Sean Engle
10-09-2007, 02:30 PM
:nerd:Attaching images to posts is very simple. There is just two things you have to bear in mind: file size and dimensions (measured in pixels).
Because of file size constraints (the size of your file, and how much room they take up on our servers), we have size and dimensional maximums for images to save space. Prior to these requirements, people use to post huge images (very high resolution, very large file sizes) and it was killing us.
So, here's a short primer on how to edit your images:
When you go to post your message, and want to attach images, you'll go to the 'Manage Attachments' button (see image 1.0).
When you push that button, you'll see all the requirements for various types of attachments. These requirements tell you the limits on what you can post - both in file size and dimensions (see image 2.0). In this case, our images are jpeg files - note the arrow. In this case, the limits are 800x600 pixels and a file size no larger than 293 kb.
:confused: Huh?? "What's that?" you ask? Well, those are the limits - so now, look at your images. If you go to a typical (Windows) folder, you might see your files shown as thumbnail images (image 3.0), so change the 'view' to "Details" and make sure you've added the 'Dimension' column (right-click on the column headings to add other columns - or - you can also just right-click on the image file, and go to properties, and then the summary and adanced tabs - where the info is also shown). This is what you will then see (see image 3.1) - note the dimensions of the files, and the sizes - note some are TOO LARGE for posting...
So you need to edit your images.... "Oh no - how on earth do I do THAT?" you ask? Easy - most (Windows) machines have image manipulation software on them - and it's easy to do. In this case, I right-click on the images, and 'Open With...' 'Microsoft Office Picture Manager' - the application will open, and you can edit your images. You can also use other applications like Photoshop, Fireworks, etc...
I first crop all the garbage from the images with the 'Crop' feature (see image 3.5) and then
Resize the image with the 'Resize' feature - ensuring that the dimensional size is small enough (see image 4.0).
Afterward, go back to the folder, and look at your image/dimension sizes (see image 5.0) and then
Upload your images by using the Manage Attachments window navigation tool (see image 6.0). Note that you are limited to five images per post - hence my having to add a second post to put up all eight images contained in this discussion.Try it - you'll see it's really not that difficult... :nerd:
Because of file size constraints (the size of your file, and how much room they take up on our servers), we have size and dimensional maximums for images to save space. Prior to these requirements, people use to post huge images (very high resolution, very large file sizes) and it was killing us.
So, here's a short primer on how to edit your images:
When you go to post your message, and want to attach images, you'll go to the 'Manage Attachments' button (see image 1.0).
When you push that button, you'll see all the requirements for various types of attachments. These requirements tell you the limits on what you can post - both in file size and dimensions (see image 2.0). In this case, our images are jpeg files - note the arrow. In this case, the limits are 800x600 pixels and a file size no larger than 293 kb.
:confused: Huh?? "What's that?" you ask? Well, those are the limits - so now, look at your images. If you go to a typical (Windows) folder, you might see your files shown as thumbnail images (image 3.0), so change the 'view' to "Details" and make sure you've added the 'Dimension' column (right-click on the column headings to add other columns - or - you can also just right-click on the image file, and go to properties, and then the summary and adanced tabs - where the info is also shown). This is what you will then see (see image 3.1) - note the dimensions of the files, and the sizes - note some are TOO LARGE for posting...
So you need to edit your images.... "Oh no - how on earth do I do THAT?" you ask? Easy - most (Windows) machines have image manipulation software on them - and it's easy to do. In this case, I right-click on the images, and 'Open With...' 'Microsoft Office Picture Manager' - the application will open, and you can edit your images. You can also use other applications like Photoshop, Fireworks, etc...
I first crop all the garbage from the images with the 'Crop' feature (see image 3.5) and then
Resize the image with the 'Resize' feature - ensuring that the dimensional size is small enough (see image 4.0).
Afterward, go back to the folder, and look at your image/dimension sizes (see image 5.0) and then
Upload your images by using the Manage Attachments window navigation tool (see image 6.0). Note that you are limited to five images per post - hence my having to add a second post to put up all eight images contained in this discussion.Try it - you'll see it's really not that difficult... :nerd: