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[ithacaartist]

Herman,

Putting in a URL will not preserve the pics on our site because they are still vulnerable to being moved--making the URL useless--or the demise of that other site.

Here's how I would do it: When you have the pic displayed on your screen, right-click on it to bring up a dialog box. One of the choices in the box will be "Save image as", so click that. This will pop up a window that lets you choose what folder on your computer it will be filed in. You may store it in any folder listed on the file system tree, or create a new folder and name it anything you wish. Just keep track of where you file the pic, and you'll be able to find it later, when you're uploading via the "browse" option on our site's "manage attachments".

I'm PC, but this will probably work for Mac, too. I don't know if you'll need a Mac guy to translate the specifics, so to speak. But this is the easiest way to get the pics onto your hard drive for transfer to a post or gallery here.

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Herman,

Putting in a URL will not preserve the pics on our site because they are still vulnerable to being moved--making the URL useless--or the demise of that other site.

Ed, this is the part of David's post I was addressing. His statement is correct. Linking external photos versus uploading to the forum by any means.

Using the image icon to post a photo simply places the URL to the photo inside of the [IMG] and [/IMG] tags and the photo will only remain on display in that post as long as no one changes the URL or location that is linked.

Using the Upload from a URL feature in the Advanced/manage attachments screen uploads a copy to the forum versus just linking to the external file.

He understood what I was trying to tell him.

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Thanks, John, now I understand how our software works for this method. My misconception is cured!