Post a Screenshot in the Forums
This article will tell how to upload a screenshot, or other image, and place it in a forum post. The Vanilla forums only use HTML codes, not wiki markup.
Steps
- Decide how you're going to take the screenshots. You can take screenshots using software that's already on your computer, or you can download a program (some are free, some aren't). Programs are usually good in that they make it easier to point to or highlight certain parts of the screenshot. For example Grabilla allow you to take a screenshot, upload it with single click and automatically get a code for forum. For now, though, let's start with taking screenshots without a program.
- In Windows, hold down the Alt key and then press the Print Screen key. Open Microsoft Paint (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint). Press and hold "Ctrl" and tap V. This will put your screenshot in MS Paint. Save it.
- On a Mac, hold down the COMMAND [Apple/Clover Leaf] and the SHIFT key and 4. If you press them all at the same time, you'll get a "crosshairs" so you can select just a section of the screen you want a screenshot for. The resulting file will be placed on your desktop.
- Upload the image to an image host website, such as Tinypic.
- Retrieve the URL of the image. If you are given several codes, choose actual image URL/blog code.
- Go the forums, right click, and paste.
- Use the HTML code for images: <img src="Image_URL_Here">
Tips
- In order to place the HTML code,
<img src="URL">, into the forum page, go to View > Page Source in Firefox or to View > Source in Internet Explorer.
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