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jlemons · Jan 1, 2005, 08:42 PM

Could someone tell me or show me where I can find directions for posting pics in this forum. I have no idea. I click image but I get nothing. Also how do you add a pic to your signature like so many of you have. Thanks

Spheric Harlot · Jan 1, 2005, 08:45 PM

(img)http://the link to the image you're posting(/img)

except use [ and ] instead of ( and ).

You will need to host the image elsewhere, as MacNN does not allow attachments.

Cubeoid · Jan 1, 2005, 10:45 PM

You can add a sig picture by updating your profile, in the User Center.

KeriVit · Jan 1, 2005, 11:03 PM

Not dumb- I've been trying to get it too. This the advice I got...

you gotta have your image hosted by another site- say.. mac.com or something. Then you have to type in the following info- obviously customize it...

{img]http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/image.jpg[/img]

Hope that helps!

storer · Jan 1, 2005, 11:15 PM

www.Photobucket.com is a great site for image hosting.

jlemons · Jan 2, 2005, 10:33 AM

Thanks everyone. I will give it a try. I believe I might can do this now. Thanks again.

Randman · Jan 2, 2005, 10:39 AM

Make sure to have the signature the correct size, and don't post photos too large otherwise the mods will spank your hand and send you to bed without dessert.

ajprice · Jan 2, 2005, 10:42 AM

And remember, remember, the 5th of Novem... no hang on. Remember, the sig size is 200 pixels wide by 50 pixels high, and the max sig file size is 10k.

Krusty · Jan 2, 2005, 11:00 AM

Hit the 'reply' button directly above this message and you will be able to see the proper syntax for regular images and thumbnailed images. Of course you realize that you CAN'T post images as attachments on these forums ... you must have some web space somewhere to host them.

Example thumbnailed image

Example Inline image:

d4nth3m4n · Jan 2, 2005, 11:08 AM

why the hell is that dumbass running away??

and the "preveiw post" button is essential. even for times when you get a link in ichat that you would like to download but can't option click right away.

effgee · Jan 2, 2005, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
why the hell is that dumbass running away?? ...

he's commiting suicide ... the movie buffs will know

Krusty · Jan 2, 2005, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
why the hell is that dumbass running away??

Did you never see that Monty Python skit ? Here's the context in paraphrase (its not exactly suicide .. its his chosen method of execution)

[scene of guy running .. no girls in frame]
NARRATOR #2:
This man is about to die. In a few moments, now, he will be killed, for Arthur Jarrett is a convicted criminal who has been allowed to choose the manner of his own execution.

NAKED GIRL #1:
There.

NAKED GIRL #2:
There he is!

NAKED GIRLS:
[panting]
[exciting music]

GOVERNOR:
Arthur Charles Herbert Runcie MacAdam Jarrett, you have been convicted by twelve good persons and true... of the crime of first degree making of gratuitous, sexist jokes in a moving picture.
[heavenly music]

NAKED GIRLS:
[panting]

ARTHUR JARRETT:
Aaaaaaaggh! *chased off a cliff by the naked chix0rs*
[whump]

PADRE:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

effgee · Jan 2, 2005, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Krusty:
... it's not exactly suicide .. its his chosen method of execution ...

execution ... yessss ... it's been ages since I watched that.

d4nth3m4n · Jan 2, 2005, 11:34 AM

:hangs head in shame:

i knew i'd seen that somewhere, just didn't think it would be something as essential to the human condition as python. meaning of life, right?

what a way to go then!

Krusty · Jan 2, 2005, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by effgee:
execution ... yessss ... it's been ages since I watched that.

Same here .. wonder if that movie is on DVD somewhere? Maybe I'll get a movie membership somewhere later today and see if I can rent it. There seems to be a dearth of Python video clips online ... all I could find was that text description.

d4nth3m4n · Jan 2, 2005, 11:46 AM

yup, it's on DVD, it was one of the few bearable movies my father rented for me this summer when i was laid up recovering from having my tonsils out.

i was a little groggy when i saw it. *shrugs*

effgee · Jan 2, 2005, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by Krusty:
Same here .. wonder if that movie is on DVD somewhere? Maybe I'll get a movie membership somewhere later today and see if I can rent it. There seems to be a dearth of Python video clips online ... all I could find was that text description.

Amazon has pretty much everything Python available on DVD - if you got a well-stocked video store in your neighborhood you might be able to rent it.

**putsmontypythondvdsonownshoppinglist**

macintologist · Jan 2, 2005, 11:54 AM

Woah so if I post an image wrapped around {url] tags it will automatically shrink it?

Sweeet.

d4nth3m4n · Jan 2, 2005, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by macintologist:
Woah so if I post an image wrapped around {url] tags it will automatically shrink it?

Sweeet.

no. you have to host a second image as the thumbnail. look closer.

macintologist · Jan 2, 2005, 11:59 AM

Oh crap. I didn't see the 't' at the end of the second url. I thought they were identical :/

Well at least imageshack does it for you:

jlemons · Jan 2, 2005, 03:48 PM

OK I am practicing. Here it goes.

jlemons · Jan 2, 2005, 03:51 PM

Great now I have the picture thing down. Now for my sig pic. HOW do I keep it 10kb or below?

Jaey · Jan 2, 2005, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
Great now I have the picture thing down. Now for my sig pic. HOW do I keep it 10kb or below?

Photoshop's save for web is sweet... Makes it miniscule in size, yet retains most of the quality.

Spheric Harlot · Jan 2, 2005, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
Great now I have the picture thing down. Now for my sig pic. HOW do I keep it 10kb or below?

You should have got a copy of Graphic Converter with your Mac, if you purchased it within the last few years.

You can use that to save to a specific target size.

d4nth3m4n · Jan 2, 2005, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
Great now I have the picture thing down. Now for my sig pic. HOW do I keep it 10kb or below?

preview.app works wonders too. just use the export to JPG. you can specify the size.

skalie · Jan 2, 2005, 06:45 PM

That is a very ugly bus.

Jaey · Jan 2, 2005, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by skalie:
That is a very ugly bus.

You're an ugly bus

skalie · Jan 2, 2005, 07:04 PM

that's nice

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:25 PM

testing my sig

Randman · Feb 3, 2005, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
testing my sig

Not showing. Make sure it's a .jpg or .gif or the likes.

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:40 PM

OK, here we go again.

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:41 PM

One more time

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:42 PM

This has got to be it.

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:43 PM

what is up with the pixels at the top?

E's Lil Theorem · Feb 3, 2005, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
testing my sig

EDIT: Looks good.

That line is meant to seperate your post from your sig.

Mafia · Feb 3, 2005, 02:46 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
what is up with the pixels at the top?

its a small bar seperating the post from the sig.

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:46 PM

Originally posted by jlemons:
OK, here we go again.

Keep testing

-t

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
Keep testing

-t

Ok, you just got it !

-t

Randman · Feb 3, 2005, 02:47 PM

That's Macnn. If you saw others, we all have that line. Your sig appears, multiple times. Next, we'll work on editing previous posts vs creating new ones.

How long have you been registered here?

deej5871 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:49 PM

Sort of on topic:

[img]file:///System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/missing_image.tiff[/img]

Why doesn't this work? Typing it into the browser window works, but it won't show... (and yes, I realize it won't actually be there for some of the people here, but other than that, why doesn't it work)

Mafia · 03:01 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:
Sort of on topic:

[img]file:///System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/missing_image.tiff[/img]

Why doesn't this work? Typing it into the browser window works, but it won't show... (and yes, I realize it won't actually be there for some of the people here, but other than that, why doesn't it work)

jlemons · Feb 3, 2005, 02:50 PM

sep. of 1999. I mostly just read the posts. As you can see, I don't post much myself.

effgee · Feb 3, 2005, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by Randman:
... How long have you been registered here?

Look at that - Sept. '99 !!1!

Probably the son using dad's account
</kidding>

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:
Sort of on topic:

[img]file:///System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/missing_image.tiff[/img]

Why doesn't this work? Typing it into the browser window works, but it won't show... (and yes, I realize it won't actually be there for some of the people here, but other than that, why doesn't it work)

Hm, I'm not sure. I can only imagine that the forum software does not parse and display any image that does not start with http:// Just a guess though...

-t

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
the picture is located on your hard drive it works in your browser cause it can access your hard drive. got to upload it to the internet.

I don't think that's what he is asking.

I think he wonders why it doesn't display for him on his computer, although the internet browser is capable of displaying local pics.
It must be in the way the {img][/img] tags handle pics...

-t

deej5871 · Feb 3, 2005, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
I don't think that's what he is asking.

I think he wonders why it doesn't display for him on his computer, although the internet browser is capable of displaying local pics.
It must be in the way the {img][/img] tags handle pics...

-t

Yeah, that's what I was saying. I swear I've seen it work on these forums before (specifically, in the GUI forum), but I might be losing my mind.

Mafia · Feb 3, 2005, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
I don't think that's what he is asking.

I think he wonders why it doesn't display for him on his computer, although the internet browser is capable of displaying local pics.
It must be in the way the {img][/img] tags handle pics...

-t

lol another reason why i should read the whole post. i should really start doing that

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:
Yeah, that's what I was saying. I swear I've seen it work on these forums before (specifically, in the GUI forum), but I might be losing my mind.

How could you see it work in posts by someone else ?

-t

deej5871 · Feb 3, 2005, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
How could you see it work in posts by someone else ?

-t

I don't quite understand what you mean. For everyone here using Mac OS X (like myself), this link should work. If it worked with the image tag, then everyone here on OS X would see that image. That's why I'm confused. I think I've seen it work before with the image tag, but it doesn't work now.

Edit: Oh yeah, and the "I might be losing my mind." disclaimer still applies. I may have seen this somewhere else and my memory is messed up.

turtle777 · Feb 3, 2005, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:
Edit: Oh yeah, and the "I might be losing my mind." disclaimer still applies. I may have seen this somewhere else and my memory is messed up.

I think you're on the right track now

-t