Dave, I like photobucket for posting to GW. They give you the necessary html string so all you have to do is copy and post it to your message posting screen in GW. That said, I also have photos on ImageEvent and I've finally figured out how to make them work too. I've not tried the others.

I just posted for the first time a while ago and Yahoo Photo had turned into Flickr Photo, it was really easy to use. I sometimes look for photos from posters on GW on Photobucket and get lost, I end up at a Photobucket page and can't find the photo in question...Helen.

I use both Shutterfly and Photobucket. I don't have any problems with either of them. Recently I've been using Shutterfly. Copying photos to GW are easy, right clickwith your mouse click on properties and there is your URL.

Many people like Photobucket; however, I like Imageevent a lot. It may not be quite as easy as other services but it has a lot of options.

Jel48, have you tried "HTML for Pages"? It is just above the pictures on the right. It makes posting pics easier.

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Big Smile
7/1/07

Here is a link that might be useful: Sample of Imageevent

I use both Flickr (which is Yahoo's new "hook up") and Photobucket. I actually like them both. I find Photobucket to be a tad more reliable though, and it often loads much faster.

-Marie

I use Picturetrail. Very user friendly, in my opinion.

Linda

I am computer F (as in failure) literate, but, am I to understand I have to join some type of downloading service for a fee, to download pics onto this website. I have tried to figure out how to do this for a year now & don't have a clue. My husband is equally as useless. No, I haven't spent the whole year huddled over this little keyboard pondering the mysteries of the computer blogasphere, but have waisted way too much time trying to figure why I can't get a pic. into this little box. I've only answered a couple messages so far, but I have become quite vexed all the same. What's the deal?

Cosmo_1,

You can open a photobucket account for free. Many people use it. I prefer Imageevent which has an annual fee but it has a lot of options I like.

Once you have opened a photobucket account, you can upload photos to photobucket from your computer.

After photos have been uploaded to photobucket, you can copy the HTML Code for a photo into a GardenWeb message (right-click the box to the right of HTML Code and select COPY, then paste that into a GardenWeb message). This will put a photo into a message.

Good luck and let us know if you have any questions,
Cowboy

Here is a link that might be useful: Photobucket Link

I pay nothing for my Picturetrail either.

I think many of them let you download up to a maximum number of photos before you need to pay. I simply delete photos I know I will no longer use (they are still on my camera software, so I can reload them if I ever need to) and add new ones.

I've been using it to post photos for a few years, now and have not spent a dime.

Linda

The very simplest is tinypic.com (be sure you don't make it tinypics or you willl go where you don't really want to!!) This is not storage, but will simply have you browse for your picture, on My Pictures, or wherever you keep them. Then upload, copy the top line when it comes up and paste it here. It is so simple that I never use my Snapfish or Photobucket any more for posting pictures on a forum.

I don't know if this will work, just testing.

Boy cowboy, this is a really a huge picture, yikes! now what does a girl do? Hope they don't send the picture police out to get me. Did I miss something? When I copied them from my pictures, they were little. I mentioned I was a computer doofus, didn't I. Well this is just a 'huge example'. Lovely dahlia tho, isn't it? HELP!

Step 1 - post picture. This was accomplished, way to go.

Step 2 - figure out sizing. I will check to see what can be done about that.

Yes - it is a beautiful picture.

Cowboy

Cosmo_1,

When you upload your photo to Tinypic, there is an option to RESIZE. If you leave it as DEFAULT, you get the large picture.

In the RESIZE option, Using MESSAGE BOARD(640x480) gives this size:

In the RESIZE option, Using 15" SCREEN(800x600) gives this size:

Try it out & good luck. You are on your way to posting photos! Let me know if you need any clarification.

Cowboy

phyllis_mn,

Your suggestion about tinypic.com is a good one. It doesn't get any easier than tinypic.com. If all a person needs to do is post a photo, it is great.

cowboy