Tutorial Requests & The Tutorials, Themselves. How to Post Pictures Here, Etc.

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[Jill]

      Until a permanent location becomes established for both
                                    Requests for Specific Tutorials and the Tutorials, Themselves,
since I have a specific request, right now, I thought we might, at least, temporarily use this new thread until something more desirable is established.

A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR A TUTORIAL:  HOW TO POST PICTURES HERE AT THE KIVAFRIENDS'  FORUM.
        This is not for me; I already know how. 
It's just that I know that a number of people here, including at least, one "old dog," in particular, still do not know How To Post Pictures Here.

    I would try to explain it myself, but I'm trying to be merciful to them and to the rest of you, so, I'm asking whether someone else, someone who would be terrifically more succinct and less convoluted than I, (meaning just about anyone else), whether someone would  be willing to write out instructions here, telling people who don't know how-- Two Things:

1) How to Post Pictures Here from Kiva -- including directions for sizing up and down
                                                                                                                                      and.......

2) How to Post Pictures Here from Elsewhere on the Internet, i.e. Google Image, from Other Websites, etc.
            being sure to provide for people with PCs and also, for people with Macs.

          I'd really appreciate your help, and I know that a lot of possibly bashful Kiva Friends would, too.   Adding pictures, sometimes, just really dresses up some of the posts.  Plus, it's fun, especially when you're looking for just the perfect picture and you happen to find it.

             Thanks,
              Jill

EDIT:  My friend, below, is saying, "Please, pretty please, cherries in the basket please.  I'll be your best friend......."

       

[Jill]

      When I realized, early this morning, that nobody was going to be beating down the doors to respond to my request, I decided I would do it, however verbosely and ineptly, myself.  I'd want someone to do it for me.... if I didn't know how.

How to Post Pictures From Kiva.org:
Once you’re at your Entrepreneur’s Profile page, click on his/her picture to enlarge it.  Now that you’re looking at the enlarged picture without the accompanying text, copy the URL that ends with “jpg” that you see at the top of your screen.
For instance: http://kiva.s3.amazonaws.com/img/w800/129509.jpg

When here at the Forum, at the appropriate place in your reply/post,
a) Paste that URL into the text.
b) Highlight that URL.
c) Then look at the page above the smiley guys, the emoticons, and click on the very first square on the second row.
(It’s under the “B” for bold and to the left of the little globe which, if clicked on, enables you to create a hyperlink).  The pointer turned into little hand will generate the words, “Insert Image”, so you’ll know you’re at the right place.  After you click on that little square,
“img” in brackets will appear on both sides of the URL you’d copied there from your pic. 
When it’s a picture taken from Kiva’s website, if you then click on Preview, you should be able to see the picture before you actually click on Post, so you will know that you did it right.


If you want to reduce the size of the picture, after doing the above, take your pointer and place it after the “g” in the “img” that shows up in front of the “http” part of your pic’s URL.  Click, space, then type in:
width=     
After you’ve typed in width= , without adding another space, type in 700 or 600 or 500 or 400, etc.
so it might look something like this: 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How to Post Pictures From a Website Other than the One at Kiva.org

One great place to find pictures is at Google Image Search, http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q= 
Type in the thing you are seeking as your search term.  You probably will get a lot of choices.
As an example, I remembered once seeing a painting by Van Gogh of himself after he cut off his ear, so I tried to find it using the following search terms:
      “Van Gogh” +painting +ear

1) Click on the thumbnail pic you think you might like. 
(Note: particularly with famous paintings or famous other things, you may have many different thumbnails on the Google Image page that show the same thing.  Particularly with paintings, different thumbnails (from different websites), once clicked upon, might generate different sizes or richer color renditions, etc., so if you’re not satisfied with your image from the first website you try, click on a thumbnail pic of the same image from a different website)

2) Then, either click where it says “See full-size image” at the top or click where it says “Below is the image in its original context on the page……”

3) Once you see the enlarged image, put your pointer on it and drag off the page onto your desktop.
(This won’t always work but it will much of the time).
 
         If something will successfully drag onto your desktop, you won’t see the picture, itself, but some little square thingy, probably with numbers and/or letters and maybe “jpg” or “gif” or something similar.  (Test by clicking on it to see if the picture you want shows up.  If yes, close the picture itself, leaving the little square thingy with numbers and “jpg” or “gif”, whatever, on your desktop). 

      Leave it on your desktop until you’ve written your post and are nearly ready to insert it.

4) After you’ve finished writing the text of your post, scroll down to where it says, “Attach” in bold print, with a space next to it, and the word, “Browse,” next to the space.  Double-click on the word, “Browse.”  You should then see a list of a number of things/files, etc.
Make sure that you’re looking at things on your Desktop.  Scroll down until you see the letters/numbers with “jpg or whatever and double click on that.  It should show up in the space between the words “Attach” and “browse.” 

If you want to post more than one picture, click on “more attachments” which should generate another space which you can fill by following the same “browse and click” instructions you used for the first pic.

