what am I doing wrong?

[leaughxp]

How do I post a pic from a website. What's wrong with my code?
<img src ="http://www.thepapayahut.com/homepic_2chins.jpg" width=600 height=450>
It worked on my test site. Is there something special I have to do to post it here?

[equus_peduus]

How do I post a pic from a website. What's wrong with my code?
<img src ="http://www.thepapayahut.com/homepic_2chins.jpg" width=600 height=450>
It worked on my test site. Is there something special I have to do to post it here?
take out the space between src and = (<img src="url"> not <img src ="url"> (and to be somewhat more correct, throw quotes around the size of the picture too - width="600" height="450"). To post on this forum, the code is picture_url_here

[leaughxp]

Thank equus. How do I incorporate the pic size when posting to the board? I got it to work but it's huge! Do I have to resize it on my site first?

[alpayton]

Yeppers! :) You've got the idea right now. hehehe

[equus_peduus]

it's always a good idea to resize an image to the size you want it to show anyway, even if you specify size in the img properties. One reason is because pictures that your browser resizes for you tend to be kinda ugly - they get pixellated funky and stuff (this is both for if your specified size is too big or too small). Another is that if you want it in a little space (say, 100x100) and the image is big (say, 600x600), the browser still has to download the whole huge image anyway, negating part of the reason to put a small image in - faster loading times.

Also, in general, 72dpi is a good resolution to go with for images online. For the most part, you can't tell if it's higher resolution than that (unless you try to make the picture bigger) and it saves a LOT of space so your webhost doesn't get mad at you, and it saves bandwidth and decreases loading time so your webhost and your page viewers don't get mad at you :P

[birdsinsanguine]

if you're asking how to post images on these forums, they don't use regular html. so the image tag is like this (minus the *s):

imageurl[/IMG*]


so...

[IMG]http://photos3.flickr.com/4803144_ecf976dfec_o.jpg
viola!

I would resize your images in an image program on your computer instead of through html. it just squishes it and makes it look pixelated.