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Oh...now THAT was easy.... THANKYOU hero for taking the time to tell me how to do it!! Took a couple of tries, but, I've got it now!! hallelujah!! another step forwards in understanding all this technical stuff!
Who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks hmmm??
"woof"   

you bet!! at least these days, I don't get "the blue screen of death" on a regular basis!! I've been eager to know how to crop a quote, and finally had to ask, thus allowing all to see what a doodle head I really am when it comes to all this kinda thing!!   


baby steps...but gettin' there!! 

So, since this is the thread where we overcome embarrassment and admit to out little gaps in information or in technical ability that make us feel a bit inadequate... a little like group therapy, eh? Now it's my turn.

Hi, my name is robiola, and I don't know how to include a picture in my post using the img tags.   

Hi, my name is robiola, and I don't know how to include a picture in my post using the img tags.   

in order to use img tags the picture you want to include must already be uploaded somewhere in internet.
like this: let's take a "random" image:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/591990173_02819b0c57_o.jpg

now i put img tags around this same address, and we have this:



so img tags won't make it possible to include a pic that is on your hard drive. if you only have the pic on your computer,  in order to use img tags you need to upload it first to some service like www.imageshack.us - there're really a million similar services available in the web.
or, of course you can choose to upload the pic directly from your HD as an attachment, by clicking 'additional options'.


it might be good to remember that including lots of pics (especially large pics) in your message body can considerably slow down the uploading of that whole page. and for people viewing the site with slower connection than you this might become troublesome. so it often might be better to use attachment option for any larger images/for several images.

hope this helps!

gary looks alright.

Hey Robiola... I only recently worked out how to post proper pics, thanks to JB!!
I felt like an utter **** beforehand, not knowing how to do simple things!
I my have a "Curefan Master" rating ( I feel like a bit of a fraud !!) 
 but nooo not a computer master!!   

Ask and there will always be someone to help you here !! 

Ha, and when these young techies start to feel they need some wrinkle-prevention advice, it'll be our turn to shine.

Ehm, it's me again.

Just another tiny question... I've been wondering for a while...
What the heck is a "sticky topic"?

A "sticky topic" is a topic that is popular or important so it's always kept on top and it never moves down like other topics.

For example:  http://curefans.com/index.php/board,1.0.html

The topics at the top of the page (the ones about the shirt and indroducing yourself..etc.) are the sticky ones.  They are topics that are important to Curefan.com members so they stay put.  Whilst other topics are forced down the list. 

Hope I explained that ok!!

A "sticky topic" is a topic that is popular or important so it's always kept on top and it never moves down like other topics.

For example:  http://curefans.com/index.php/board,1.0.html

The topics at the top of the page (the ones about the shirt and indroducing yourself..etc.) are the sticky ones.  They are topics that are important to Curefan.com members so they stay put.  Whilst other topics are forced down the list. 

Hope I explained that ok!!

I did not know this!!! I thought it meant it was a controversial topic  :shock: