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Including Images
on Planet Think Tanks
for Macintosh®

I have written these instuctions
so you can include your image in the forum
using Macintosh OS X.

 

First you need a web site that you can use to upload your image.

It has been suggested that you use a service like UploadIt.org
to host your image files, because it is free.

Click on picture to got to UploadIt.org
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The best image formats are jpeg, gif and png. Jpegs are for photos and screen shots,
gifs are for graphic (solid color images) and png are an new format and used less often.
Macintosh screen capture creates images not useable on the web but you can open
them in Preview and export them as another format. Here are the instructions.

  1. Open Preview (located in Applications) and choose File > Open.
  2. Locate the file you want to convert and click Open.
  3. Choose File > Export.
  4. Choose a file format from the Format pop-up menu and click Save.

Also available for FREE, is Toy Viewer image editing software.
Click here to get more information
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After you have an account with a web site
and have your images uploaded you can
create a new message or edit an old one.

 

You can click the link at the bottom of a forum thread
to get instructions if you forget the specific code for displaying images.

 

A new small window will open to show all available codes.

 

When you click the "Inseritng Images" link it will take you down the page to:
the specific image code that will allow you to display your images.

To use the code you must type exactly the ZBB Code for images:
ie: [img] and [/img]
Your exact link is placed inside the codes where the "and" is

 

Remember you have just started a new message or editing and old one.



As you create or edit your message, you can open a new web browser window.
In this window you will find the image that you want displayed in the forum thread.


Now switch back to your forum message where you will use the copied link.



When you finish the message you can click the submit button.


Now to recap

  1. Get an account with a web provider to hold the images you want to display.
  2. Go to Planet Think Tanks forum where you want to post an image.
  3. Type [img] (this is the opening code).
  4. Find your image in another web browser window and copy link (URL including http://)
  5. Paste link in forum message.
  6. Type [/img] (this is the closing code).
  7. Finish your message and click the submit button.

At this point you will see your message displayed with the image.
If you dont see the image, it is probably due to an extra space
or some mistyped code. If this happens you can click the edit link
and correct the code and link.