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1Existanai
Questions answered in this thread:
1) How to sodomize a Venus Flytrap without excoriating any of your appendages.
2) How to start and maintain exorbitant polygamous relationships on a shoestring budget.
3) How to post an image.
I shall start with 3, since it appears to be the most enigmatic of the Eleusinian mysteries passed down to us from antediluvian generations, an eternal source of nostalgic penchants, the inspiration for countless flights of oh what could have been!
1) How to sodomize a Venus Flytrap without excoriating any of your appendages.
2) How to start and maintain exorbitant polygamous relationships on a shoestring budget.
3) How to post an image.
I shall start with 3, since it appears to be the most enigmatic of the Eleusinian mysteries passed down to us from antediluvian generations, an eternal source of nostalgic penchants, the inspiration for countless flights of oh what could have been!
2marietherese
I have #2 down just fine, thanks! It's #3 that's driving me crazy. So I await elucidation at your hands, Existanai.
4marietherese
I should note that I am not all that interested in item #1. But should others find that a topic of deep and abiding fascination, I'm certain that someone here can provide them with information that will make all their Dionaean dreams come true.
5Existanai
Short Version:
1) a) if the image is on your computer, upload it to a gallery or other file storage space on the web. b) if it's already on the web, keep the window with the image open.
2) Once you can see it online, right-click the image itself (nowhere else on the page) and choose "Copy Image Address" or "Copy Image Location" or something similar, depending on your particular browser (not just Copy but Copy Image Link.) You do NOT want the URL (link/address) in the bar at the top. You want the specific location of the image itself, which should end with something like .jpg.
3) In the thread, type: <img src=>. Now, right-click immediately next to the Equal To sign and choose Paste. Your final code will look like this: <img src=http...example.com/...jpg>. That's all.
When you submit, the image will show up.
1) a) if the image is on your computer, upload it to a gallery or other file storage space on the web. b) if it's already on the web, keep the window with the image open.
2) Once you can see it online, right-click the image itself (nowhere else on the page) and choose "Copy Image Address" or "Copy Image Location" or something similar, depending on your particular browser (not just Copy but Copy Image Link.) You do NOT want the URL (link/address) in the bar at the top. You want the specific location of the image itself, which should end with something like .jpg.
3) In the thread, type: <img src=>. Now, right-click immediately next to the Equal To sign and choose Paste. Your final code will look like this: <img src=http...example.com/...jpg>. That's all.
When you submit, the image will show up.
6Existanai
Long Version:
Find an image: Keep the number of keywords to a minimum and avoid quotes to get as many potentially useful results as possible. "Félicien Rops, Les Epaves, 1866" brings up only 24 results in Google Images. Try: rops epaves. This brings up about 1380 results in Images. Anything entered within a pair of quotes is treated as a single phrase (like one keyword) so use it if you'd like to narrow down the search. "Prague school" 16th will search for the first words together in that order, along with the third appearing anywhere else in a document.
Upload an image: When you're sharing an image, you're basically making a file that's located in one part of the web visible in another part of the web. But it first has to be on the web. It cannot be shared on a thread from your computer until you 'host' it online (i.e. keep it on the web), and for this, there are an almost countless number of image hosting sites: http://tinypic.com, http://imageshack.us, http://imgur.com, http://photobucket.com, http://picasaweb.google.com, http://flickr.com, http://tumblr.com (a mini-blogging site), etc.
Most of these sites make image uploading painless. The first three require no registration, the rest are more useful if you want more options, access your pictures very often, or want to be part of a social network, etc. - so there's a sign up process, but they are all free. Simply visit the site and follow the instructions to put your image/s on the web.
Share an image: Once you upload the image, the hosting site will provide you with a link. Or, if it's already in front of you (as with the LT gallery) you can get the link from right-clicking.
Right-click your mouse on the image itself, and copy the image's location. What you're doing here is getting the "address" of the file (where it is on the web.) The link will look like this:
http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg.
(Since images are usually saved in the JPEG file format, the extension will generally be .jpg. It could also be .bmp, .gif, etc. - different file formats that usually have slightly different functions but for most users basically just provide an image. If you don't see such an extension, or have an extension like .php or .html, you're probably not linking to the image.)
Again, as above, all you have to do is enter <img src=> in your post, right-click immediately next to the Equal To sign, and Paste the URL, so your final code will look like this:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg>.
"Img Src" stands for 'image source', so the browser now knows where to find the image. Done.
Resize an image: If your image is over 800 pixels wide, you might want to shrink it a little.
