djjd62,

djjd62 wrote:

can't do it from your hardrive, the image must have a url, so the pic either has to exist on a web page currently or you must host it some where

this

Code:[img]http://www.choying.com/images/phocagallery/ani/anirecentphotos/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

gets you this

but this

Code:[img]/Users/Downloads/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

gets nothing

[img]/Users/Downloads/phoca_thumb_l_image3324.jpg[/img]

NUBIAN GOATS!!!!

Very Happy

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@Dave World,

Dave World wrote:

This is a great place to interact with neat people!

Or djjd62.

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@Dave World,

Dave World wrote:

Thanks! This just goes to show that if I ask the right question in the right place in a polite way, the answer is usually forthcoming. The only remaining question is: can I go back to a post I've already made and retrofit the graphic into the text?

Sorry. Once a post has been made, the only chance to edit is lasts about a minute or so long before the window closes. I suppose you should write a new thread in order to include said new graphic images.

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@parados,

Hey, sorry to put you through such a workout, but I tried both answers. The result, this ====>>

http://s1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc369/sancheq/?action=view&current=conundrum1_opt.jpg

<<==== did not work in the preview. Perhaps it might in this reply??? When I click on "reply" I guess I'll see. [Note: I did indeed hit reply. It didn't work here either. Just as an experiment, I quickly hit "edit" and here I am, back again. What did happen was that the [img][/img] bracketed codes went away, but not he URL] Once again, here we go . . .

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@Dave World,

Dave World wrote:

Hey, sorry to put you through such a workout, but I tried both answers. The result, this ====>> <<==== did not work in the preview. Perhaps it might in this reply??? When I click on "reply" I guess I'll see.

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc369/sancheq/conundrum1_opt.jpg

is this the image you are wishing to post?

if so... click on the green "quote" button above to see how I have placed it in this post.

in photobucket - you need to copy and paste the bottom (4th) box which is the IMG code Very Happy

(It will automatically have the img boxes around it).

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@Izzie,

Yup, that does it. Thanks! I don't usually use emoticons but, in this case . . . Very Happy

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Well then, post some goat pictures!

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