Image Posting

[Nessa the Dancer]

Hello War Ringers

As some of you may have noticed I have been doing a couple of ‘tests’ in here as I get the hang of image posting, that is having an image within a post.
This facility is available only in the Art forum as it is on a visual subject, it is nice to actually see what we are talking about.

The actual image posting itself is quite straightforward (when you know how).

1 – go to art Gallery/Photoforum/Imagehost site wherever the picture is that you want to post
2 – select a select a picture.
3 – click on it and let it download
4 – right click on the picture to bring up Properties
5 – highlight the URL which looks something like this –http://www.warofthering.net/gallery/…….
and copy
6 – Come back to the Art Forum and start your thread
7 – Click on the IMG button http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Nessa-the-Dancer/insertimage.gif a little box should pop up. Titled: Explorer user prompt – Script Prompt
8- right click on the box and Paste – it will replace the http:// that is there already.
9 – click OK and the URL will appear in the reply box. When you have posted the reply you will see the picture.

This method applies whether you are posting from our Art/Photo Gallery, Photo Forum or from an online host ie Photobucket


Now, before you all get carried away I need to lay down a few conditions:
1) After you have test posted once (or maybe twice if you want to be doubly sure), I don’t want to have pictures appearing randomly with no purpose.
If you chose a picture it must be one for discussion. This could be:
*about the way the picture is drawn/painted – use of light, shading etc
*If it is a depiction of an event in Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit etc, then how well the artist captured that moment. And the same applies if it is another Middle Earth scene.

2) The main purpose of this is to make more use of our Art Gallery and there are loads of paintings and drawings there and image posting has been enabled so that they can be seen, appreciated and discussed within the forum.

If you want to discuss a picture that is on another site, you are not permitted to post that image directly onto the Forum. That is called Hotlinking and it is stealing that site's bandwidth it is not acceptable. You can however post a link to the picture by using the http:// button instead of the IMG, and the same conditions still apply as to why you want it to be discussed.

Note: If you would like to share your own artwork with the community we would love to see it you can either post it in our Photo Forum (http://www.warofthering.net/photoforum/) and link/image post from there
Upload them to an online hosting site like Photobucket and do the same thing
or
You can send them to our Webmaster at Illuvatar@warofthering.net and he will create a space for you in our Art Forum (http://www.warofthering.net/gallery/galleries/index.php?cat=2) and you can then link and image post from there.


If anybody has any problems with image posting or has any questions don’t hesitate to ask, you can post them in this thread and I will do my best to help.

Have fun!
Nessa the Dancer

[Ohtarien]

Hello Nessa!
I would like to post some art that I've done off of my computer. How can I put it into here? It seems that I have to have my art in the Art Gallery here at WoTR first. (Please excuse me if there's an obvious answer to this - I'm new!)
Also, I have a few off-topic pictures. (Characters not LoTR.) Would these be allowed in here?

Hantanyel. (Thank-you)

[Nessa the Dancer]

Hiya Ohtarien
I'm sorry I took so long to reply.

The simple answer to your first question is that unless you have access to the photo-forum and can upload your pictures to there, or another place on the internet you won't be able to post your pictures from your computer direct onto the forum.
It is imposible to link an image direct from your computer to the forums (I know this for a fact because I've tried it hehe)

Images must be uploaded to a server that can be accessed via the internet.

So the only way you can do this is to send your pictures to our Art Gallery, then you can access and post them from there - see above for instructions.

I hope that answers your questions - but if you have any more then post them and I promise to read them more promptly next time.

Nessa the Dancer

[Catz]

just to add a little to what Nessa has said, do remember that you can submit your art to the art gallery here if you wish.........fan art is welcome, and you can link to it from there also
:catz:

[Lady Nenya]

Hi!
I had a question concerning the Photo forums. I didn't know where else to post my Q so I hope it's alright that I ask it here.
Okay, when I post a picture that I find on another site do I just add the link of the website on which I found it with the picture? Cause I've noticed other members don't do that but I thought you had to. Thanks!!! :grin:

Lady Nenya

[Nessa the Dancer]

Hello there Lady Nenya
Apologies for the delay.

In answer to your question, it's good practice to say where you got a picture from (if it's not yours) when you are posting in the Photo Forum especially if you are concerned about copyright and give a link to where it was, but some people don't think about that and as long as you don't claim piccys yours it is your decision whether to add the extra link or not.

[Lady Nenya]

No problem for the delay. Thanks for the answer it was helpful!! :)

Lady Nenya

[Nereid]

I'm probaly reviving this thread :mmmm: now but i have one question...
Can you post pictures on this site that doesn't have anything to do with lotr? It's just a fantasy creature i have drawed.. :grin:

[Nessa the Dancer]

Hello Nereid :wave:
Of course you can! We are always very keen to see members' artwork be it related to to ME or Fantasy related.

[Nereid]

Oh, thats good :grin:
But i don't know how to put it up in internet... i have always had this problem in other forums to and it's starting to bug me... i have read many different ways to put it up but i never get it! :blush:

And you don't know how many times i have said this lol

why can't you just put it up directly from the computer, it would have ben much more easier! pfbbt

[Nessa the Dancer]

lol yes it would....well you can upload it to our photo forum and then use the directions in the first post of this to put it up here or at least to link it.