Re: Posting Photos to Forum

Someone was trying to find the breather on their Dodge NP435 a while back......and there it is on the output!
Backyardfixer, perhaps?

Jarrod.

Dave_64 wrote: s1371.photobucket.com/user/Dave6418/medi...zpshhnhaz9g.jpg.html

Jarrod,
No, I CHEATED! That is a cast iron Dana 20 OUTPUT shaft off a transfer case, been set up work as an "island" auxilliary box. That's the end result of all those dumbass questions I have been bombarding the forums with over the past 12 months!
Simply reassembled it as is for time being, standard ratios a-la-NP435. Got a gearcutter lined up in the new year going to have a go at altering the input ratios to obtain a close ratio with an overdrive.

Dave.

Here's how I post Pics from Photobucket.
When you have your library Open, hover the Icon over the pic you wish to post.



And a popup menu like this will appear, Click on "share"




Something like this will appear..




Left click on the bottom Link, It will be highlighted in yellow & will say "Copied"

Come back to your post here & right click,
Click on "paste"
Then click on "submit"

And you're done.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but if the user moves the pic or closes the photo bucket account the pic is longer on the forum? I like to think of forums as a kind of record, almost a searchable encyclopedia but it f the pics gradually vanish over the years a lot of info is lost. Another forum I use saves the pics, resulting in everything being kept as a permanent record.

Thanks Guys, Finally may have it sorted out!, now If I can learn to add photo's to text, I'll be giggling!

fjwb wrote: Please correct me if I'm wrong but if the user moves the pic or closes the photo bucket account the pic is longer on the forum? I like to think of forums as a kind of record, almost a searchable encyclopedia but it f the pics gradually vanish over the years a lot of info is lost. Another forum I use saves the pics, resulting in everything being kept as a permanent record.

You are correct in that the images will no longer appear on the Forum if the 3rd party service account(Photobucket,Flickr,Faceplant,etc.) is closed or moved without updating the posts.

The ability to store the photos, as you do on your other forum, on the same server/account with hcvc.com.au is available in two ways, one is a Gallery and the other is as Attachments. Both approaches have their pro and cons but if things are managed properly they do minimise the issue of images going missing from posts, but like anything there is a learning curve required. Attachments are not available to the general user yet due to reliability issues, but it should be very soon.

I could bore you with my view of how this site could be that 'searchable encyclopaedia', and whole lot more for Historic Trucks, but it requires people who have the enthusiasm to want the HCVC site to be more than just a Forum and spend the time and effort to make it such. A large part of that view is the management of photos and images on this site so that they are not lost in the Internet wasteland.

Terry

Totally understand what you are saying about what goes on in the background, I do help managing another forum and manage my clubs website, but im by no means a programmer. I'd love to offer to help with the 'heavy lifting' in the back ground but that's beyond my technical knowledge unfortunately. Thanks for what you all do with the site, it's a valuable resource, but would be a shame to gradually lose bits and pieces.