Adding Pics ?

**greenfordranger** · 21st November 10, 12:22 PM

Anyone else having problems adding pics to this site ? Any advice would be great as I've put plenty of pics on here. For some reason it keeps saying that the pic size is too big before it even uploads a new pic when I try

Must be a new gUBERNMENT regulations I guess

**ForresterModern** · 21st November 10, 12:27 PM

This is cut and pasted from the FAQ tab in blue up above:

One of the first frustrations many people experience, as a new member of the forum, is trying to upload a photo into a post.

Here on X Marks we have a saying. "If there are no pics, it didn't happen."

Unfortunately you cannot upload pictures, graphics or photos directly onto the forum from your home computer. You must link to your photos that are published somewhere else on the web.
To do this you must first upload your pictures to a website.
It can be your own website, or to one of the online photo and video services such as Photobucket.

Once you have the image stored on the Web you then create a link to your photo and post the link in your post. (Photobucket actually gives you the image link which you can simply copy and paste into you post.)

If you are using another website to store your photos you must carefully copy the entire URL address of the image from the web. Then type the URL into your post surrounded by image brackets. [img] " " [/img]

It is usually easiest to open a second window in your browser. One here to X Marks where you are posting, and the other to the website where your photos are stored. This way you can see both by switching back and forth to copy and past the URL address.

You will want to type all of the following on one line, with no spaces or breaks.

(Please remember that you need to use the http:// convention with the Web address. Using just a www. will not work.)

The IMG tags you use to surround your URL are looking for a Location address, with an image extension, such as .jpg - not an .html address.

If it is easier for you to understand instructions with pictures please click here for some excellent instructions written by BEEDEE, one of our Forum Moderators

**Taygrd** · 21st November 10, 02:40 PM

I have had problems today as well. Even deleted a few out of my albums to no avail.

**greenfordranger** · 21st November 10, 07:03 PM

I've always loaded pics directly from my computer on XMTS. Something has changed for sure

I guess there will be no pics of me in my new Wallace Casual kilt from USA Kilts on here tonight

**CDNSushi** · 21st November 10, 08:35 PM

For those who are having problems, here's what I recommend.... It's a method that has rarely failed me.

1. Go to http://imageshack.us/

2a. Set resize options as needed. (640x480 is pretty good for a nice, large, viewable image)
2b. Upload photo as directed. It can be a file on your HD or a hotlink to a photo on another URL.

3. When finished, COPY the "Forum code" and PASTE it directly into your XMTS thread thusly:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

4. Wipe hands on pants. Repeat.

**xman** · 21st November 10, 09:29 PM

I spoke with Steve about this problem yesterday. It was a simple entry error which should be now been corrected.

Some people still just have problems linking photos on the net.

**Steve Ashton** · 21st November 10, 10:11 PM

Just so we are clear about a few terms. There are three different types of graphics or photos availble through the software.

The first is your avatar and profile picture.
These are limited in size to 100 x 100 pixels and a total size of 65535 bytes.

The second is photos posted to threads.
Because these are not stored by the software you must have them stored somewhere on the web be that your own website or one of the photo hosting sites.

The final is photos uploaded to your personal albums.
These are limited in size to 600 x 600 pixels and a total size of 80,000 bytes.
You may have up to 100 photos in your album with a total size of 512,000 bytes.

For best viewing it is highly recommended that before you post a photo to the forum that you run it through a photo resizer/editor to get just what you want.