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great work, Steve!!

I have added this tutorial to your first tutorial, and they are both located HERE.

this page will require some editing and integration with what Derek had done (at the top of the page), but at least it's all here for our readers.

Thanks for writing this.

Jeff

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:
:
: Hi Guys,

: presented here is the second of my
: "tutorials" on how to use HTML in
: your posts on the Zowie Omega Forum.

: This tutorial will cover how to post pictures,
: multiple pictures, change the sizes,
: postioning & borders around them.

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: So, lets start with some basics. SIZE . Most
: people nowadays surf with a highspeed
: internet connection.
: BUT, it is still common decency to make your
: pictures a reasonable size. Some people
: still surf with modems, a webpage overloaded
: with graphics or a single large graphic is
: not fun for these guys.
: As a rule of thumb. I try not to make my pics
: more than 70KB in size.

: The example pic for this page is 56KB.

:

: How did I do that ? Here's the basic command.

: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg">

: & that's it.

: What does that mean ? Well, there is basically
: two parts.

: 1, the command show a picture
: 2, which picture

: The command starts with this : SRC=" and ends with this
: ">

: The picture is this bit
: http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg

: The basic command is very simple. You just use
: it like that, there should NOT be any spaces
: between the quote symbols

: The picture needs to be hosted somewhere on the
: internet. ie the name should start with
: http://www. ...

: If you can see a picture, ( eg in eBay ) that
: you'd like to post in the forum,
: right-click on the picture,
: go down to the properties option,
: click on it & you'll see the name that
: starts with something like http://www.

: I should mention copyright here. I don't think
: eBay has a problem with people/forums using
: their pics, for educational purposes, but
: some other site owners DO have problems with
: this.

: If the seller doesn't state his copyright, it's
: permissable to use the photo's for
: educational use.

: It's always worth asking a site owner FIRST,
: BEFORE you use their pictures.

:
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:

: You want to post 2 pics ? just repeat the
: command & put a different picture in the
: 2nd command

: Here's the command

: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg">
: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/pics/schuey/yelldial.jpg">

: This looks like

:

:

: You can put blank lines or text between the
: pics

: You can combine this with the

: command to centralize the pics.

:

: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg">
: There is some text between the pics
: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/pics/schuey/yelldial.jpg">
:

: Does this

:
: There is some text between the pics
:

:
:
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:

: Want to put a border around the pic ? then the
: command looks like this

: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg"
: BORDER=10>

:

: You can change the "thickness" of the
: border by using a number other than 10.
: Keith Downing uses this to great effect in
: most of his picture posts.

:
:
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:

: It is possible to modify the DISPLAYED size
: of a picture.

: Believe it or not, the picture below is exactly
: the same as above, I just made it APPEAR
: smaller

: : SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg"
: BORDER=10 WIDTH=100>

:

: Compare the last 2 pics. The ONLY difference is
: the addition of the WIDTH=100 part in
: the HTML command.

: IMHO, I have ruined the picture now, so use
: this extension with care.

: You should also know that this addition, ONLY
: reduces the displayed size of the picture.
: it is still 56KB in size.

:
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:

: Lastly, please excuse my pics. I am not a good
: photographer :-(

: That's the end of the 2nd Tutorial.

: If you'd like me to try to explain how to do
: something with HTML, either post here or
: send me an E-mail.

: All the Best

: Steve