POSTING PICTURES FROM YOUR COMPUTER

Hi Rich, I was able to post a picture the first time I tried. I did forget to scan down to the finished button the first time so I had to go back a try again, but it worked. I even put a short vedio up on the post.

I was one guy who was on the old site for about ten years and never found the time to do the 3rd party thing, this Hoopla site is so much nicer.

Thank You,

Mario E.

Good deal, Mario! Glad you've got it figured out.

Thank you, Thank you Rich!!.  As they say one picture is worth a thousand words.  Couldn't be more simpler.  Sure beats the picture "mickey mousing" you had to do with the old forum.  I attempted it twice without sucess and just gave up, e-mailed the pictures and let someone else have all that fun.

Thanks for the short instructions Rich!  I highlighted them and printed them out.

Every time I see a photo like yours I'm amazed at just how big the old steamers were.  That's a whole lotta metal going down the track

Yep...a lotta metal all right. 404 tons worth! That's 808,000 pounds! Now picture it roaring down the main line at 70 mph, with a 5,000 ton freight train behind it. Oh baby!

Glad you could use my instructions.

Note: If your pictures are stored on a site like Photobucket posting the old way with a link still works.

How do you attach a layout Plan View from RR-Track so that it is opened in the body of the comment?

Save it as an image file (jpg, pdf, etc.) and the post the image.

Can we post hosted pics from, say, photobucket...or is it just from our PC?

strange... how come I only see a small square graphic image in an outline ?

You can post photos linked from elsewhere, but it's a bit cumbersome that way. Uploading them from your computer to here is the best way to do this.

If you mean the image in my original post here, that's a very good question. Somehow the link to the image got broken. I'll look into it.

Rich, the reason I ask is that the vast majority of my pics are loaded up to PB rather than my home PC....had more crashes here at home thru the years than on PB...that and "most" forums seem to be remote host pic friendly and not PC hosted friendly. If it's a matter of bandwidth I can start keeping it PC loadable only for here.

It's a piece of cake to post pictures from your computer or PhotoBucket.  For Photobucket, you just have to select the IMG copy and paste it in the message here.  Here's an example from my PB account.

 Thanks GRJohn, I figured that the "img" method would work here. I have to upload my camera pics to the PC anyway before I ship them over to PB, so I can just save them in my file to use here too since the admin seems to prefer that way...when in rome...

 One of the pics of the new bachmann shorty On30 boxcars I did for someone who wanted to see pics of it but didn't have one-

 One of my current On30 diesel bashes-

I normally upload them here if I don't already have them on PB, just figured if you already have them there, it's a bit easier.

Rich, the amusing part is your picture link is no good!

That's the problem with PB, once you get a pic there ya can't get it back home to your PC.

Yeah, I right clicked "properties" on that pic and didn't see an "img or jpg..." after it...thought those were supposed to follow any pic? Alot of folks copy or paste pics and get the dreaded red x only because they left tidbits on the address or forgot something needed...not saying the admin did any of that! Worst one is someone moving a pic around in they're PB account and forgetting that this will cut all links to it...closed accounts will do that too. Its always best to organize one's remote hosting pic site before posting any links or you'll loose them for the masses to see. My PB site isn't as organized as I'd like-lol..oh well.

Still trying to find a face pic of me that's decent...all I've got is some wide view shots of me at last years pinewood derby race, I'm the cubmaster, or family shots.

Sure you can.  Just open the image in question and save it on your computer.

Thanks Rich. Need to try this today. Terry

Update. Worked like a charm following the directions! Thanks again Rich. It's very easy!

It's not necessarily that I prefer it that way. If you upload directly here, there are options available to display your images that you don't have with linked photos hosted elsewhere. They can be displayed larger here and if you post several images, they will automatically present themselves as a slide show, if you choose to look at them that way. You can't do any of that with linked images.

Yeah...I know. That's embarrassing! The link to MY OWN picture was broken!

I fixed it.

Rich, actually I just noticed that when I posted the pics up this afternoon...a nice option for the direct upload route...and thanks for that, your input on this and your time sir..you probably don't hear that enough I'd bet. 

Rich - forget it, I figured it out, somehow. Thanks.

Rich I am having trouble with click 3. After I select the picture I want to post I can not find an OPEN choice to click on. I am using Window XP SP3.

Thanks for your help.

Did you double click on the folder, click the pic you want and then double to open it...I don't think about it that much anymore, but if one click won't do it, give it a second....clicks are cheap- trains aren't!

0-4-0 pulling cookie consist, all built by my 13 year old Grand Daughter for my birthday Sunday. Slight hot box problem on the cab observation car.

