Here's how to create a picture post, copying the picture URL from FlickR.
First (on PA), either start a new thread or click on reply to an existing thread to bring up the "Post Reply" window.
Then go to another tab or brower window where FlickR is running. Click on the picture in your photostream you want to insert into your Post so that it comes up as the current active photo. Right mouse click it and select the 640x480 size:
This brings up the photo at that size and now you can right mouse click it to bring up the capture menu:
Move your mouse over the "Copy Image Location" line. The name might be slightly different depending on your browser. I'm using Firefox. On Chrome the line reads "Copy Image URL".
Left mouse click that line to copy the URL into your clipboard.
Back on the PA Post Reply GUI, open a new line or 2 and then click the Insert Image icon. This adds the IMG tags and leaves the cursor in between them (for some reason the cursor was not captured in the screen shot).
Now you can right mouse click and select Paste to insert the URL captured from FlickR into the post list this:
Now, if you click the Preview button (next to the Post button), PA will display a preview of your post with the picture embedded above the Post Reply section. If you see the picture in the preview, it's going to work. If you don't, it isn't. Mine looked like this:
Repeat for as many pictures as you plan to show. I like to limit it to about 5 pictures per post (except for this post of course
).
Photobucket provides the URL for you at 640x480 when you pull the picture up. You can copy the URL right from that spot. After the URL is captured, the instructions above work to create the picture post.
I hope this helps.
George
