Computer Help

If you use YTM site to post a picture it is saved forever. This is great for finished tractors ect but gets kind of cluttered when you just want to post a picture for a one time use. Kim has provided use with this great site to share info so I try not to post pictures on her site forcing her to buy a bigger server to store all these pictures.

If you use the Talers site for one time use pictures it deletes the picture after about a week making room for others to post pictures with out the need for a mega server to store all these pictures.

Now you have two options to post a picture based on whether it is a one time use picture or not. Another option is most ISP and e-mail accounts offer a free picture posting site for people to share family pictures. You could post your picture there and link to it.

Any picture on the net can be linked to by right clicking on the picture and copping the URL address. This address is then pasted into Optional Image URL box at the bottom of your post. Just my 2¢
John

I use Taler"s, it"s free, to post my pics to YT.

Save the image to your hard drive, C:\My Documents\My Pictures, than use Taler"s browse button to locate the image on your hard drive you want to upload. Upload the image to Taler"s and copy the location, or "path" of the image on Taler"s server. Now paste that location in the Optional Image URL: space in your post.

That"s it, that"s all there is to it.

HTH

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Here it is resized.

2. Once you have photo sized and cleaned up to where it looks good, you have to save it to a location on the hard drive. You'll need to know what's called "the path". In other words the location on the computer where it's saved. If you can get the file size down like I said in step #1, you can save it on the floppy disk. Then it'll be easier to locate. (It will upload slower but that's OK.)

3. Now decide where you want it posted--"Tractor Photos", "Help Identify" and go to that page. It will help if you open up two Internet Explorer browsers at the same time. One can be used to upload the photo and the other can be used to type your message and post the photo. Once you open the two browsers you need to get to this website and then select the photo page on one and the forum page you want to post your message on the other.

4. On the photo page you selected, click on "Add your photo". A page will come up asking for your name (1st name only--OK) and a few other questions. After doing this, proceed to next page. A "browse" window will be seen--click on "browse" and point to the file you want to upload--again easier for beginners to use a clean floppy only containing the photo rather than hunting all over the C: drive. When you select the file, the computer will upload the file to the YTMAG server. Wait until this is complete--if you have dial-up, it might take a minute or so--again, depending on how large the file is. Once it uploads a page will open up showing you the photo. If you like what you see, then click OK or whatever they ask you.

5. Now, go to the photos page and open up your photo. Right click on the photo image and click "properties". A pop-up window will show up that provides the path or the internet address to that photo. left click and drag the mouse pointer across the filename. It will hightlight in blue. Now right click on the highlighted filename and select "copy".

6. Now on the other browser window where your message was already typed, you'll see the space for "optional Image URL". Left-click in that window and then right click in the same window and select "paste". The address to your photo will appear in that window.

7. Now post your message and the photo should appear with your message.

Lots of words, but once you do it a couple of times it'll be easy. There are other ways to post your photo on other sites but this is the way I do it and it works fine.