General Instructions

HOW TO POST PICTURES:
Ok, a common question asked on the board is -
How do I upload pictures to the board?

Bear with me - as everyone reading this post will have a different level of knowledge about PC's.

I have to assume that you can get your pictures from your camera into a folder on your PC - and that you know where that folder is! The reason I have to assume this, is because more or less each camera has its own software and methods of performing the transfer of pictures over to your PC. Its also helpful if you can create folders using Windows Explorer as well.

Once your pictures are on your own PC, you can prepare them with software in such ways as reduce them in size, improve the quality or any other way you see fit, and then save them again - into a folder on your PC which you know how to find.

TIP - One typical place you may want to store your pictures from your camera - which you then want to show on here - might be named as follows
Desktop\My Documents\My Pictures
By looking at this, you can see that I have created a folder (Using Windows Explorer) called HLL which is inside a memorable common area on my drive - Desktop\My Documents\My Pictures, and in this folder, I would save all my pictures for posting on message boards.
Thats actually the hardest part - the next step, is to place a copy of your pictures onto a website whos purpose in life is to store them for you for free.
One such website is the popular www.photobucket.com - they allow you to send them your pictures, and they will then store them for you.
So at this point youll want to go over there and create an account - the process takes around 1 minute to complete.
Once your account is created, you will use their screens to send them your pictures.
Click on the Browse button next to B.
This will display a Windows box showing you the files on your PC - you need to navigate through this box until you locate and select the file which you wish to upload by double clicking it. (HINT I navigat