There are 2 different ways to post pictures on this forum.

The first is the easiest.
Simply resize your picture to less than 400 pixels in either height or width and then you can place it in your post by using the "Attach file" feature below the text box that you type in when you start a new thread or add to an existing one.
Hit the "Browse" button beside the "Attach File" text box and you can go to and select the picture file located on your computer to upload to your post.



The second method of displaying a picture is a little more complicated in that you must have a way to post your picture to a third party picture posting host that allows remote linking. Our gallery here at HuntShoot, http://huntshoot.coastangler.com/me...llery/index.php is such a host.

Remote linking allows for displaying a larger images than are possible with the "Attach File" feature of this forum.

PLEASE NOTE however that I request that the largest picture linked this way is no bigger than 640 pixels in either height or width. Any larger and you will : A) "Blow out the thread" or in other words the picture will appear larger than the text boxes and a person trying to read the thread needs to use the scroll buttons to move the page from side to side, and B) Pictures larger than 640 x 480 take forever to download for those of us on a dial up connection. Additionally on that same note please avoid posting pictures in a bitmap (bmp) format as they are not compressed like a jpeg and are almost impossible for us dial-up users to download.

To post via a remote link you have to know the web address, known as the URL, of your picture. If you are using Windows hold your curser over a picture and right click a dialog box will appear. Click on properties and a list will appear which will include the URL of the photo. You can than copy the URL info and paste it into your link.

the url will look something like this: http://huntshoot.coastangler.com/membergallery/data/500/49168tsx-mule-deer.JPG

To make the picture visible in the thread all you have to do is enclose the URL in the formating tags that allow the forum software know you are trying to post a picture.

Your finished command line will look something like this:

[img]http://huntshoot.coastangler.com/membergallery/data/500/49168tsx-mule-deer.JPG[/im*] (except use a "g" where I just used a * in the closing tag )

Done properly the reader will not see the formating but will only see the picture. The following picture is what you would have seen if I had not used a * in the closing image tag in the example above.

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Mike Venturino


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o.k ok. caribou walk me through this . my pics are correct size but i keep getting notice file too large. in the browse show s my doc/and settings file. i don't want this in there do i ??

Email me the picture(s) you want to post and I will take a look at them to see why the forum software will not let you attach them.

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Mike Venturino


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I also have the same problem as duke.

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If, at 400 x 400 pixels, they still will not load try reducing the size a bit at a time while keeping an eye on the file size. While 400 x 400 jpegs are usually less than 50000 bytes in size, the maximum file size down-loadable to this forum, sometimes they are larger. If your pictures are less than 400 x 400 AND less than 50000 bytes, AND are in jpeg format then I don't know what the problem could be. If they still refuse to load email them to me and I will play with them.

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Mike Venturino


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o.k tell me how after i scan my pics how to make them smaller?? i have search all options (i hope) to make my pics smaller.

When you open a picture to view it what program does your computer use to open it?

Most picture viewing programs have a limited amount of photo-editing features, including the ability to resize photos. Let me know what you are using and I wil see if I can point you in the right direction.

I willl also do a quick search and see if I can find some free-ware on the web that may help.

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using windows xp. go into my pictures pick the file * pick the picture. tried edit , tried the properties ,, yes it shows mre the size of the pics, yep very large. view/tools . aaaah!!thanks caribou for your help. get this working i owe you a 160pt whitetail hunt in sask. duke

I just might take you on that! I haven't hunted deer in Saskatchewan since I left there 20 some years ago!

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went for look see last week . wow i have a pic of a scrape 4 ftx 4ft. then every 20ft theres a scrape all along this bush. come on down . we can bait here, but you don;t need it** hunt the 3rd week of nov ruts on,** heck !** you know what its like bucks walking at 2pm in the middle of a field* head down smelling for a doe. there all over the place. (no mountains to climb) i think i'm getting a cold sweat here. chat soon !!yawn too much candy and beer. duke

Is there any way we can e-mail / snail mail, pictures to Huntshoot and have the site post them for us?

I resize my pictures with this free program.here's the link

http://www.irfanview.com/

Just trying this out .

trying to send pics like sawmill, after i scan a pic it shows up to small on the forum. i do resize them to forum rules, but they come up small ??

ok just trying again .. how do i post a pic like Sawmill as an attachment to open. then my size should be better??