Image Posting Instructions• The best image manipulation and posting results are always obtained by using a home computer. Do not expect good results doing this job on a tablet or phone.
• Open CZF in one window (aka
screen or
tab), and in a second window open your IMGUR account. Then...
Within IMGUROnce logged-on to IMGUR, click on your User Name in the upper RH screen and release on the pull-down menu "
Images" section to upload your graphics.
Hint: After up-loading multiple images, it may be wise to sort those into Folders. For example, you may wish to have one folder for
CZ Handguns and another for
CZ Rifles, and yet another for
CZ Targets.
Images stored in IMGUR should have already been "cropped" and edited to eliminate excessive empty space. If you do
not know how to
Edit and
Crop your images, then you really don't need to be posting images.
• Once in the IMGUR "Images" section, you'll be presented with ALL of your existing graphics. You can click on the pull down menu "
All Images" and be taken to your IMGUR image folder of choice. This is shown as
Step 1 in the following graphic.
• Then select your image from your folder, as shown in
Step 2.
• The partial image will come forward in a new sub-window which will present you with both Size and Coding choices. Select your image display size by selecting "
Medium Thumbnail" or "
Large Thumbnail", shown as
Step 3. These 2 sizes work best on this forum, and keep the reader from having to scroll Left/Right or Up/Down to view your graphic.
Giant images are very inconsiderate and a RPIA for readers. Giant images may be deleted by the Moderators. • Then select the blue "
Copy" button next to the "
BBCode" section, shown as
Step 4. This will Save the
correctly sized and formatted image into your computer's memory. That screen looks like this...
Within CZ ForumLast, initiate a new forum message, or go back to your in-process message you are writing on the CZ Forum. Strike the
Enter key twice so that your graphic will be placed on a line by itself. Then enter a
Paste command (
Control-V from the keyboard) and the address of your formatted IMGUR graphic will be entered into the text of your message. Follow that with another 2 strikes on the "
Enter" key so that follow-on text does not get jammed up against the graphic.
ExamplesAn example of a "Medium Thumbnail" image...
An example of a "Large Thumbnail" image...
IMGUR
sizes the image and writes all the HTML code. All you need to do is select the image, choose a presentation size, then Copy it. And finally Paste the provided code into a line of text within your CZ Forum post. That's it, quick and simple.
Hyperlink Posting InstructionsYou may also wish to post your image as a "Link". This has big advantages in that the image automatically adapts to the size of the viewer's screen. To post a link using IMGUR do this....
• In place of Steps 3 & 4 of image posting (above), select a size as shown in
Step 3a, and then the blue "
Copy" button next to the "
Direct Link" section, shown as
Step 4a. This will Save the correctly sized and formatted image hyperlink into your computer's memory. That screen looks like this...
Last, initiate a new forum message, or go back to your in-process message you are writing on the CZ Forum. Strike the
Enter key twice so that your link will be placed on a line by itself. Then enter a
Paste command (
Control-V from the keyboard) and the hyperlink to your formatted IMGUR graphic will be entered into the text of your message. Follow that with another 2 strikes on the "
Enter" key so that follow-on text does not get jammed up against the image.
An example of an image Hyperlink looks like this...
https://i.imgur.com/X9DITtc.jpgAll the images you see here are being hosted on IMGUR using these instructions.
