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Posted: June 20 2008 at 16:17

I think I've managed it, but I'm not that good at it yet!

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Posted: June 15 2008 at 12:35

It's really dangerous to let folks know how to link to pictures. I am a prime example.

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: June 15 2008 at 06:14

One more thing: to get

button you must enter the full reply box by clicking

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

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Posted: June 15 2008 at 06:11

Another post from that thread showing one more way to post a picture:

Tony R wrote:

Another simple way to post pictures from the Internet:

Right click on the picture/graphic and select "properties". Where it says address highlight the info which starts "http" eg (try on zacs sig pic above)http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/zacm1587/magnus2.jpg
(to highlight the full address left-click anywhere in the address then double-click to select all the info) with the text highlighted in blue right-click and select "copy".
Now in the post reply box or wherever you want to post the image do the following (IGNORING THE " " s)
type:
"["IMG"]"
after the last ] press CTRL on your keyboard and V to paste the address(Ctrl+V),then type "["/img"]" (of course without the " )

Like this:

Your image should appear eg

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

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Posted: June 15 2008 at 06:09

Here's a thread: How Do I post Pictures?

And let me quote one of our admin's post from that thread:

Tony R wrote:

First two important points to remember:

1. Picture content: The forum administrators have made it known that no pornographic, unsuitable or copyrighted images, cartoons or gif animations should be posted on the site-failure to comply with this could result in expulsion from the forum.

2. You cannot (at the moment) cut/copy and paste directly from your Pc. I advise joining an on-line "imagestation" like Photobucket or Sony Imagestation. Photobucket accepts Gif animation uploads whereas Sony only permits Jpegs.

For the purpose of this guide I will describe posting images using Photobucket.

Photobucket : http://photobucket.com/ is free to join and remains free if you only want to use up to 50 mb of storage space (about 200 average photos and Gifs).Fill in the registration form and away you go.

Images From Your Computer:

In the "Your" Album area of Photobucket click "browse" and select the image you want to upload from the folder on your PC.Click submit and after a short while (depending on you connection speed) the image will appear in the "album." Beneath the image you will see 'URL', 'TAG' and 'IMAGE'.Click in the box next to URl and it will highlight in blue. Right-Click and click "copy".

Next we are going to post the image on the forum.

In the 'Post Reply' box click this button:. An 'Insert Image' box appears. Click in the 'Image URL' box and clear the contents.Right-click and click 'paste' and the address of the image (which you copied in Photobucket) will appear. Click 'OK' and the image should appear in the box.
Note: the image will only appear if you have the full address of the image including "http:"

Images From The Web:

To post an image from the web right-click the image and click 'properties'. Find the text that says 'Address URL' and highlight the address starting "http:" (double left-click and it will turn blue) right-click and click 'copy.'
In the post reply box follow the instructions above under:Next we are going to post the image on the forum.

You can also put these web images in Photobucket by clicking "[ Add pictures from URL ] " in the Add Pictures area of "Your Album"

This is by no means the definitive way to do this and some pictures on the web will copy and paste directly into the forum.It is, however, the way I do it and it works for me

Edited by Tuzvihar - June 15 2008 at 06:12

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

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Posted: June 15 2008 at 06:04

To darqDean (or anyone else) - you say find out how to post pictures. I've tried hard hard but I just can't figure it Confused

Please - how do you do it?

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 18:44

As Micky once told me, you don't really become fully initiated to the forums until you have a post removed for inappropriate content.

Sorry Dean, don't mean to encourage additional work for the Admins.

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 18:38

^ Step two
find the Hot Babes thread

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 18:18

step one: find out how to post pictures

What?

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 18:02

Good news, guys - I'm not a "noobie" any more. As soon as I hit 40 posts it went up to "Goopie"

Not sure I like the term "Groupie" though (not sure what it implies!!)

What have you got to do to reach "Senior Member" ??!!??

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Posted: May 28 2008 at 18:47

Thanks for the advice!

Oh yes -there's another one (quantity eh?)

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Posted: May 27 2008 at 17:56

I think I was a noob for maybe a week or so.

Once you start posting, you can't stop

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Posted: May 27 2008 at 10:06

PinkPangolin wrote:

Why do I have to a Noobie - what do I have to do to leave this behind?

Keep posting over and over - think quantity over quality. Wink

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Posted: May 27 2008 at 09:43

Welcome to PA n00b!

Just stick around,get to know the forum and join in on the many discussions here and you won't be a n00b for long.

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Posted: May 27 2008 at 06:30

DarqDean - As you can see, I managed it! (it was a bit of a struggle, mind)

Thanks for the help

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Posted: May 26 2008 at 19:13

Edit your user profile using the bit at the top of the page that says " Member%20Control%20Panel

Member Control Panel"

Click on "Edit Profile"

scroll down to the section that says:

Select Avatar
This is the small icon shown next to your posts. Either select one from the list or type the path in to your own Avatar (must be 64 x 64 pixels).

...and follow the instructions.

What?

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Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:35

Hey another question to you important folks - how do you get that little square picture under your name when you make posts??

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Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:10

Wow - that was a quick reply - then again 17000+ posts. I have a long way to go! Oh well, at least this is another one - that's 8 now!

Cheers

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Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:05

good reviews are your quickest way to stars hahahhaha

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Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:02

Thank you for your replies you important senior guys!! It's nice to know someone's listening. Thank you for your suggetsed bands etc.. as well. I'll have to look into those!
As for the suggested 20 or 100 posts, my number of 6 seems rather paltry to your thousands! Don't reviews count for anything? I have 38 I think....

As for the title "Groupie" - is that better than "noobie"? Not sure I'm feminine enough!!

Thanks again!