Uploading and posting images with imagebam.com

[MemoryHunter]

Originally Posted by VEF Ruler

Imagehost that you can use to post pictures you want to share here on VEF.

This is not hard to use, just follow the steps described below, success.
(feel free to use our Test Forum for practicing purposes)

Note use ImageBam.com

I have used this before with no problems, something has changed, now I can't get it to work. Any ideas?

Cheers, Memory Hunter

[hos]

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[haVEFun here]

Originally Posted by NIN

The Tutorials are quite outdated

At ImageBam, on the MultiUpload page,
First make sure you have these options...
Adult Content + 180x180 thumbnails

select the files you want to upload, then press the 'Upload Now' button at the bottom


The next screen has your codes & images,

'Left click' on the box at the top left , it will turn blue ,
then 'Right click' and in the pulldown menu select 'Copy'


Next, on your VEF post 'Right click' in the box & select 'Paste'

Your post is now ready, add a 'Title' & it's a good idea to test your post first by using the 'Preview Post' button.
If you're happy with the way it looks , press 'Submit Reply'

Credit to original poster NIN , please press the - button in his post

With kind regards, haVEFun here.

[nbwriter]

Okay guys...

VEF is a great forum, the only real bugbear I've had since joining is aligning CAPS (captured images from video files) then posting them online in VEF.

Here's my observations:

For some reason I'm using ImageVenue.com (I think this is one of the recommended VEF image hosts).

Here's my simple HOW TO guide on posting caps on VEF:

1. I use VLC player to do the actual captures, but I changed a setting in VLC so you get number order. (Eg VLCCAP0000001.jpg)

2. VEF seems to like 4 caps in a row, then it will start another row of 4.

3. The TRICK is to make sure there are no gaps between cap images (coz that saves valuable server space, looks neat for members).

4. You get no gaps by deleting "white space" between these BBcode tags:
"[/URL][URL=http://xxximagefilexxx.jpg]"

5. A good total to go for is 8 caps (2 x rows on VEF)

The BBcode needs to appear in a certain way in your POST before you submit it to the forum. (Then I always hit the Preview Post button so I can see all the CAPS are aligned.

Here's some CAPS of how the BBcode needs to look to get neat 4 cap rows on VEF. (The order problem can be solved by hitting the Sorting Order Button kindly provided on ImageVenue.com. Then you just tell ImagineVenue to "sort by name" (Eg 00001, 00002, 00003)

REAL EXAMPLE photos (How the BBcode Needs To Look In Your Post To Get Neat Rows)

[DTravel]

What I do to "align" thumbnails in a post is to have a space between the UBB code for each thumbnail, NO CARRIAGE RETURNS (aka "Enter" or "End of Line"). That way the forum software treats each thumbnail as a word and when users view the posts they are automatically formatted to account for the user's monitor settings.

[palo5]

This is what I PM to Members who ask



1. First download the pic(s) to your own computer -- they must be on your PC before you can upload them
2. Go to http://www.imagebam.com/
3. Find the box "Select type" and select Adult Content -- never forget this, or you could lose your account and all your pics
4. Find the box "Thumbnail Options" and select 180 x 180 pixels. The maximum size allowed on VEF is 200 x 200, and this is the closest
5. If you want to give the gallery a title, enter it in the Gallery Name box
6. Click the "Browse" button, and select the pic you want to upload
7. Click the UPLOAD NOW button at the bottom of the display
8. The files are now uploaded, and a new window appears at the top, with codes you can post -- always take the left hand BB-code
9. Now copy and paste the code into your post

There are other options, such as "Basic Upload" which allows creation of bigger galleries faster. These are easy to use and experiment with


Happy posting

[zorin]

Two tips for those who experience a problem when trying to upload pictures to imagebam, this might be due to the security settings of your browser :

- check that javascript is enabled, either globally or for imagebam specific otherwise the upload screens won't work .

- the multi-upload feature only works if flash is enabled.

[rewbear]

I don't have the ability to create .jpeg or other type files that Imagebam will accept, and IB certainly won't accept .rtf files. Can anyone suggest a way for me to post this file?

[Jism Jim]

.rtf is not an image file. It stands for Rich Text File. That's why Imagebam won't accept it.

[MrInBetween]

Originally Posted by rewbear

I don't have the ability to create .jpeg or other type files that Imagebam will accept, and IB certainly won't accept .rtf files. Can anyone suggest a way for me to post this file?

You could display the file and then take a screenshot. Hard to say, though, if that will produce a satisfactory result without knowing what the originals are. I assume they contain embedded images or you could just convert them to text, then cut and paste. But if they're not images themselves, then perhaps the best thing would be to upload them to a filehost.