Thanks for the suggestions; I tried the "create a new photo album" idea and see that I've created three, as yet empty albums, each entitled "Fallback position". Just more examples of my basic shoddiness, apparently.
*** --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > I have never used an iPad (I looked at one once). You have to upload the JPEG > image to a website, such as photo section of this forum, or to a picture > website. Once you have that address it can inserted into the post such as > this image of Abraham Lincoln: > > http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/lincpix/last.jpg > > If the image is in a webpage (like on Flickr) you need to get the picture's > address not the web page address. Since I am using a Windows machine, I can > right click the mouse and select the picture to display in the browser > separately from the page and then its address appears in the brower's address > bar. I don't know what to do on a Mac or an iPad. > > The image in text view on the forum will not show, you have to click on the > link to view it at its actual web location like with Yifu's posts. > > Some software may allow you to drag the image into the post, if the post is > being composed in HTML like the Rich-Text Editor on the forum, but my web > browser cannot cut and paste or drag a picture into this Rich Text Editor, I > have to go in and edit the HTML, if I want the image to appear in the post. > Those who get the posts as text only will not see the picture, and I have > never tested to see if the link to the photo appears in this case. > > I recall Judy once said how to get a picture into the post by dragging, but I > have never succeeded in dragging a picture directly into a post. > > If you are using an email client separate from the forum, mailing to the > forum, that might allow inserting an image from your computer as an > attachment or embedded in an HTML email. > > Some more comments: > > http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081005025443AAe8a3k > > --- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <reavismarek@> wrote: > > > > This is an example of why my fallback position is not IT. > > > > I'm ignorant of how to attach a jpeg image from my iPad (obviously); any > > suggestions? > > > > *** > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > The image does not show because the picture does not appear to be up on > > > the Internet. It has to be on a web server, and the post has to have its > > > web address. > > > > > > It appears you tried to insert an image from your computer or some other > > > source (another email?) into the post. You need to upload it to a visible > > > location on the web. > > > > > > This is the address the post had of your image: > > > webkit-fake-url://77F275B7-79EE-401C-B2D2-447B1D4B3400/imagejpeg > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <reavismarek@> wrote: > > > > > > > > After the State Bar discovers my "shoddy" lawyering, I figure that I can > > > > get by on painting and social security. > > > > [This is a painting I'm doing for my son who shares with me, to one > > > > degree or another, an interest in the bullfighting tradition.] > > > > > > > > > >
