How to paste picture of the floor plan to the message

tpnguyen

Please help, how do I paste the floor plan or any pictures to the message box when posting the new subject. I scanned and saved my floor plan with the Jpig format.
Thanks - Tina

ChrisShaul · Last edited by ChrisShaul on Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:33 am; edited 11 times in total

Hi Tina,

It is actually really easy once you learn the trick!

Summary:
1. Save File in .gif or .jpg or .png format with a unique name.
2. Use a service such as Photobucket.com to store the image online.
3. Copy the BB code from Photobucket and paste it to your post here. Be sure to the BB code has the img brackets as shown below.

ChrisShaul

P.S. It is jpeg not jpig! [Wink]

The file name is either referred to as jpeg or jpg.

Chris

tpnguyen

Hi, Chris
I posted this on the Advance class BB, but I can not get the pictures display. Under the topic M>A Analysis. Please help, what did I do wrong, I followed your instruction step by step and still can not get them up.
Here it is:
" Thanks for the response, I am still not clear on something, please look at the pictures below:

http://www.amfengshui.com/files/VuHs1st.jpeg

That the 1st floor of the house, as you can see if they are not using the main entrance NW, 3p 2m because this will make the potential more likely to happen, so the only door that they can go in is by the garage door which is at the SW, S, and SE. Even if there is another door (at the center) to go from the garage to the house, we still consider that the other entrance will be at SW, S, and SE, is this correct.
Belows is the People & Money & 2002/2003 annual numbers floatted:

[url=http://www.amfengshui.com/files/VuHsPMno.jpeg"]http://www.amfengshui.com/files/VuHsPMno.jpeg"[/url]

ChrisShaul

Hi Tina,

Your file is actually called VuHs1st.jpg not .jpeg.

While they are called this interchangeably, you have to use the exact name in the post on the board to match the file you placed there.

Please edit your post and you will find that it will appear once the name is correct.

Chris

tpnguyen

Hi, Chris
I change the extention of the file from jpeg to jpg and posted it suceesful. The only problem is the picture become so big, it print to several pages instead on one page per picture. I scanned the image with 300 dpi, could that be the problem. Do you have a guide line for this?
Thanks

ChrisShaul

Hi,

Regarding the size of the photo scan, 300 dpi (dots per inch) is fine, but that is the quality, not the size. You probably do not want more than 500 pixels wide or more than 400 pixels in height.

I recommend Paint Shop Pro because it has a resize function that works nicely. It also compresses the size of the jpg files.

Chris

tpnguyen

Hi, Chris
Sorry to border you again, I just posted another image: Topic: M>A or L>X house in Advanced class forum, the picture is very big, can not print on one page, is there anything that I should do so that It won't happen again.
Thanks - Tina

ChrisShaul

Hi,

Open the picture in an editing program and reduce the size to the sizes I mentioned above. Then re-upload the picture and it will correct your post.

Chris

Guest · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject:

Hi Chris,
You mentioned that the Image button is at the bottom right but I could not find any image button at the bottom right but top right.

There was no screen popped up when I clicked on the "Img" button on the top right.

What did I do wrong?
Also, is the file in pdf format with file size 70kB ok? I have not figured out how to put the floor plan in jpg except from converting it from pdf which makes the file size even larger.

Look forward to your advice.

Thanks,
Chew

ChrisShaul · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I am not sure which instructions you are reading. It sounds like those are out of date, so please let me know where you got those instructions from.

On the Post screen (where you type your message), you would type in the address of "http://www.amfengshui.com/files/yourfile.jpg" Then highlight the address and click on "Img" which is a button above the field where you post your message. This will put the proper code around the address.

You can reference a .pdf file, but do not use the Img button. It will appear as a link. When people click on it, it will open in a new window and show the pdf.

Chris
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mpchew · Feng Shui Student Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 365

Hi Chris,

Thanks.

I got the info from one of the old message above in this post.

I think I know what to do now. I don't even need the img button if I type in the link to the pdf file.

Thanks again.

Chew

AnnDavenport · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:38 am Post subject:

Hi Chris,
I tried to upload my floorplan called twosuites.jpg following your instructions, but got this message: Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /classes/bbfiles/cgi-bin/file-upload.cgi on this server.

This is the first time I've tried uploading a file since the new bulletin board (actually the first time I've ever tried to upload an image on the bulletin board), but I am able access the Feng Shui bulletin board to read and reply to topics.

Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your help,
Ann

ChrisShaul · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:44 pm Post subject:

Hi Ann,

Please try again. This was a bug from when we moved to a new server a couple of weeks ago. I guess you were the first to try it. It is now working.

Thanks for pointing that out! Very Happy

Chris
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AnnDavenport · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Chris,
I can upload easily now - thanks! But...(there's always a but, huh) I can't get the image to show up in the post called "One business, two orientations." Here's what I entered:

I even tried this:
http://www.amfengshui.com/files/twosuites.jpg
but "page not found" came up.

Let me know what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks much, Ann