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[jim]

CEO,

In another thread, you wrote that the best way to post photos to GourmetIndia's forums was to send them to the team via email.

Can we also use an image hosting site, like imageshack (or many others) to post photos?

--jim

[Suresh Hinduja]

Sure you can but some of these hosting sites have caveats :
free image hosting sites reviewed

All of them allow hotlinking but if the images are not 'hit' for a certain period they may delete them.

I think this may be why Anil's single malt image became unavailable. Though I cant imagine anyone not 'hitting' his bottles for a straight 500 days.

[anil]

Huh ? Hic    What was the URL ? or where did I upload it   ???

[Suresh Hinduja]

anil, on 24 May, 2005, 7:11, said:

Huh ? Hic    What was the URL ? or where did I upload it   ???

It was in the Single Malts thread -
http://images7.fotki.com/v105/photos/1/182...940/off1-vi.jpg

[Suresh Hinduja]

If you have any photos/images to be put up in your post and recipes, please email them to Michelle the web witch at  team@gourmetindia.com
Try and keep the size to a max of 640 X 480.
550 horizontal is the ideal size as it stays in the page width.

She likes being called that so add her title in the subject line and she will love you for it.

[food lover]

So, Everytime that you guys post an image- you email it to Michelle? Is that what you guys do too? I can't just attach it somehow with my posting? ???  ???

[Suresh Hinduja]

food lover, on 21 Feb., 2006, 12:0, said:

So, Everytime that you guys post an image- you email it to Michelle? Is that what you guys do too? I can't just attach it somehow with my posting?  

Sorry this was before I attempted to upload a pic at imageshack myself. Refer to 3rd post in Photo blog-

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Taken from my friend's camera and hosted at imageshack. Copy and paste using  'Hotlink for forums (1)' . It works :0

1. Take a picture from your digicam/mobile, load it on your computer.

2. Preferably resize the image so that the horizontal width is not more than 550.This way the forum board does not have to resize itself as in Anil's photos. Hint hint Anil.

3.Click here and select browse. Check the button- "remove size/resolution bar from thumbnail?" Browse and find the image on your computer and click on "host it."

4. In a short while your image will be transferred to imageshack on the web. There will be several options now, right click in "Hotlink for forums (1)", select all and copy that into your post - after/middle/before your text.

Once you get it right, it becomes a routine as it has for many here. You might want to do this the first time when Saucy or I am online also to guide you step wise.  

[anil]

ceo, on 21 Feb., 2006, 07:16, said:

2. Preferably resize the image so that the horizontal width is not more than 550.This way the forum board does not have to resize itself as in Anil's photos. Hint hint Anil.

I don't use imageshack - At my photosite, I upload  everything at uploaded at 640x480 , hence the resizing issue

[Suresh Hinduja]

anil, on 21 Feb., 2006, 09:48, said:

Suresh, on 21 Feb., 2006, 07:16, said:

2. Preferably resize the image so that the horizontal width is not more than 550.This way the forum board does not have to resize itself as in Anil's photos. Hint hint Anil.

I don't use imageshack - At my photosite, I upload  everything at uploaded at 640x480 , hence the resizing issue

You could also resize it before uploading though not important.
Microsoft photo editor that comes with the Windows OE is one such software.
But as I said this is not essential.  

[anil]

ceo, on 21 Feb., 2006, 11:02, said:

anil, on 21 Feb., 2006, 09:48, said:

Suresh, on 21 Feb., 2006, 07:16, said:

2. Preferably resize the image so that the horizontal width is not more than 550.This way the forum board does not have to resize itself as in Anil's photos. Hint hint Anil.

I don't use imageshack - At my photosite, I upload  everything at uploaded at 640x480 , hence the resizing issue

You could also resize it before uploading though not important.
Microsoft photo editor that comes with the Windows OE is one such software.
But as I said this is not essential.  

I don't do windoze

Switch

[SAUCY]

suresh its ok, let people upload, we will resize it for them  

[Suresh Hinduja]

SAUCY, on 24 Feb., 2006, 1:20, said:

suresh its ok, let people upload, we will resize it for them  

you can do that?

[SAUCY]

Suresh I just edited Bagues and Anils pictures to fit the window, under photo blog

P.S. Bague + Anil only trying to help here ok, pls dont mind  

[Suresh Hinduja]

SAUCY, on 24 Feb., 2006, 2:51, said:

Suresh I just edited Bagues and Anils pictures to fit the window, under photo blog

P.S. Bague + Anil only trying to help here ok, pls dont mind  

I dont think anybody would mind as they still have their large pics at the original location.

Will you still volunteer to offer your good services when we have 3000 members?  

[bague25]

I confirm I don't mind

Thanks Saucy

[anil]

ceo, on 24 Feb., 2006, 4:21, said:

SAUCY, on 24 Feb., 2006, 2:51, said:

Suresh I just edited Bagues and Anils pictures to fit the window, under photo blog

P.S. Bague + Anil only trying to help here ok, pls dont mind  

I dont think anybody would mind as they still have their large pics at the original location.

Will you still volunteer to offer your good services when we have 3000 members?  

Outsource the conversion    Down the value chain to Albanians. Like taking Coal to NewCastle  

[SAUCY]

ceo, on 24 Feb., 2006, 1:21, said:

Will you still volunteer to offer your good services when we have 3000 members?  

suresh, if it means more people will share their lovely pictures with us, yes I will keep doing it for all of them  

p.s. in the meanwhile please find a way so that the site auto adjust pictures to fit the window if its larger than 540 width what with future expansions you have on your agenda