Problem: You've uploaded a photographic image to the image upload area of photo.net, and now you'd like to display it here in the form of a question so other forum members can respond and offer critique, but you can't because it is viewed as a "web page" on photo.net instead of a regular image file. You can post your question with a Clickable Link which would take your viewers to the page on photo.net that contains your image, or, even better, you can add the image here. Right in the body of your post. No problem. Here's how.

The following instructions assume that you've uploaded one or more images to your photo.net workspace gallery. You must be a member of photo.net by first registering there. Most services are free, including the image upload feature. If you are not a registered member of photo.net, just go to http://www.photo.net and follow the instructions. It is quick and simple and definitely worth it, even if you do not intend to upload images.

OK, you've uploaded an image to photo.net. What now?

1. First thing, go visit it your image on photo.net, just like any other viewer would. There are three ways to view your image: small, medium, or large. Visit the size that you would like to use for posting here.
2. Hover over the image with your mouse and right-click to open the context menu for that image.
3. Click on the "View Image" option. The image should reappear all by itself without any photo.net text or links or copyrights, etc.
4. Look at the Location field of your browser, and see that word "image-display" appears within the address of your image. If it does, good. Now make sure the entire URL is highlighted, beginning with the "http://..." If "image-display" doesn't appear, then something is wrong. Start over.
5. Copy the URL into your paste buffer by pressing Ctrl-C
6. Come over to this (or another greenspun.com forum) and you're ready to go.

You may want to print this post for reference. Go to my original Adding Images posting to learn the typical way of inserting your image into the body of your post. What you have in your paste buffer is the URL that you will paste between the two quote marks that I talk about there.

If you have questions, please post them here instead of emailing me directly. Either I or others who are much smarter than me can respond with answers for all to see.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), June 04, 2001

Answers

I learned something cool today (thanks to Mike Dixon) about this process. On number 3 above, if there is an option to "Copy image location" (this may depend on your browser) when you right-click on the image, it is much easier. All you have to do, once you select the copy image location option, is then "paste" it into the snippet of HTML you need to write to make your photograph show up.

A lot of folks have problems showing their images from photo.net. I know it can be frustrating. But give this a try, and write to me if you need help.

Thanks, Mike!

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@mail.com), January 07, 2002.