Once you’ve done this for the pic(s) you want to post, if you have already previewed your text to proofread it and make sure that everything shows up the way you want, now’s the time to click on “Post.”

NOTE: For some reason, unless it’s a picture from Kiva.org, when you click on “Preview,” even when you’ve done everything correctly, your picture will not show up.  It will only show up after you click on the word, Post.

[Patricia SF]

[Sherri]

Posting Images

Some notes:

- The image widths: 400,500 etc are "pixel" widths. Most people's monitors are about 1200 pixels wide, so 600 is about half a screen. Roughly.

- Taking images off of a website or via Google Images Search is a violation of copyright. Please use discretion when doing so, as web designers usually have to pay money for stock photos, or the photos may still be owned by the original photographer. Most of the times a non-commercial use or not-resold use of images is not contested by the copyright holder, but you do still put both yourself and Kivafriends at risk if you accidentally post a copyrighted photo here. Most images found on websites are copyrighted to a company or individual.
(I'm not trying to be a downer here... but I know how frustrating it can be when images are taken off of a website you have worked hard to create.)

[Patricia SF]

Thank you very much Jill for the instructions; I was having trouble posting photos. 

This is Lim Kosal from Cambodia.  She was my first Kiva loan. 

[wind5001]

Please,

can someone explain to me how I can insert a hyperlink and give that hyperlink a name, so that it is not visible as hyperlink but as a name...do you know what I mean? I ALWAYS forget... 

[Stacy]

Hopefully I can write this with out the instructions becoming a link. 

You need to use the url tag. Here's an example:

Code:

[url=www.kiva.org]Kiva Website[/url]

Typing this in without making it code makes it look like. Kiva Website

Does that make sense?

[wind5001]

Thank you so much, that was all I needed... 

[Tim McDaniel]

can someone explain to me how I can insert a hyperlink and give that hyperlink a name, so that it is not visible as hyperlink but as a name

I advise against doing that.  The resulting URL is then not visible.

For one example, if I print a page for later reference, the URL is not there, even though it may well be the major point of the page. 

For another, not everything that can display HTML can handle links easily.  E.g., the Pine e-mail program allows right-arrow to visit a link, but it shows only a limited part of the URL, leaving me unable to tell whether it's phishing or otherwise a evil URL.  I also can't copy-and-paste such a URL from a mail message into my normal graphical browser.

So please don't hide the URL.

--
Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com

[Diane R]

I far prefer the "hidden" URL myself, but understanding that others may not, I will often provide the direct (hidden) link and then drop the URL under the picture.

That's if we're talking about posts here, of course.  Most other places I would *never* drop in the whole URL.

--Diane.

[reb-mar]

Jill,
 Thank you for starting this thread. And many thanks to all who have given advice. There are still a few of us who have managed to live somewhat computer free lives! 

             Rebecca 

[PEI Rick]

Subject : Identifying oneself as a "KivaFriend"


This is just a reminder to those who may wish to identify themselves as KivaFriends

If you are a member of KivaFriends.org and wish to identify yourself as "KivaFriends" on the Borrowers' pages to whom you have made loans, you can do so by:

a) Logging onto Kiva.org
b) Going to "My Portfolio"
c) Clicking on "My Account" on the left hand side of the page
d) Inserting in the block, "City" : http://www.kivafriends.org

And if you wish to identify your City and State/Province then, in the block "State/Province", insert : yourcity, yourstate/province.

Note : If you wish to do this, you're encouraged to do so as it will help give KivaFriends a higher profile, encourage growth in KivaFriends membership and promote increased participation in the discussion forums by Kiva Lenders in general.

Best ...

[redstarr]

Thanks for the tips!  It's gonna make my posts way better!

[Odette]

Please bear with me while I'm trying to learn how to post pictures here....

[RichardF]

Hey, Odette, I thinks you're on to something! 

And don't forget, the "sizing" can go both ways.   

Code:

[img width=100]http://kiva.s3.amazonaws.com/img/w800/219033.jpg[/img]

Code:

[img height=100]http://kiva.s3.amazonaws.com/img/w800/219033.jpg[/img]

[abc]

I tired myself out searching for help on this the other night,
so maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

I know I have successfully posted YouTube clips in my
messages -- the ones where you just have to click on
the image instead of a link, so you can watch the
clip within the opened tab -- but the other day it
just was not working for me.

I thought I had it going, because I'd preview my message
and the YouTube image was there, but in the actual
thread, the link was there instead.

What am I missing and is there a post somewhere that
explains what I should do?

Thanks for your help.

Ann
in recovery from nun mode

[RichardF]

Hi Ann,

All I do is just post the link, although it does seem to be taking a little extra time to show up lately (must be hobgoblins!). 

Code:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwXNzAgl-8

[wthepoo]

Hi Ann,

I have experienced this "problem", too, when there have already been posted several youtube-videos to the same page. Seems like 12 may be the limit... see: http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,2562.0.html - the 13th and all following videos are only shown as links.

Maybe that is the reason in your case, too?

Best wishes,
Wolfgang.