How do you put a picture in your post that you've copied?

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Cathlete
I am extremely computer challenged. I want to put a cartoon picture that I found on another site into one of my posts but have no idea how to do it. I can copy and paste it to a Word document but I can't get it to paste here. If someone has patience and can give me step by step "easy" instructions, I'd be most appreciative.

Thanks a lot!
Bam
 
BAM, you need to open an account at picturetrail.com and upload the pic to an album there, then copy the URL to here. I think picturetrail is still free for the first few months, if I'm not mistaken.
 
Thanks Nancy. I just want to make sure that I'm clear on my intent. These are not pics that I've taken from a digital camera. So anytime you want to copy an image from another site, you have to go through picturetrail to paste it where you want? Sorry if I'm being redundant but like I said, this is a very challenging area for me. Thanks again!

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

BAM, it depends. Some smilies are already formatted for forum use. For example, you can just copy and paste any of these smilies without picturetrail:
http://bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm

But for most pics that are not smilies, you need to use picturetrail.

For example, I love this cartoon, which I found on another website, but I had to upload it to picturetrail to post it:

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL282/1578952/5951789/105512694.jpg
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

BAM, send me the cartoon URL in a PM and I'll tell you what to do with it.
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

ROTFLMAO......Too funny Nancy! What a great pic! I'll attempt to do it. I really want to reply to a post and having the picture would complete my response. Let's see how I do.

Thanks again.
Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

BAM, my DH just explained it to me in more detail. If you post the URL, I think I can show you. Essentially, as long as you have the http link, you don't need picturetrail. I just learned this today, so thanks! :D
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Nancy, I sent you a pm. Hopefully the info is what you need.
Thanks.
Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Nancy, I can't get the last message that you posted at 2:34pm here. I keep trying to see it but it doesn't come up. Hopefully you got my pm.

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Okay, BAM, all you need to do is copy this and put http:// in front of it and you'll have it. No picturetrail needed:

us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/wickedcoolstuff_1968_32989220',300,401

Then paste it to the thread. All I did was remove the stuff before "http" and the paren after, so you had a clean link.
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Ooh, thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to try it now!

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

When I previewed my post, it didn't show the picture, just the link address to click on. Do you know what I did wrong?

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Okay, try this with http:// in front:

us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/wickedcoolstuff_1968_32989220.jpg
 
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I LOVE you!!!!!! It worked! :* I'm going to complete my post and then figure out what the heck you did. I'll be back and thank you, thank you again!!!!!!!!!

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

BAM, I added a ".jpg" to the end, but, unfortunately, that doesn't always work. If you find something you want to post and it starts with "http" and ends with either jpg or gif, you can just copy and paste it without using a photo website. If it doesn't end with one of those, you can try adding it, but it won't always work.

Thanks for distracting me today. I'm home with a nasty cold and working on this allowed me to forget how yucky I feel for a little while. ;)
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

Thanks for the explanation. Glad I could distract you. I'm sick myself. My head feels like it's in a tunnel and my equilibrium is shot. I feel like I'm on an amusement ride when I try to walk. I'm fighting the accompanying cold too. I sure hope you feel better. If you want to be distracted again, I'm sure I can find something else to keep you occupied. ;-) Just let me know.

Here's some feel better vibes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!

Bam
 
RE: How do you put a picture in your post that you've ...

What's causing your equilibrium to be off? Is it just the cold or something else?
 
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