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HTML Tutorial # 2 - Posting Pictures !



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.

<IMG 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 <IMG 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

<IMG SRC="http://www.old-omegas.com/zowie/buzz.jpg">
<IMG 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 <CENTER> command to centralize the pics.

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

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

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

will anyone notice this text ?

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

<IMG 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

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