Up until the launch of the new Blitz site if you wanted to post images in a post you need to "host" your images at another site like Photobucket or Imageshack, these sites give an uploaded image a unique address which you could then place in your post and the image would be displayed there.

While this is still a perfectly good way of posting images, if you allow your hosting account to go inactive your images would be removed from anywhere you have posted them, the new Blitz site now gives you the option to host your images at the site itself avoiding this issue and meaning you don't have to open a hosting account at a separate site.

Here is how you can access this feature, start by clicking on Control Panel....




.....then click on My Personal Stuff-> My Files


To upload new files click the Browse button to locate the file on your PC then hit the Upload button,



Once you have several files you can organise them into folders, to create a folder give the folder a name and click Create Folder...


After a while your files area will look like this with folders (red oval) at the top and loose files (blue oval) underneath, to view the files in a folder just double click the folder icon and to view the content of any file just hover your cursor over the top.....


To get the unique address to post an image in a thread click on a file and pick Get HTML Code from the menu....


You then want to copy the BB Code address line....


When you copy it into your post it will look like this.. [img]Lots of funny lettering and code.JPG[/img] the image will only be shown if you hit the Preview Post or Post button and that is how the new function works.
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If you have a Photobucket account and wish to use that this is how that process works.........
When you open your account and go to your "album" it will be empty but you'll see a screen like this.


Click on the browse button at the 1st arrow in the picture and it will give you a box asking which folder on your Computer do you wish to upload a picture from and what picture do you want to upload.
Choose the folder you saved your pictures in and it will list the pictures in that folder, simply grab the ones you want and click the "open" box at the bottom right.
You will notice some code in the previously empty box if you've done this correctly.
Now you can add more pictures (up to 3 from this screen, lots more if you choose "bulk uploader") or you can choose "UPLOAD" (arrow 2)

Once the upload is complete the screen with refresh and your pictures will be on their server!

You will notice underneath each picture is a list of codes in boxes.


Simply left click on the one you need, and it will copy in most cases without any further action from you. (some browsers don't support this so you might need to right click and copy manually)

So now you're ready to post a picture in a post!

Open up a new post or reply page here at TheBlitz forums and type in your message, then where ever you want your image to display in your post, paste that code you just copied from photobucket.
It should look like this code below.
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That's it!

Frid Apr 23, 2010 9:36 pm