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Pebbles82 · 05-10-2021, 01:55 PM

The easiest way is to embed them using the forum options. They do need resizing but it’s how you resize them (the app and software) that affects how big they come out. I find the best way is to use paint on Windows 10. It’s quick and easy and you get a nice big photo on the forum page (but not so big it stretches the forum page).

So open your photo with paint. Select resize. Tick pixels (rather than percentages). Type 650 in the top box (the bottom box changes automatically). Your photo is resized. Select “save as” and choose jpeg. That saves the resized photo but leaves the original as it was.

Then on the forum - click on “Go advanced” at the bottom of the message box. Scroll down and click on “Manage Attachments”. A new window opens. Select browse. Select your resized photo on your pc. It will appear in the new window. Click “upload”. Just takes a few seconds. You can upload 5 at a time. When finished close the window. Go to the paperclip at the top of the message box and click - from the drop down menu select insert (or insert all). Before doing that maje sure your cursor is at the end of your typed post (or wherever you want the photos to appear). Some text will appear in the message box. Click on post reply or submit and the photos will appear when the message is posted.

For iPhone I also use an app called Image Size. But it’s not as easy to get photos to a good size and it’s a bit fiddly.

05-10-2021, 01:55 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: help posting pictures The easiest way is to embed them using the forum options. They do need resizing but it’s how you resize them (the app and software) that affects how big they come out. I find the best way is to use paint on Windows 10. It’s quick and easy and you get a nice big photo on the forum page (but not so big it stretches the forum page). So open your photo with paint. Select resize. Tick pixels (rather than percentages). Type 650 in the top box (the bottom box changes automatically). Your photo is resized. Select “save as” and choose jpeg. That saves the resized photo but leaves the original as it was. Then on the forum - click on “Go advanced” at the bottom of the message box. Scroll down and click on “Manage Attachments”. A new window opens. Select browse. Select your resized photo on your pc. It will appear in the new window. Click “upload”. Just takes a few seconds. You can upload 5 at a time. When finished close the window. Go to the paperclip at the top of the message box and click - from the drop down menu select insert (or insert all). Before doing that maje sure your cursor is at the end of your typed post (or wherever you want the photos to appear). Some text will appear in the message box. Click on post reply or submit and the photos will appear when the message is posted. For iPhone I also use an app called Image Size. But it’s not as easy to get photos to a good size and it’s a bit fiddly.