Moonfire Faire Screenshot Contest (EU) - Discussion Thread

[Bayx]

So uh. I'm new to this and I can't seem to grasp how uploading pictures work.
I click on 'Insert Image' but then it asks me for a URL.

Am I supposed to upload the image onto another website then copy that URL into here? Or am I doing it completely wrong?

Help is much appreciated

[mbncd]

So uh. I'm new to this and I can't seem to grasp how uploading pictures work.
I click on 'Insert Image' but then it asks me for a URL.

Am I supposed to upload the image onto another website then copy that URL into here? Or am I doing it completely wrong?

Help is much appreciated

Yes, upload it somewhere (even to your blog on the Lodestone works but there are a lot of free image hosting sites like photobucket, imgurl, etc) and then copy the address into the [img] tags of your entry post.

Good luck ^_^

[mbncd]

Ugh, no edit option, sorry for double posting...

I just wanted to add that everyone should use the preview function on the official entry threads because it's very important to get it right the first time.

It's easy to make a typo in the image address or bring in a thumbnail instead of the full sized image and preview will allow you to catch those mistakes in advance.

Ignore the quick reply feature and go into advanced (a button just below the quick reply box) and preview post will be underneath that box on the new page.

Not sure if anything that has already been typed into the quick reply button will be copied into the advanced page or not so best to copy/cut the post and paste it in the new page just in case.