Ohhh Boy [:D][:D][:D][:D] Let’s see…
URL is the “computer” address where a document or file is located on the Internet.If you are viewing this page/response, and using Microsoft Internet Explorer… Just above the RCSailing logo you will see a long white area with the word “Address” in front, followed by a long string of “gobbeldy-gook” (numbers, words, etc) This is the internet “address” for this specific page, photo, or file. I just copied what I am seeing and it looks like this:
http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/post.asp?method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=743&FORUM_ID=39
Usually the http://www. something is the giveaway that it is an internet address.
Since it sounds [:D] like a personal web site is out of the question, let’s try using the resources provided by Chad here on this forum.
For you “JOHNB” Chad has already set up an album for your photos. If you go to the second line down (first white line) of the RCSAiling site page… you should see the words “Active memebrs”, “active polls”, “Resources”, “Members” etc. You want to click on “RESOURCES” which is a link and will take you to another page. On that page click on “PHOTO ALBUM” and it will open to your name (or you may need to search under the “J’s” to find it). Click on your name “JohnB” and it should open a new page that will allow you to upload/edit your photos. Basically, you will save your photo image from “your” computer to this area of the forum. Once saved, the photo will be (in reality) saved to a website (Chads) but each photo you save will have it’s own unique address as example above. (by the way - if the title/name of your photo has any spaces in the words - the space will appear as %20 within your web address)
OK - so hopefully you have managed to save your photo to your own photo album on Chad’s site.
If you go to your album, find the photo saved, and “Right click” on the photo. Go to bottom of list and select “Properties” and you will see this long string which looks similar to my above example. In my case, /as example/ I have a string that reads: http://www.rcsailing.net/uploads/Dick%20Lemke/cheetah-cotswolds%203.jpg (Whew !)
The above provides you to use this “address” to allow anyone with whom you share it to view this specific image.
If you look closely, you will be able to identify main points of the photo’s address…
- it is located at website: http://rcsailing.net
- It is in a file on that website called “<font color=“blue”>Uploads</font id=“blue”>”
- It is in a folder belonging to: “<font color=“blue”>Dick Lemke</font id=“blue”>” (note %20 is the space between first/last name)
- Finally, the photo itself is called: “<font color=“blue”>Cheetah-Costswolds 3</font id=“blue”>” (again the %20 inserted as spaces)
- and you can tell it is a photo by the format of the file identified by " <font color=“blue”>.jpg</font id=“blue”>"
Still with me?
OK - we can make this internet address a link that you can click on to go to the photo by selecting the little <u>icon</u> of the globe with chain link located in the format section. If you click on it, it will insert [ url] and [ /url] and you want to paste your internet address between the two so it looks like:
[ url]http://www.rcsailing.net/uploads/Dick%20Lemke/cheetah-cotswolds%203.jpg [ /url]
When you post your reply is will look like this: http://www.rcsailing.net/uploads/Dick%20Lemke/cheetah-cotswolds%203.jpgNote that the letters URL inside brackets are now gone!
Again, at those same format icons, there is one that is supposed to be a mountain, with a sun. (two to the right from the hyperlink icon) If you select this, instead of seeing [ url] - you should see [ img] and again, if you paste your internet address between the two - a photo should result when you post your reply that will be visible while reading your post/reply.
You should see: [ img]http://www.rcsailing.net/uploads/Dick%20Lemke/cheetah-cotswolds%203.jpg[ /img] which when posted will translate into your displayed photo as such:
I hope you are still with me. If not and you have just taken out the revolver to end your misery, I think if you send your photos to one of the moderators, they may be able to help post it -either within your post as a moderator edit… or by itself as a standalone post to which you can refer. Sure hope this didn’t chase you away, as photos always are more useful and easier to understand than descriptions.
Feel free to email me directly if this has just added to your list of questions.
>>> I urge anyone to modify these directions in case I have missed a step. << my apologies for any errors in the above.
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