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=500>
The above will reduce the width to 500 pixels, but maintain the overall proportions. If you know what the aspect ratio (length:side) of the image is and what the consequent dimensions should be, you can also specify the height:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=500 height=400>
If you're not sure, leave out the latter. If the original length was 1000 and the height 800, and you forgot to change the height, the image will show up skewed. (The dimensions are usually shown at the top of the browser when the image is open in a new tab/window by itself - it will say, for instance, 'Filename.jpg 2000 x 1600 pixels'.)
Align an image: If you want to centre your image, try:
<center> <img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg> </center>.
(Note the utterly ridiculous spelling of centre, adopted for the benefit of certain colonial outposts.) To align left or right, try:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=300 align="left">
Potential Issues: If you're linking straight to another image already on the web, right-click may not be enough. Sometimes the images are 'protected' in various ways, to prevent others from stealing images and using them in ads for free. The image address will be hidden or deflected, so you will get a link to a 1x1 pixel gif (basically invisible), or, when posting in the thread, other users will see a sign that says "No Hotlinking Allowed" or similar. Another reason to prevent linking is that you are directing traffic to the site and using its bandwidth by displaying an image stored there. Or, the image might be there today, and tomorrow it might be taken off. So, assuming there are no copyright issues, it's best to drag an image to your desktop (if the image is not embedded in a slideshow and can be saved in this manner) and then host it somewhere before linking to it.
Acknowledgements: An unwarranted indulgence in a bag of chips helped me finish this post. Donations towards my book collecting funds (long in a dire state) are always welcome.
Edited to satisfy the critics.
Find an image: Keep the number of keywords to a minimum and avoid quotes to get as many potentially useful results as possible. "Félicien Rops, Les Epaves, 1866" brings up only 24 results in Google Images. Try: rops epaves. This brings up about 1380 results in Images. Anything entered within a pair of quotes is treated as a single phrase (like one keyword) so use it if you'd like to narrow down the search. "Prague school" 16th will search for the first words together in that order, along with the third appearing anywhere else in a document.
Upload an image: When you're sharing an image, you're basically making a file that's located in one part of the web visible in another part of the web. But it first has to be on the web. It cannot be shared on a thread from your computer until you 'host' it online (i.e. keep it on the web), and for this, there are an almost countless number of image hosting sites: http://tinypic.com, http://imageshack.us, http://imgur.com, http://photobucket.com, http://picasaweb.google.com, http://flickr.com, http://tumblr.com (a mini-blogging site), etc.
Most of these sites make image uploading painless. The first three require no registration, the rest are more useful if you want more options, access your pictures very often, or want to be part of a social network, etc. - so there's a sign up process, but they are all free. Simply visit the site and follow the instructions to put your image/s on the web.
Share an image: Once you upload the image, the hosting site will provide you with a link. Or, if it's already in front of you (as with the LT gallery) you can get the link from right-clicking.
Right-click your mouse on the image itself, and copy the image's location. What you're doing here is getting the "address" of the file (where it is on the web.) The link will look like this:
http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg.
(Since images are usually saved in the JPEG file format, the extension will generally be .jpg. It could also be .bmp, .gif, etc. - different file formats that usually have slightly different functions but for most users basically just provide an image. If you don't see such an extension, or have an extension like .php or .html, you're probably not linking to the image.)
Again, as above, all you have to do is enter <img src=> in your post, right-click immediately next to the Equal To sign, and Paste the URL, so your final code will look like this:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg>.
"Img Src" stands for 'image source', so the browser now knows where to find the image. Done.
Resize an image: If your image is over 800 pixels wide, you might want to shrink it a little.
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=500>
The above will reduce the width to 500 pixels, but maintain the overall proportions. If you know what the aspect ratio (length:side) of the image is and what the consequent dimensions should be, you can also specify the height:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=500 height=400>
If you're not sure, leave out the latter. If the original length was 1000 and the height 800, and you forgot to change the height, the image will show up skewed. (The dimensions are usually shown at the top of the browser when the image is open in a new tab/window by itself - it will say, for instance, 'Filename.jpg 2000 x 1600 pixels'.)
Align an image: If you want to centre your image, try:
<center> <img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg> </center>.
(Note the utterly ridiculous spelling of centre, adopted for the benefit of certain colonial outposts.) To align left or right, try:
<img src=http://...something.com/etc/filename.jpg width=300 align="left">
Potential Issues: If you're linking straight to another image already on the web, right-click may not be enough. Sometimes the images are 'protected' in various ways, to prevent others from stealing images and using them in ads for free. The image address will be hidden or deflected, so you will get a link to a 1x1 pixel gif (basically invisible), or, when posting in the thread, other users will see a sign that says "No Hotlinking Allowed" or similar. Another reason to prevent linking is that you are directing traffic to the site and using its bandwidth by displaying an image stored there. Or, the image might be there today, and tomorrow it might be taken off. So, assuming there are no copyright issues, it's best to drag an image to your desktop (if the image is not embedded in a slideshow and can be saved in this manner) and then host it somewhere before linking to it.