Hmm, obviously not enough filling in the stuffing box...should taste good anyway! Happy belated...mine's tomorrow, I'm hoping some new boxcars arrive!

After I click on "Add attachments" a box comes up that only reads:

You can upload photos, videos, audio and files. Please note that there is a file size limit of 25 MB (100 MB for audio and videos).

I can only click on cancel after that. Am I missing something?

Sam

You're missing the link above that says "Upload Files", that will allow you to browse for the pictures or other files to attach to the message.

Thanks Gunrunnerjohn. You're right, I am totally missing that. I have exactly what you show above in the "file chooser" box, but there isn't even space for the upload files link to click on. On the bottom there's only cancel. 

Click where John showed you. It'll open another window where you need to choose the files you want. Once you've chosen them, they will upload . Then you can hit finished.

On my screen there is no link anywhere in the box where John shows. The box I get looks the exact same, but no link, and not even the space for a link to be there even if it wanted to be there.

Did you "click" on the spot John showed you? Nothing happens until you do.

I am trying to post pictures from my iPad.  The message I get is I must download flash...will not work on this device.  I cannot download from photobucket either for the same reason.  Is there a way around this?

Trainbug,

Check that you have add-ins enabled in Safari. Here's the Apple support link which describes how to do it.

That should resolve the problem.

I thought iPads couldn't run Flash.

Ipads and Iphones cannot run flash.

see this thread: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t.../iphone-pic-in-reply

At the very bottom I posted instructions for the method I use for posting pictures on the forum.

I use Windows or an Android phone, works fine.

Looks like it worked. Cute picture!

I click on upload attachments and then I click on select files and nothing happens. I never had this problem before.

Same problem here

This is a computer with IE11, Windows 7 Pro, Avast! Free AV, and MalwareBytes Antimalware Pro running.

No issue at all uploading graphics.

Why can't I and other members post pictures with no help from tech support. I haven't changed anything with the way I use to post pictures. Some answers I got was to use Firefox or some other program...WHY? when I didn't need it before?

Because technology marches on. This most recent change was to eliminate the use of Flash in the uploading process and go to html5 for this. This allows people using iPhones and iPads to upload photos...something they could not do before.

The vast majority of members are not having any problems here. Those that are using Internet Exploder are having more problems than others. That's not a surprise because Internet Exploder is a horrible browser.

You hear Firefox mentioned often because it is a MUCH better browser and IT WORKS.

So why we left in the dark with no announcement about changes. What am I supposed to do use an I phone or add another format so Ican add pictures?

Bob

There was no announcement because for 99.9% of the forum members who post pictures it was a non-event. Nothing changed and they can still post pictures just fine.

Read this thread carefully. The people who are having problems are running old versions of Windoze (Vista), old versions of Internet Exploder (ver 9 and older) and outdated anti-virus software.

Technology marches on...

works just fine with IE windows 8

just testing

test using windows 7 and IE 11.

I'm not sure who came up with 99.9% of your users not being affected by this....but I would certainly call those results into question.

Someone has made a high level decision which makes it easier to upload pix if you're an Apple user....but impossible if you're an "old" IE user.

Does anyone else find the mantra of "technology marches on" somewhat ironic....when our hobby is greatly centered on our past?  Why am I being treated as if I'm trying to upload pix using an Atari 2600?

"Your arrogance blinds you." -The Emperor to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi.

Yes, technology marches on. 

Are you willing to adapt?

Which version on IE are you using?

Have you tried downloading a different browser like Chrome?

Chrome works very good for me. 

But not always in a positive direction....adapting usually comes with a price tag attached.   

BTW, Firefox locks up and crashes daily on both of my computers and is no more reliable or stable than IE.  Slowly moving to Chrome....but I suspect that all browsers have their own odd little foibles and personalities despite whatever mythos is followed.

While I know a lot of the focus for this problem is browsers, my particular problem arose when I moved from version 6.3 to version 7.0 of my firewall.  I confirmed this by trying to upload one picture using IE, Firefox, Opera and Chrome, none of which worked.

Many people have automatic update set in their firewalls and may not even realize that some particular update might have caused the problem.  I always set security programs to alert me to available updates so that I can trace potential problems like this, after the update I perform, when they arise.

Chuck

You can call the results into question all you want. Out of 14,950 members here, the only people having issues posting pictures are some of those posting within this thread.

You can accuse me of being arrogant if you wish, but that still doesn't solve your problem. Download FIREFOX and your problem will likely go away. I use it literally every day with zero problems.

