Making an image show up in a journal entry or forum post
Go to an image that you want to display in a journal post and right-click on it, then select “Copy image location”-
Now go and open a journal entry (or forum post or whatever) and paste the link in there. It will look something like this:
Now, just add an exclamation mark before and after the image and you are done adding an image. Now you can add text and other images and save the work and your image will show up.
For Internet Explorer users:
1. Right-click on the image and go to properties. Then:
2. highlight and copy all of that text and then paste it into your journal entry or forum post.
3. Add the exclamation mark before and after the link as shown above.
4. Add other text and images and you should be able to save and see your pictures!
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Trying to do this using Safari:
Here is an image I loaded. I right-clicked and chose “Copy Image Address”. Let’s see if this works:
Matt Dawdy
Uggh. This is poorly written. Who is the idiot who wrote this? Oh, I did. Dangit. Let me know if it is unclear so I can fix it.
Thanks
Heather Rivet...
hey thanks wondered how to do this:D
Andy73
Thank you Matt :o)
Heather Rivet...
tried didnt work:(
Heather Rivet...
got it..thanks so much..I appreciate that..
Matt Dawdy
You are welcome.
Kathleen Struckle
Thank you Matt. :)
Noor Shazemeen
Thanks Matt, been trying to figure it out myself for hours until i found this page. Thanks
xoxroth
YA… took about 6 try’s duh but finally got there…thanx…(M)
Matt Dawdy
You are all welcome.
Kelly Boyle
Hi honestly i’m not dense but when i try to do this the small box with the red x appears and not the picture
Ilunia Felczer
I tried and it didn’t work…I did it with properties explanation. I used “exclamations marks help!!!! Here is the link so you can see what happened “
Alyson Pearson
Thank you, it worked!
Is there anyway of using an image which isn’t from the net, for instance an image from my computer?
Thanks :)
EarthGipsy
Sounds clear to me Matt…...however, when I right click on the image I don’t get the “copy image location” option. Back to the drawing board fo rme!
krafty
I got a box with a cross in it…back to the drawing board..lol!!
Jan Stead JEMp...
Thanks Matt…it sounds great and easy, even for a Mac user like me. Kathie Nichols referred me to this page.
So, I’ll let both of you know if I get it to work. And will let you know how I did it, in case there are any other wise Red Bubblers out there who also use Macs!!!
: )
Jan Stead JEMp...
OK Matt…I’m back again. Here’s what I did and what happened:
As I don’t have right click capability I simply went to the buy/preview for a photo in my portfolio and double clicked/copied the URL on that page. I then went into the upload page and pasted this in the description box, with the ! in front and at the end as you have explained (quite clearly, by the way).
I then hit submit and the changes were saved.
But all I seemed to have on the public view page were two blue boxes with ? in the middle.
I think this means something along the lines of information missing.
If you can give me an idea about what I’ve done wrong, I will be eternally grateful.
Thanks heaps
Jan
: )
Kuulei2you
I am a mac user also and am anxious to hear your response to Jan Stead of ten days ago?
Mango
And I’m yet another Mac user … anxiously awaiting how to resolve this issue too!!
Mango
PS. The way to utilise the right-click capability on a Mac is to hold down the Control key when you click.
Matt Dawdy
Sorry, I have not been around for a while!.
I am using Firefox. With the Mac you are probably using Safari. Let me take a look with Safari and I will let you know how to do it!
Matt Dawdy
Alyson Pearson,
I don’t think using a local file would work. To get around this I just add the image I want the way I would add any other picture. I go to “Upload something” and just upload the image I want to link to and then I make sure that the image is not for sale and not viewable and then people will not see it when they view my portfolio. Then I do the process above to put it in a journal post or whatever.
Fran0723
Thank you! Your tutorial was a great help for me!!
iEric