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For those not sure how to, I thought I'd put together a quick tutorial on how to insert images into your discussions.

Firstly, type in your text. Then, click the 'Attach File' button, located just below where you type your post, and then click the 'Choose File' button.

Locate the image file on your computer, and you'll see a thumbnail of the image appear beneath the 'Choose File' button. If you do nothing else but press 'Post Discussion', the image will appear as a thumbnail beneath your post, which, when clicked, can be viewed in its original size.

PUTTING IMAGES IN WITH THE TEXT

To insert the image INTO the post, before you save the post, go back down to the thumbnail beneath the 'Choose File' button, and when you pass your mouse over the thumbnail you will see the option to 'Insert Image'.

After clicking 'Insert Image' you will then notice a collection of characters appear in the writing box, at the bottom, that start with < img src... and ends with .jpg" />

This is the code that will make the image appear inside the writing box, with your text. You can copy that whole line of code, and place it anywhere in with your text, wherever you want the image to appear. So between paragraphs, at the very top of the post, or leave it where it is to have the image appear at the bottom of your post.

If you want to get tricky, and center the image, put < center > at the very beginning of that line of code, and < /center > at the very end of it, and the image will be centered in the writing box.

So the code would look a little like this (I've edited it with gibberish here, just so you can see the line of code):

< center>< img src= CODEANDNUMBERSANDSTUFF" />< /center >

PLEASE NOTE: I have inserted spaces into the code there so that you can see it. If I don't do that it turns what I have typed into the very thing I am trying to demonstrate. Do not insert spaces in those CENTER tags.

INSERTING AN IMAGE FOUND ON A WEBSITE

The instructions above are for when you have the image on your computer, or an external hard drive, USB drive, or disc - i.e. you actually have the image. But you can also put in an image you find on a website. Here's how:

1. Click the image button, and < img src="" /> will appear where you would type your post



2. Go to the picture on you found on the web that you want to insert
3. Right click on the image, and select "Copy Image URL"
4. Paste that URL in between the two sets of double quotes. So: < img src="URL HERE" />
5. Post the comment and you're done.

NOTE: Again, for the purposes of illustration, I inserted a space into < img src="" /> - there is no space between the < and img

I hope this is of help to you getting your images in posts sorted. If I've not been clear, please let me know, and I can try and tighten the tutorial.