oldguyinTX
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Why a picture from my computer cannot be inserted on a PM? As far as I can tell, you can only insert an image from a URL, which doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Bob Denman
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:agree: I've always wondered the same thing... :dontknow:
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pitzerwm
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It is what it is, anyone can send me the picture and I'll post it on one of my websites and give you the URl, usually a quick turn around. [email protected]
oldguyinTX
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But that does not solve the root of the problem. Lamont, could you weigh in on this, and have your administrator fix this ? Why can't we insert a picture on a PM? Does not make sense that we cant do that. How about a fix?
Bfromla
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Lamont may answer but I like to think we can keep it as is. Fyi pm a pic can eat lot of memory on a server memory & sadly can be abused by people all too easily, trolls , spam & others. Its lots easier to monitor & control whats on the public forum, not on the PM side. You want to share pics fine. Exchange email addresses on PM then go email pics. Please.
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ARtraveler
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I have sent pictures in PM's. Usually for the sale of seats or floorboards. I go to my album, do a copy, then make a paste in the PM. If you can load it to an album on here, the above process should work for you. :thumbup:
robmorg
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Here's What's Happening....
When you upload a picture to a forum message, it is handled as an attachment to your message. Every attachment is saved by the forum software, in a condensed format, separate from the message text. The software then enters the attachment (picture) in the proper place when someone is viewing the message. You may have noticed that when composing a message in the "advanced mode" there is an option for managing attachments. Using that option, you can actually find any picture (or other attachment) you have ever uploaded and use it again in another message without re-uploading it.
In contrast, PM's use a logic that is somewhat less sophisticated than public forum messages. This logic does not allow for the insertion of attachments of any kind. (As Bfromla suggests above, this saves a lot of server space.) However it DOES allow for the insertion of outside URL's (web addresses), which takes no additional server space. That is why you can insert any picture that you, or someone else, has saved anywhere on the internet as long as you know the web address of the picture. If you do not have your own web site, you can always save pictures in the cloud (Drop Box, MS OneDrive, etc.) or use a web photo program like "Google Photos" (formerly Picasa). (You can also insert URL's that are internal to the forum server - see next paragraph.)
Member albums also use a condensed format for storing pictures, which is similar to attachments. When you follow akspyderman's suggestion above, what you are actually doing is pasting the internal forum URL for the already saved picture into your PM. You can also do this with any picture that has already been posted anywhere in the public forums (by yourself or any other member), since each of these has it's own internal address on the forum server. (Of course, you can also use this method in public forum messages.)
To find the URL of any picture (internal to the forum or external), some browsers (like Chrome) give you the option of copying the address of a picture when you right click on it. Where this option is not present, you can usually "open the picture in a new tab" and then copy the URL from the address bar of that tab.
Hope this explains the "problem", and gives folks some ideas for workarounds.
I don't think Lamont can "fix" this. The "problem" is inherent in the forum software. Actually it DOES make sense.
When you upload a picture to a forum message, it is handled as an attachment to your message. Every attachment is saved by the forum software, in a condensed format, separate from the message text. The software then enters the attachment (picture) in the proper place when someone is viewing the message. You may have noticed that when composing a message in the "advanced mode" there is an option for managing attachments. Using that option, you can actually find any picture (or other attachment) you have ever uploaded and use it again in another message without re-uploading it.
In contrast, PM's use a logic that is somewhat less sophisticated than public forum messages. This logic does not allow for the insertion of attachments of any kind. (As Bfromla suggests above, this saves a lot of server space.) However it DOES allow for the insertion of outside URL's (web addresses), which takes no additional server space. That is why you can insert any picture that you, or someone else, has saved anywhere on the internet as long as you know the web address of the picture. If you do not have your own web site, you can always save pictures in the cloud (Drop Box, MS OneDrive, etc.) or use a web photo program like "Google Photos" (formerly Picasa). (You can also insert URL's that are internal to the forum server - see next paragraph.)
Member albums also use a condensed format for storing pictures, which is similar to attachments. When you follow akspyderman's suggestion above, what you are actually doing is pasting the internal forum URL for the already saved picture into your PM. You can also do this with any picture that has already been posted anywhere in the public forums (by yourself or any other member), since each of these has it's own internal address on the forum server. (Of course, you can also use this method in public forum messages.)
To find the URL of any picture (internal to the forum or external), some browsers (like Chrome) give you the option of copying the address of a picture when you right click on it. Where this option is not present, you can usually "open the picture in a new tab" and then copy the URL from the address bar of that tab.
Hope this explains the "problem", and gives folks some ideas for workarounds.
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Bob Denman
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CuznJohn has got this worked out: he sends me pictures AND videos quite often! :clap:
But I've never asked him about his secret... :shocked:
But I've never asked him about his secret... :shocked:
oldguyinTX
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Thanks to all for some good information. And, as a bonus, I got a free education on how computer stuff works.
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