Rich,
   For some reason today I was unable to get the OGR forum to post my copied pictures from Photo Bucket, they copy on to the OGR thread but do not post for some reason, can your fix this problem?
PCRR/Dave




Rich as you see the symbol above is all that posts now!
Dave

As a long time IE user, I too was always put off by Rich's constant put down of Internet "Exploder".  It was my browser of choice for several years and I never had any problems with it.  Plus, I make my living developing applications using the Microsoft product suite so I wasn't about to use any other browser.  About 6 months ago I began having big time problems with it crashing and running sluggishly on my Windows 7 machine.  My 15 year-old son had been using Google Chrome on his Windows 7 machine and suggested I do the same.  Boy, am I happy I did.  It is stable and much more reliable than the version of IE I had been running.  So...Rich's recommendation to avoid IE does have merit IMHO. 

Rick

Rixster,

    You mean to tell me my IE/Yahoo will no longer post pictures on OGR?  What kind of garbage is this any way, my photo bucket works great on every other forum.

Rich please come back and tell me what is going on here.

PCRR/Dave

Pine Creek....I never said you could not post pictures on the Forum using Internet Explorer.  I only said I started having issues with it (outside of the Forum) to the point it was freezing or crashing too frequently, so I switched to Google Chrome, which I am quite happy with.  Our work computers use Internet Explorer 9 and I have not had any issues with it.  But I switched to Chrome as my browser on my home computer for the reasons cited above.  I will try to post a picture using Internet Explorer and see if it works.

Update...here is a picture attached from my computer using IE 11.  Worked just fine.

Rick

I work in the IT field. (owner of a Managed service Provider) but as a owner doesn't mean I don't do the work I still do. I'm a one man show per say. google chrome Firefox IE. I personally don't like chrome Firefox haven't used it. all of my client run IE in the past year there has been more issues with IE but those seem to be working themselves out in the last few updates. the only thing you ever had to do in IE was possibly add a site to the compatability settings. I also run a easy list on it to block adds. the only browser I use is IE. and haven't been able to not view something everything works just fine. One site I use to go on said to install chrome or it wouldn't work that was stamps.com and I added it to the compatibility setting and it worked fine. I even run this forum in compatibility mode and it works fine. about 2 months ago I couldn't upload photo's from my phone but that seems to be better now. being in IT and hearing so many places push you to use chrome is scary. a few years ago google released a software package called google desktop and they got in trouble for indexing just like they do to a web page personal computers. chrome still has the desktop feature. it doesn't go on any machine I work with. do they still do it I don't know but I'm not risking it.

my 2 cents worth.

this site works great for me with win8.1 and IE 11

Nothing has changed here...and as you can see above, I fixed your post and the image appears there now.

I think you used an incorrect link for that image. You were using a link that was for the entire PAGE that the image was on, not just the image itself.

In fact, here it is again...

Rich,

   Thanks much, however I have been copying and posting pictures in the same manner for many years, 1st time I have ever had a problem, I have been trying to copy & paste only one picture for some time now, something must have changed on the photo bucket sight also.

Thanks for the help Rich.   Now I get the individual picture to post in the manner below, that needs to be clicked on to be able to see it. (bummer)

PCRR/Dave

If you have been doing it the same way and now it is not working, Photobucket changed something.

When I click the link on your page to get the URL for the PHOTO, I get code which ends in ".html" which is a link to a PAGE, not a photo.

Why do you bother to mess around with Photobucket when you can upload pictures here right from your computer?

Rich & TR Gary,

   You were both correct and I finally figured out how to bring the individual picture over from Photo Bucket they have added another step for copying the indvidual picture now, just more steps to accomplish the same work.

Thanks for everything!

Rich the reason I use Photo bucket for bringing the photos over to OGR is that I can store them on Photo Bucket and then erase them from my SD Card and they will remain on the OGR.

PCRR/Dave

I'm not sure why you don't load the images directly up to OGR, it's very easy, and there's no issue of them disappearing when something changes on the external photo site.

What am I missing?  I simply click on "+ Add Attachments", go to "My Pictures", click on photo desired. Done.

If something can be screwed up or overlooked I do that quite well. 

Posting photos on OGR, no problem here. tt

Tom, that's what I recommend.  It's easy, and the pictures never disappear as changes happen on the external site.

It works for me....

If I want to post a photo that I've stored on Photobucket, I find it easiest to select the photo, click "download" which puts the photo on my desktop, then click "add attachments" etc.

That way the photo will be stored permanently on the forum and not be dependent on Photobucket.