Acknowledgements: An unwarranted indulgence in a bag of chips helped me finish this post. Donations towards my book collecting funds (long in a dire state) are always welcome.
Edited to satisfy the critics.
7Existanai
#3 - Sorry Tros, just noticed this. You probably need to fix your browser - try installing IE9 (or Firefox, which is a much safer browser) or look for solutions by searching Google - it seems to be a fairly common problem.
8Makifat
Caught between my idiocy and my fluttering attention span, can't ya please come up with a MIDDLE OPTION between the long and the short? I'll spot you some chips, but by the time they get to Toronto in a manila envelope, Homeland Security will be a-knockin' at the door wondering why I'm sending suspicious dust through the mail.
Seriously, though, thanks for the tutorial!
Seriously, though, thanks for the tutorial!
9tomcatMurr
>6 Existanai:
existanai, I am lost without footnotes. Did you forget them? technical problem?
and do you have a biblography for us?
existanai, I am lost without footnotes. Did you forget them? technical problem?
and do you have a biblography for us?
11Existanai
What happened to the last bunch of people who asked for medium-length versions and footnotes:
If all uv ya smart alecs are so smooth an' all, whatcha doin' reading a How-To thread anyhow?
If all uv ya smart alecs are so smooth an' all, whatcha doin' reading a How-To thread anyhow?
12LolaWalser
That crow in the corner there is positively GLOATING.
14Existanai
#12 Here's a large version on Google Art Project you can zoom into, if you want to pick out crow feathers and skull sutures: http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/tretyakov/the-apotheosis-of-war-177.
For those who haven't seen the picture many times over, it's one of Vasily Vereshchagin's most famous anti-war paintings, from 1871, titled "The Apotheosis of War". Vereshchagin was no armchair critic: he served with the Imperial Russian Army, his brother was killed in service during the Russo-Turkish war (six years after the above painting), and to cement this tragic irony, he was killed in a war as well. In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese war, a couple of naval mines sank the ship he was on.
For those who haven't seen the picture many times over, it's one of Vasily Vereshchagin's most famous anti-war paintings, from 1871, titled "The Apotheosis of War". Vereshchagin was no armchair critic: he served with the Imperial Russian Army, his brother was killed in service during the Russo-Turkish war (six years after the above painting), and to cement this tragic irony, he was killed in a war as well. In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese war, a couple of naval mines sank the ship he was on.
16Makifat
15
And to curb the sarcasm.
Well, what fun is that?
My own recognition of "The Apotheosis of War" is from the cover of a Melodiya/Angel recording of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, but the reproduction you provide is of much better quality, and uncropped.
And to curb the sarcasm.
Well, what fun is that?
My own recognition of "The Apotheosis of War" is from the cover of a Melodiya/Angel recording of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, but the reproduction you provide is of much better quality, and uncropped.
17Existanai
(NB: These posts are of course not an underestimation of posters' abilities, but for the members who might want a little help with basic posting functions they're not familiar with. Everyone is welcome to pitch in with their own instructions, suggestions or questions.)
Linking
Shorten URLs: If you have a very long URL, it might get 'broken up' when posting and thus won't link back to the correct page (especially if it has a lot of funny symbols - the browser might decipher one of these as a break between phrases.) To make it more manageable, try copying the link and pasting it into a website like xr.com that shortens URLs, and then use the newly generated URL instead.
(Longer) Three steps:
1) From the address bar, double-click the URL to highlight and select the entire string; then click Ctrl and C simultaneously (Ctrl+C in Windows, Command+C in Mac) to copy. You can also right click your mouse on a search result or other link on the page, and right-click to "Copy Link".
2) At a site like http://xr.com/, http://tinyurl.com/, http://tiny.cc/, or http://bit.ly/, you can Paste the link (Ctrl+V/ Command+V) into the empty field provided, and submit to get the condensed result. The first two sites offer two more useful options: you can customize the link, and also drag a "Bookmarklet" to your browser's bookmark bar to make condensed URLs from any site you visit. (A bookmarklet is a type of active bookmark that serves a function, instead of being a page you visit.)
3) Copy and paste the new URL into your post.
Use Text instead of URLs:
Let's say your text is "Barthes on Labyrinths".
The URL is http://biblioklept.org/2011/02/28/roland-barthes-on-the-labyrinth-metaphor/.
Type this around the text: <a href=> in front, </a> behind, so you have <a href=>Barthes on Labyrinths</a>
Copy the link. Paste it after the = (no spaces.) You should now have
<a href=http://biblioklept.org/2011/02/28/roland-barthes-on-the-labyrinth-metaphor/>Barthes on Labyrinths</a>
Finis. This will show up as Barthes on Labyrinths.
