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Posting Photos

By Scott Richmond

The are good ways, bad ways, and ugly ways to post photos. Learn which is which.

hotos that are stored on another website can be included in a Westfly post simply by clicking the "IMAGE" icon below the message window (bottom right icon, to the right of the Graemlins). You'll be prompted for the URL of the photo. Simply insert it, and you're done.

However, there are some issues with using photos from other websites: if the photo is more than 600 pixels wide, it will blow out the sides of the Board window and make the thread difficult to read; and if the photo is not properly compressed, it will increase download times with no increase in quality.

Therefore it is preferable to upload your image to Westfly's Photo Gallery. To get there, click on "Photo Gallery" in the top navigation line of any Westfly page. Westfly will automatically resize the photo.

Once your photo is in the Photo Gallery, get the enlarged view of it. The URL is displayed below the enlargement. Copy the URL, then paste it into the image prompt as described above.

Scott Richmond is Westfly's creator and Executive Director. He is the author of eight books on Oregon fly fishing, including Fishing Oregon's Deschutes River (second edition).

Uploaded 06/05/2006.

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