Jim

IMO Jim, that's the best way.  If you ever reorganize your Photobucket stuff, it doesn't disappear from the forum.

Maybe you could change your list of 6 easy clicks by preceding it with DOWNLOAD FIREFOX!

I have posted three replies with photos today on the Real Trains Forum - Midweek Photos.

The picture shows up on the first but not on the other two. The pictures show up in the edit function WYSIWYG and icons show up if I edit the replies, but the pictures do not show up in the post, just the captions.

What is wrong?

Thank you.

Works for me.

Jerry

The first post worked fine. The picture shows up. I did the other two posts the same way (copy and paste the picture files) except they each have two photos. Is it not possible to put more than one photo in the same post?

Let's try...

Yep!

Jerry

If you got an error message did you do anything about it? Evidently your image file was too large for upload.

Jerry that size file should work. Were they a format other than jpg?

Not sure about the cut and past thing. You should click the add attachment button and navigate to the file and post it from there

Chris,

All are jpg format.

Thanks,

What about the cut and paste thing, have you tried the add attachment link at the bottom on the reply window? 

I can tell you why you should use the add atttachments method and not use the copy and paste method.

Search the forum and find and answer to a problem discussed in 2011 or 2012 and an important photo of the fix is missing with a dumb photo bucket message.

Search for a layout design idea and find a wonderful layout with the photos missing. Same dumb message.

Find a thread of interest and the photo of the topic is so small, zooming the browser doesn't give you a good look.

Use the tools the forum provides and be considerate of other forum users.

Copy and paste is so Win98.

Copy and paste doesn't work here, that's why you're having the issue.  I've uploaded hundreds of photos using the Add Attachments link below the reply window.

Thanks everyone for the help.

I was able to add a pair of two photo replies this morning using the "add attachments" method and both replies appeared right away with the photos displayed.

The cut and paste method did work for one reply with only one photo. Obviously, that method does not work with multiple photos in one reply.

Moonman, I am sorry if you were offended by my questions and lack of knowledge about this forum. I didn't think I was being inconsiderate by asking for help. I guess that, in your opinion, only experts should make posts and not trouble the tech support people with questions.

Jerry

Sorry, Jerry. That was a little harsh. I vented my frustration on your situation.

Actually, I was speaking about the photobucket and pasted pictures that end up not being available at a later date as the act of inconsideration. It was not your asking.

Ask away, I do. If you don't, you won't get the answer that you need. I look forward to your contributions and photos.

I suggest you grow a slightly thicker skin Jerry.  If I ran from a forum the first time something went wrong, I've have left a lot of forums over the years.

AMEN!

Jerry, the issue with your pictures had nothing to do with you or your pictures. If you had left them in your post, they would have been approved!

The problem is this...we have a few "trigger words" set which will send a post to the moderation queue for review before posting. Every once in a while, the coding which represents a picture triggers on one of these words. I don't know why it happens and Hoopla Tech Support can't tell me either, but it happens. This is an automatic process...no one here is looking at your pictures making decisions about them.

If you had left your posting alone, one of our moderators would have discovered it and approved it! So how about re-posting the pictures you posted the other day so we can enjoy them? They may go to moderation again because of the image coding issue, but they'll ultimately get approved.

With regard to "discontinuing" your membership, if you don't want to participate here, that is certainly your choice. There is nothing you or we have to do, you just don't participate any more. I certainly hope that does NOT happen.

Tin Plate the Original Stuff

Jerry Davis,

   Don't quit the OGR because of picture posting problems, running a forum like OGR is more complex than you might imagine, there are things that happen in an automatic function, I think you may have set off a couple of the triggers Rich has set up to help

run the forum smoothly.  I post a lot of pictures here on the OGR and had to have Rich guide me thru some of the new procedures myself, take it slow and learn how to post the pictures and everything works out fine.

This is still the best managed forum on the Web!

PCRR/Dave

YOU did not do anything "incorrectly."

It just so happens that somewhere buried in the code in the images you posted is something that hits our trigger word moderation. There is nothing you can do about it, nor is it "wrong." It just happens every once in a while.

I can install pictures but I can not get a video that has been saved to my computer to load. What I'm I doing wrong.

Glad to hear you've stuck around & got the picture thing down at least.

 The video doesn't always show in the composing window for me, sometimes it doesn't show till post is submitted (other than the "orange box"). Size of the video, or file type may be holding you up. I haven't read all the posts here, but FYI- Photobucket can get slow, doesn't always do well for me. I download from PB into my pc then upload in attachments.

Thank you. I have tried a couple videos and its working.