POSTING PICTURES FROM YOUR COMPUTER

Hi Rich, I was able to post a picture the first time I tried. I did forget to scan down to the finished button the first time so I had to go back a try again, but it worked. I even put a short vedio up on the post.

I was one guy who was on the old site for about ten years and never found the time to do the 3rd party thing, this Hoopla site is so much nicer.

Thank You,

Mario E.

Good deal, Mario! Glad you've got it figured out.

Thank you, Thank you Rich!!.  As they say one picture is worth a thousand words.  Couldn't be more simpler.  Sure beats the picture "mickey mousing" you had to do with the old forum.  I attempted it twice without sucess and just gave up, e-mailed the pictures and let someone else have all that fun.

Thanks for the short instructions Rich!  I highlighted them and printed them out.

Every time I see a photo like yours I'm amazed at just how big the old steamers were.  That's a whole lotta metal going down the track

Yep...a lotta metal all right. 404 tons worth! That's 808,000 pounds! Now picture it roaring down the main line at 70 mph, with a 5,000 ton freight train behind it. Oh baby!

Glad you could use my instructions.

Note: If your pictures are stored on a site like Photobucket posting the old way with a link still works.

How do you attach a layout Plan View from RR-Track so that it is opened in the body of the comment?

Save it as an image file (jpg, pdf, etc.) and the post the image.

Can we post hosted pics from, say, photobucket...or is it just from our PC?

strange... how come I only see a small square graphic image in an outline ?

You can post photos linked from elsewhere, but it's a bit cumbersome that way. Uploading them from your computer to here is the best way to do this.

If you mean the image in my original post here, that's a very good question. Somehow the link to the image got broken. I'll look into it.

Rich, the reason I ask is that the vast majority of my pics are loaded up to PB rather than my home PC....had more crashes here at home thru the years than on PB...that and "most" forums seem to be remote host pic friendly and not PC hosted friendly. If it's a matter of bandwidth I can start keeping it PC loadable only for here.

It's a piece of cake to post pictures from your computer or PhotoBucket.  For Photobucket, you just have to select the IMG copy and paste it in the message here.  Here's an example from my PB account.

 Thanks GRJohn, I figured that the "img" method would work here. I have to upload my camera pics to the PC anyway before I ship them over to PB, so I can just save them in my file to use here too since the admin seems to prefer that way...when in rome...

 One of the pics of the new bachmann shorty On30 boxcars I did for someone who wanted to see pics of it but didn't have one-

 One of my current On30 diesel bashes-

I normally upload them here if I don't already have them on PB, just figured if you already have them there, it's a bit easier.

Rich, the amusing part is your picture link is no good!

That's the problem with PB, once you get a pic there ya can't get it back home to your PC.

Yeah, I right clicked "properties" on that pic and didn't see an "img or jpg..." after it...thought those were supposed to follow any pic? Alot of folks copy or paste pics and get the dreaded red x only because they left tidbits on the address or forgot something needed...not saying the admin did any of that! Worst one is someone moving a pic around in they're PB account and forgetting that this will cut all links to it...closed accounts will do that too. Its always best to organize one's remote hosting pic site before posting any links or you'll loose them for the masses to see. My PB site isn't as organized as I'd like-lol..oh well.

Still trying to find a face pic of me that's decent...all I've got is some wide view shots of me at last years pinewood derby race, I'm the cubmaster, or family shots.

Sure you can.  Just open the image in question and save it on your computer.

Thanks Rich. Need to try this today. Terry

Update. Worked like a charm following the directions! Thanks again Rich. It's very easy!

It's not necessarily that I prefer it that way. If you upload directly here, there are options available to display your images that you don't have with linked photos hosted elsewhere. They can be displayed larger here and if you post several images, they will automatically present themselves as a slide show, if you choose to look at them that way. You can't do any of that with linked images.

Yeah...I know. That's embarrassing! The link to MY OWN picture was broken!

I fixed it.

Rich, actually I just noticed that when I posted the pics up this afternoon...a nice option for the direct upload route...and thanks for that, your input on this and your time sir..you probably don't hear that enough I'd bet. 

Rich - forget it, I figured it out, somehow. Thanks.

Rich I am having trouble with click 3. After I select the picture I want to post I can not find an OPEN choice to click on. I am using Window XP SP3.

Thanks for your help.

Did you double click on the folder, click the pic you want and then double to open it...I don't think about it that much anymore, but if one click won't do it, give it a second....clicks are cheap- trains aren't!

0-4-0 pulling cookie consist, all built by my 13 year old Grand Daughter for my birthday Sunday. Slight hot box problem on the cab observation car.

Hmm, obviously not enough filling in the stuffing box...should taste good anyway! Happy belated...mine's tomorrow, I'm hoping some new boxcars arrive!

After I click on "Add attachments" a box comes up that only reads:

You can upload photos, videos, audio and files. Please note that there is a file size limit of 25 MB (100 MB for audio and videos).

I can only click on cancel after that. Am I missing something?

Sam

You're missing the link above that says "Upload Files", that will allow you to browse for the pictures or other files to attach to the message.

Thanks Gunrunnerjohn. You're right, I am totally missing that. I have exactly what you show above in the "file chooser" box, but there isn't even space for the upload files link to click on. On the bottom there's only cancel. 

Click where John showed you. It'll open another window where you need to choose the files you want. Once you've chosen them, they will upload . Then you can hit finished.

On my screen there is no link anywhere in the box where John shows. The box I get looks the exact same, but no link, and not even the space for a link to be there even if it wanted to be there.

Did you "click" on the spot John showed you? Nothing happens until you do.

I am trying to post pictures from my iPad.  The message I get is I must download flash...will not work on this device.  I cannot download from photobucket either for the same reason.  Is there a way around this?

Trainbug,

Check that you have add-ins enabled in Safari. Here's the Apple support link which describes how to do it.

That should resolve the problem.

I thought iPads couldn't run Flash.

Ipads and Iphones cannot run flash.

see this thread: https://ogrforum.com/t.../iphone-pic-in-reply

At the very bottom I posted instructions for the method I use for posting pictures on the forum.

I use Windows or an Android phone, works fine.