How to post my stripdown of doseur valve - Ciaran?

[ash2020]

Hi there.
I've taken some pics of my stripdown and refit of my doseur valve. I'd like to post them but, how do I assemble an article with text then photo then text then photo etc. I want to compose it offline then paste it in somehow, not just type and hit the IMG button.
What image sizes would be best?
Cheers
Andrew

[robert_e_smart]

Hi Andrew,

If you use the commands with the link to your photo when writing on word, it will work ok when you post.

Regards

Robert

[ash2020]

Hi Robert. Sorry, don't really understand. Could you repeat in words of one syllable. Not sure what you mean by "commands with the link to your photo". It might be different because I use Open Office rather than Word. Can I just compose a letter with photos in it then cut and paste the whole thing? What about the photo size, 1024 pixels wide?
Cheers
Andrew

[Ciaran]

Hi Andrew,

Are you trying to write the article offline, include the picture links, and have it all in the proper format to post when you go back online?

Have you got a Photobucket account or anything like it, to host photos on?

Ciarán

[robert_e_smart]

Hi Andrew,

I see the problem, I hit the IMG button to show the IMG commands, but when I submitted my post, they had dissappeared.
[ img][ /img] they should have been there, but I have added a space in after the first brackets so that they stay in view.

As for the size of the pictures, I can't help there. I use photobucket, and at times it re-sizes the images nicely, at others it doesn't.

Robert

[Dieselman]

Andrew, you either need to attach the images to teh post and upload them tot eh club server, or use a 3rd party picture host such as photobucket.

If using Pb just add a link to the appropriate picture at the relevent point in your post. If you either chose the 'IMG' tag or surround your picture link by [img]picture%20link[/img], that will automatically display the picture rather than the link.

[ash2020]

Yes ciaran, that was the idea, so I don't have to do it all at the same time.
Cheers

[Ciaran]

That makes sense.

Are you hosting the photos somewhere?

Ciarán

[ash2020]

I wasn't going to, in case you want to make it sticky and I change my photo hosting in the future.
I've written it so I'll try putting the photos into the posting as I go. Please let me know if it takes up too much space or isn't right for some other reason. Cheers
Andrew