How to upload an image to WTT and include it in your post - Courtesy of Ztruker

If you need to include an image of some kind in a post you are making, whether it's a new topic or a reply to an existing tropic, do the following:

1. Start your new post or reply
2. Look below and to the right of the message input area and you will see Browse and Upload buttons.
3. Click on the Browse button to navigate to the image on your computer you wish to post here. Select the image and click on the Open button. The full path to the image file will be shown in the input area to the left of the Browse button.
4. Click on the UPLOAD button and the file will be uploaded to WTT. Once it's uploaded, it will appear in the "Manage Current Attachments(n) drop-down box above the Browse and Upload buttons.
5. Click on the drop-down box and select the image you want (you can upload more than one) then click on the icon to the left that looks like a piece of paper with a green cross on it. That will place an attachment= entry in your post.

If you click on the Preview button (not the Add reply button) you will see what the post will look like with a small thumbnail of the image included. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image. Once you are happy with the post, then click on the Add reply button to submit it.

The primary reason for this is to spare our dial-up users from having to download large images that they may not want to see in the first place. They can look at the thumbnail and if interested, click on it as above to see the full image.

Here is an uploaded screen-shot of the Browse & Upload feature from your topic message input area.
 Browse_and_Upload.jpg ( 5.31K ) Number of downloads: 28


This process also works for files other than images though you will have to zip them in many cases if they are too large or the file type is not supported here for direct upload.

7-Zip is a free utility that will do this for you. I still use Power Archiver 6.1 which is also free (any release prior to 7 is freeware) as I like the right click context menu extensions it adds.

Note 1: This process DOES NOT work if you click on Fast Reply instead of Add Reply (thanks Digerati).
Note 2: Dialup users can shorten the upload time by following a few suggestions:

• Save your image as a jpg or gif
• Reduce the size of the image to a max of 800x600 pixels at 72 DPI.

If you are not familiar with image editing software, a nice, easy to use, free one is IrfanView.. Download and install it (DO NOT install Yahoo or Google toolbar) then:

• Click on Image then Resize/Resample.
• Click on 800 x 600, set the DPI to 72 then click OK.
• Lastly, click on File then Save as and save it under a new name so you don't lose the original.

Use this smaller image to upload here, it will be a lot faster.

This post has been edited by Ztruker: Mar 10 2009, 07:45 PM