(It's not necessary, but it's another way to make long links more manageable, and to make your post more readable. If you ever need to copy your post and paste it elsewhere while preserving the links, however, make sure you click on "Edit" and copy the post from there, with the HTML visible. Otherwise only the text of your post will get carried over and you will lose the links. This also applies to blogs, emails, etc.)
Link to Posts:
In case it hasn't already been made clear elsewhere: to link to someone's post in any thread in any forum on LT, right-click on "Message #" next to the poster's name and "Copy Link". This is a somewhat long link so you can customize it as above, if you wish.
Linking
Shorten URLs: If you have a very long URL, it might get 'broken up' when posting and thus won't link back to the correct page (especially if it has a lot of funny symbols - the browser might decipher one of these as a break between phrases.) To make it more manageable, try copying the link and pasting it into a website like xr.com that shortens URLs, and then use the newly generated URL instead.
(Longer) Three steps:
1) From the address bar, double-click the URL to highlight and select the entire string; then click Ctrl and C simultaneously (Ctrl+C in Windows, Command+C in Mac) to copy. You can also right click your mouse on a search result or other link on the page, and right-click to "Copy Link".
2) At a site like http://xr.com/, http://tinyurl.com/, http://tiny.cc/, or http://bit.ly/, you can Paste the link (Ctrl+V/ Command+V) into the empty field provided, and submit to get the condensed result. The first two sites offer two more useful options: you can customize the link, and also drag a "Bookmarklet" to your browser's bookmark bar to make condensed URLs from any site you visit. (A bookmarklet is a type of active bookmark that serves a function, instead of being a page you visit.)
3) Copy and paste the new URL into your post.
Use Text instead of URLs:
Let's say your text is "Barthes on Labyrinths".
The URL is http://biblioklept.org/2011/02/28/roland-barthes-on-the-labyrinth-metaphor/.
Type this around the text: <a href=> in front, </a> behind, so you have <a href=>Barthes on Labyrinths</a>
Copy the link. Paste it after the = (no spaces.) You should now have
<a href=http://biblioklept.org/2011/02/28/roland-barthes-on-the-labyrinth-metaphor/>Barthes on Labyrinths</a>
Finis. This will show up as Barthes on Labyrinths.
(It's not necessary, but it's another way to make long links more manageable, and to make your post more readable. If you ever need to copy your post and paste it elsewhere while preserving the links, however, make sure you click on "Edit" and copy the post from there, with the HTML visible. Otherwise only the text of your post will get carried over and you will lose the links. This also applies to blogs, emails, etc.)
Link to Posts:
In case it hasn't already been made clear elsewhere: to link to someone's post in any thread in any forum on LT, right-click on "Message #" next to the poster's name and "Copy Link". This is a somewhat long link so you can customize it as above, if you wish.
18marietherese
Many thanks, Existanai, for all this helpful info in language even I can understand! I've starred this thread and at some point plan to make use of all the tips herein. Hellfire Club, watch out!
19LolaWalser
Bring it awnnnnnn, marietherese! We like you when you're good, we love you when you're bad!
20marietherese
Since this is the official "how-to" page and since I know at least a couple of our demonic crew are members of the Combiners group, can anyone here tell me what happened to the old combine protocol? Is it now called "organize"? And does it not work in ad-blocked Firefox 4.0? Because, damn if I can combine a thing now or even get to the combine page.
(Note: Lola, you and I both own Moacyr Scliar's 'O centauro no jardin'. But your edition is in French and mine in English and there is currently no way for me to combine them into the original. So you might want to do that if you can.)
(Note: Lola, you and I both own Moacyr Scliar's 'O centauro no jardin'. But your edition is in French and mine in English and there is currently no way for me to combine them into the original. So you might want to do that if you can.)
21Nicole_VanK
Combined them for you.
"Organize" isn't the new "combine". The whole combining thing has been moved to the "Improve this author" box in the right hand column. Clicking the author name there will take you combine/separate page.
p.s.: clicking "organize" will just bring you down to the level where the "Improve this author" box starts
"Organize" isn't the new "combine". The whole combining thing has been moved to the "Improve this author" box in the right hand column. Clicking the author name there will take you combine/separate page.
p.s.: clicking "organize" will just bring you down to the level where the "Improve this author" box starts
22marietherese
Thank you very much, BarkingMatt. I had no idea the combine/separate function had been pushed off into the side bar. Once you know it's there, it's quite easy to use.
Thanks too for combining the books. I just checked Scliar's page and everything looks good now.
Thanks too for combining the books. I just checked Scliar's page and everything looks good now.
