Idiot guide on how to post photos please!

[Nemesis]

It took another poster and about an entire evening on google chat to get me up and running with it!

Now I can't be stopped...



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[pieman]

Well I had better join in then.........

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[Nemesis]

Nice bricks and original mortar too!

Any idea who the initials belong to?

 

[pieman]

We have done some digging but to no avail, we are going to go the the central records in Lincoln to see if we can shed some light on it. We have looked on the census, but this is difficult without a name.

I have some deeds but these only go back mostly to the 1970's, but nothing previous to that unfortunately. Although the name Waite has been mentioned twice as a lender in a mortgage document for 1961, nothing solid though.

Unfortunately the house has been abused in the respect of so called improvements, the windows are a prime example. We are planning to put back the sash that I assume would have been there to start.

 

[Nemesis]

Records offices are great places. The staff are usually extemely helpful and can point you to stuff which can be very useful in a bit of detective work.

 

[pieman]

Can I ask some advice..... we are going to take down a nice 70's extension at the rear of the property, and replace it with something more in keeping. Do you know where to get or a supplier of new bricks which are similar to the original facing bricks?

 

[Nemesis]

Hmmm... I wouldn't normally recommend a salvage place, but that may be one answer (SALVO).

It may be worth contacting your CO see if he or she can give you any pointers.

Otherwise you could try asking Bulmer Brick and Tile to see if they could help?

 

[Nemesis]

Sarah -

Can't seem to link your post to this today, so bringing it back to the top. Hope this is of help.

Ev

 

[Taff in Glaws]

Not sure if I'm bucketing and sharing photos right!

 

[Nemesis]

Looks fine to me! You can also edit and reduce in size using Photobucket.

 

[Taff in Glaws]

Thanks Nemesis I've now sussed out the editing function in photobucket.

 

[Nemesis]

Nice house!

Once you have got the hang of Photobucket they do tend to change things - update the facilities - which confuses the likes of me I have to admit!

I'm sure it does a great deal that I haven't yet fathomed - not got round to online albums for example (althougfh I think Picassa has those too. If you haven't tried Picassa I recommend it as a freebie download which helps find pics easily).

 

[Penners]

edit and reduce in size

There's a handy little piece of software, called Shrink Pic, that you can download free of charge from
here. So long as Shrink Pic is running, whenever you upload a picture file or attach one to an email, Shrink Pic will reduce it to a predetermined size. It doesn't affect the original file on your hard drive - only the version that you're going to upload or attach.

By default, Shrink Pic installs itself as a startup application, so it's running whenever your computer is on. If you don't like this, you can switch off that function, and just start it when you feel like using it.

Be sure to read "How it works" on the download website, so that you set up Shrink Pic to your own preferences. It's dead easy.

 

[MdB]

Some advanced tips on posting images

(1) Keep the image size sensible.

If the image is more than around 700 pixels wide then it is starting to get too big and will widen the page view for some peoples screens. It will also take a long time to download for those people still on dial up.

On the other side, pictures below 400 pixels (largest dimension) are often too small to see properly.

To resize images requires some form of image editing program. Many digital cameras come with suitable programs on disc but you can download the Gimp for free if you need to. The Gimp is great but takes some learning. Resizing is easy though. Photobucket will do this for you too. (thanks Nemesis)

(2) Post small images but with links to larger versions.

If you put small images in your post then they are quick to download for everyone and if someone is interested they can click to get the larger version.

To do this requires you to upload two versions of the image you want to post to a website somewhere. The small version I think should have a maximum dimension of around 400 pixels. The larger version I tend to use 1000 pixels.

The code to post is then as follows:

[url=largepictureurl][img]smallpictureurl[/img][/url]

As an example, the following code produces the following picture which can be clicked on:

[url=http://www.thebat.biz/images/forsale.jpg][img] http://www.thebat.biz/images/forsale_t.jpg[/img][/url]

(I've broken my own rules on image sizes and made them small as nobody is interested in the image.)

(3) Things that go wrong when posting images

The main mistake that people make when posting images is to use the url of the page where the image is rather than the image itself. The bit you put between the image tags should end with .jpg or .gif. If it doesn't then it won't work.

 

[Nemesis]

Photobucket does the resizing for you. Easy. Simply load then edit.

I add this too:

http://periodpropertyshop.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8731&highlight=posting+pictures


which has other suggestions about resizing