Solved Inserting a screenshot into forum posts

[willythecat]

Am new to Windows 7 having used XP Home for many years, and it's quite a lot different in the way things are done but am getting there slowly.
Have heard of and discovered the inbuilt "Snipping Tool" and have saved a screenshot to one of my directories.
Now when l create a post, like this one for example, how do l insert the screenprint
<say here>
so that others can see it?
Must admit that l have never done this before.
Thanks

 

[dsperber]

Now when l create a post, like this one for example, how do l insert the screenprint
<say here>
so that others can see it?

Assuming you've uploaded your screenshot to an Internet hosting site (e.g. Imageshack, etc.) so that the URL for that image can be imbedded into this post here, you simply manually surround that "direct link" URL (easily available using COPY on the URL from the image hosting site, and then PASTE'ed here in your post) with the universal "start image" and "end image" boundary indicators.

I always put it on its own line, with a blank line above and below. That way the image has a "visual sandwich" of blank space that makes it easily seen from the surrounding text from your post above and below.

The "boundary" indicators (minus the obvious blank separator characters I'm using here for presentation, which should be deleted when you really use them) are:

(a) start image - [ i m g ]

(b) end image - [ / i m g ]


For example, here is an in-line image (posted by me on Imageshack, and pointed to by its URL) inserted between two lines of my text:

And here is continuing text.

So you just have: [ i m g ] h t t p : / / ... for image [ / i m g ]

Note that this can pretty much be used universally, with all BBS/Forum software on any forum site I've worked with. In-line image posting is super-helpful as "a picture's worth 1000 words", and being able to insert an image where it belongs in your discussion is very helpful to others trying to understand your examples and what you're saying.

Alternatively, you can post "attachments" (from your own local hard drive, not requiring that they be uploaded to an image-hosting site) using the "paperclip" button on the composition window toolbar. But they will appear at the end of the post, not in-line.

Images referenced from a hosting-site don't have size limits. Attachments posted by you (and thus uploaded to SevenForums) have limitations.

The forum software is smart enough to understand when, if at all, it needs to "resize for presentation on your post" a very large image file, whose large dimensions would otherwise cause the necessity for horizontal scrolling. Instead, if the image is very large, there will be a "click here to see in full size" bar inserted above a miniaturized version of your image (either on the hosting site or posted by you as an attachment). So readers will see essentially a thumbnail of your image, and they can click on it to see the full-size version.

Here's an example of one of those very large in-line images, presented in thumbnail form (automatically by the forum software), but it can still be clicked on to see the full-size version is you want (virtually always, since the shrinkage into a thumbnail is mostly too tiny to be useful):

Note that in my earlier screenshot example above it was small enough to be presented in its native full-size without any problem. So trimming your screenshots to be just what you want to present is always the smart thing to do, but larger screenshots is still supported by the forum software.

 

[derekimo]

Am new to Windows 7 having used XP Home for many years, and it's quite a lot different in the way things are done but am getting there slowly.
Have heard of and discovered the inbuilt "Snipping Tool" and have saved a screenshot to one of my directories.
Now when l create a post, like this one for example, how do l insert the screenprint
<say here>
so that others can see it?
Must admit that l have never done this before.
Thanks

This will explain it nicely.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[Arc]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

You did it faster, Derek

 

[Anak]

Hi willythecat, welcome to 7F!

Every time you make a post you will see this in the lite green information box below the message window

   Information

For how to upload a screenshot or file, read here

 

[koolkat77]

how about putting in a users name in and it becomes clickable link?
i want to know how to do that

 

[Anak]

In the screenshot?, and where is it going to?

 

[koolkat77]

sorry i did not mean screen shot. i meant suppose
<Anak>

the link becomes clickable and the users badge color appears too..
i want to add it in my sig

 

[Bongo]

how about putting in a users name in and it becomes clickable link?
i want to know how to do that

koolkat77
Highlight the users name and copy it and paste it in next post.
Jerry

 

[willythecat]

Wow, thanks everyone.
Regards
WTC

 

[Arc]

copy and paste

 

[derekimo]

sorry i did not mean screen shot. i meant suppose
<Anak>

the link becomes clickable and the users badge color appears too..
i want to add it in my sig

Highlight the name first, then copy/paste Anak

 

[Anak]

sorry i did not mean screen shot. i meant suppose
<Anak>

the link becomes clickable and the users badge color appears too..
i want to add it in my sig

how about putting in a users name in and it becomes clickable link?
i want to know how to do that

koolkat77
Highlight the users name and copy it and paste it in next post.
Jerry
View attachment 192439

That is how I would do it! Thank you Bongo!

 

[Anak]

Wow, thanks everyone.
Regards
WTC

Your Welcome!

sorry i did not mean screen shot. i meant suppose
<Anak>

the link becomes clickable and the users badge color appears too..
i want to add it in my sig

Highlight the name first, then copy/paste Anak

Thank you derekimo I shall go down in infamy!

 

[derekimo]

Wow, thanks everyone.
Regards
WTC

Your Welcome!

sorry i did not mean screen shot. i meant suppose
<Anak>

the link becomes clickable and the users badge color appears too..
i want to add it in my sig

Highlight the name first, then copy/paste Anak

Thank you derekimo I shall go down in infamy!

Famous Anak , you're welcome.

 

[koolkat77]

it doesnt work

 

[DeaconFrost]

He mentioned using the snipping tool for screen shots. Those should be entered as attachments to keep the display clean. This forum offers some nice tools....use 'em!

 

[boohbah]

i believe the tutorial is called "screenshots and files"
im not sure there is much point splitting hairs over a technical point as the answers provided covered the OP's question,
there are several ways to skin a cat and more often than not when a question is asked then several soloutions are given without issue,
im sure the OP can decide which method suits him/her

edit: this post seems to make little sense now as the post prior to this has been deleted.

 

[dsperber]

That tutorial explains that too, how to insert "attachments" in-line. Starting at #9.

You're right. I never realized before that it was possible to both (a) upload attachments to SevenForums, and then (b) insert them IN-LINE into text. I had honestly thought that all attachments added with the paperclip just always got placed at the end of the post, not knowing it was possible to also then re-locate them with the same paperclip and a subsequent step.

I'd just always uploaded any images I wanted to post to any forum to ImageShack, and then used the "direct link URL" imbedded between my own manually typed [ i m g ] and [ / i m g ] boundary delimiters, whenever I wanted to put an image into a post. I'm so accustomed to inserting images that way that a few typed characters just comes automatically to me, given that I was putting them on ImageShack anyway (which also allows me to easily re-post them into other forums if I want). I'm sure this is exactly what the tutorial from step #9 is accomplishing, but using a GUI-based technique.

Anyway, as has been mentioned... there are generally many ways to skin a cat, and they all get the job done. I think OP's question(s) are fully answered by the assorted responses provided by all of us here.

 

[Arc]

there are several ways to skin a cat

Et tu, Julian ?