How to Post Forum Pictures Inline Using Photobucket
Upload/Host Your Photo on the Photobucket Website
1. Go to
Photobucket and create an account or log in to your existing account.
2. Click on the "Upload" button to begin copying pictures to your Photobucket account.
Find the Photo You Want to Post, Grab the Correct URL and “Tag” the Photo's URL Correctly
3. Return to your Photobucket album and find the photo you want to post. Below each of your hosted photos will be a menu that will look something like this:
4. Click once on the “IMG” button for the photo you want to post. When you do that you will get a brief message that says, “Copied” meaning the link to your photo has been copied to your “clipboard”. Don't worry if you don't know what your "clipboard" is or where to find it.
This message is hard to capture in a
screenshot since it fades quickly.
Get the Photo URL Into Your Forum Post and Verify it’s Working
5. Open a reply or a new post on the forum and,
with your cursor in the text box, click your RIGHT mouse-button one time and select “Paste” from the menu.
This is a Firefox right-click (context) menu...
Things look slightly different if you're using Internet Explorer. The red-arrow indicates the cursor
is in the textbox, where it should be, prior to inserting the photo's URL.
5A. The correct information to make your photo show up in your forum post should now show up, with tags and such already in place and look
something like this though not exactly since you will be using your own Photobucket account:
6. Enter any additional text you might want to go along with your photo and for the love of gawd... Use the “Preview Post” button as often as necessary to make sure you can see the picture you want in your post before clicking on “Submit”. Doing so will prevent you from looking foolish.
"Preview Post" shows the Image is hosting correctly:
7. Once you have everything looking good, click on the "Submit Reply" button.
Voila... You're done! Hopefully some of you will find this helpful.
Please feel free to PM me if any of the above links go bad or if Photobucket drastically changes its layout; I'll do my best to keep this post looking as up-to-date as I can but I make no promises.