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Thread Admin: AA-bob (1-0-0) (Last 10 Posts) Posted: 03/14/2007 at 11:52:04
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Thread Title: "How to post Pictures to the Forum"
AA-bob

Hi, Folks. Bob here from AuctionArms.com. This question comes up often, so though I'd post instructions on how to post pictures here in the system forum for ease of reference.

Here is how to post a picture to the Forum (or any other web page form that accepts HTML language).

First, you need a picture (obviously). It needs to be in .jpg or .gif format. Then you’ll need to put the picture somewhere on the internet (you can’t post a picture to the forums directly from your computer), so you’ll need a web page to host the picture. You can host a picture on AuctionArms. Simply log in, go to you account pages, click on the "Selling" tab and then on the “My Pictures” button. Click the “Upload Pictures – Old” and browse your computer for the picture file (our system will only accept .gif and .jpg style files, so be sure the picture you want to upload is in one of these two formats).

If you have multiples, use the regular "Upload Pictures" (you may need to load and install a bit of "Active-X" code we provide you . don't worry it's safe to load).

Once the picture is uploaded, find it in your “My Pictures” page. Double click on it. You should see the picture in a browser page. If it shows, you will notice in the address panel of the browser a URL address for the picture. It should look something like this:
http://pictures.auctionarms.com/8038222630/58eabce5454a1a4feb52e188c2020f5f.jpg?aa=20070314113010. Highlight this address and copy it (use "Ctrl+C" keys at the same time or once it is highlighted, put your mouse cursor over the highlighted address and right click it). Then click “copy” from the drop down menu.

Now, compose your message in the forum, and where ever you want the picture to show type:
<img src=”[paste the URL address here using the "Ctrl+P" keys at the same time or right click then "paste" from the drop down menu]”>.

(Note: we allow HTML language in our forum postings. This HTML is relatively easy to learn and besides posting pictures, will let you easily format your postings into paragraphs, add line spacing change fonts, etc. (do a web search for "HTML" to find some primers on how to use HTML).

Make sure you have the “<” ">" brackets and quotes, just like they are above with the URL address inside them, just like you copied from the picture address.

Your finished product should look something like this:
<img src="http://pictures.auctionarms.com/8038222630/58eabce5454a1a4feb52e188c2020f5f.jpg?aa=20070314113010">.

Seems a bit complicated, but once you've gone through it, it's not so bad. If the image is already on a web page, it's even easier as all you need to do is copy the URL address and paste it between <img src=" ">.

Repeat as required for each picture.

Good luck.

Catherder actual sends. BT
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Former Seller: Hagrid(33-0-0) Post#41 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 16:10:33
Hagrid Gov, fox. I just went to my pictures and uploaded tree der photos I ha d store on my puter. It did the whole works in less than 30 seconds. no problems.E-mail me if you want with your phone number and I will talk you through it. you guys don't use photo bucket do you? trapper

Former Seller: gov2mod(2170-0-0) Post#42 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 17:15:19
gov2mod Trapper, no photo bucket here. I've always loaded my photo's directly to Auction Arms. I don't have any problems with the auctions, I just wanted to add a photo to "my pictures" for the forum. Just for the heck of it go to http://postitem.auctionarms.com/pictureadmin.cfm and see if you see the "upload photo" button on that page anywhere.

Thread Admin: AA-bob(3-0-0) Post#43 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 17:46:41
AA-bob gov2mod, the button on the "Welcome to My Pictures!!!" page is still alive and well.

Did I understand you recently got a new computer? Have you installed the Aurigma Active-X Image uploader software we provide? You can check for it by clicking "Tools", Manage Add-ins" on IE6 (probably similar in IE7 and other browsers). Make sure you see "Image Uploader Control" from Aurigma enabled in your list of Add-ins. The file will be ImageUploader5.ocx

Just loaded up this picture to test the button, took like 1/2 second.

What happens if you follow this link? http://postitem.auctionarms.com/PictureUpload-New.cfm?

If your "image uploader" active-x control is not working, you might see this page when you click on "My Pictures":

"Image Uploader ActiveX control is necessary to upload your files quickly and easily. You will be able to select multiple images in user-friendly interface instead of clumsy input fields with Browse button. Installation will take up to few minutes, please be patient. To install Image Uploader, please click on the Information Bar and select Install ActiveX Control from the dropdown menu. After page reload click Install when you see the control installation dialog.

Odds are, if you can see this message, then the download did not properly run. If you don't see the information bar, or prompt for installing Aurigma OR if the install appears to run, but you don't see the interface for uploading files to Auction Arms, please click here to manually download the Aurigma Image Uploader to your machine, and click on Save. AFTER you've saved the .msi file to your machine, click on Run to install the program - then click the RELOAD button on your browser to see the installed program.

Clicking on the above link will take you to http://postitem.auctionarms.com/ImageUploaderRedistributable.msi and will install (Repair if you've already uploaded it) Aurigma Image Uploader 5.1 redistributable to you PC and allow you to see/click the "elusive" Upload Pictures Button.

Foxfire Rod and Gun you might try removing and reinstalling Java. I believe they recently upgraded to Version 6 Update 12 here's the link http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp. You might also try the link above to install/repair the Image Uploader.

Former Seller: gov2mod(2170-0-0) Post#44 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 20:52:01
gov2mod Bob, thanks for the help. If I didn't have the Aurigma Active-X Image uploader software would I still be able to load photo's for the auctions? Because I can do that ok. When I go to the "My Pictures" page I see the entire page with my photo's, all of the buttons that are at the top of the page, the three "add to auction", "check all", and "bulk delete" buttons at the top and at the bottom of the page, everything except the "Upload your Pictures" button. Yes I have a new computer with the Vista operating system. But, on my old computer with XP I'm still getting the same page. When I click on the link (http://postitem.auctionarms.com/PictureUpload-New.cfm?) that you have in the message I receive a page with the following text on it. "Home | Registration | Become a Seller | Appraisals | List an Item | Help & Info Search | Forum | Find a FFL | My Auctions | My Bids | Contact Us | Log Out Upload your Pictures" Nothing else, no my pictures page. I'll shoot you an email with a couple of photo's of the page.

Former Seller: Bubba J(65-0-0) Post#45 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 20:59:57
Bubba J gov2mod: Yep, that is the page. The "Upload Pictures" bar/button is just below the white box with "Welcome To My Pictures". Hope this & what others have mentioned helps.

Trapper: Thanks! I'll give it another try sometime tomorrow. If it doesn't work. I'll give you a shout. AA-Bob might be onto something as well. I had a similar problem a short time back, but can't remember what I did to correct it. Darned 'puters!!

AA-Bob: Thanks! I'll try you ideas tomorrow sometime and let you know what happens. Willie TA: Thank you for your offer to help as well. All you guys are great!!

FR&G

Thread Admin: AA-bob(3-0-0) Post#46 - Posted: 03/02/2009 at 23:54:53
AA-bob Er' just a thought guys, how many pictures do you have uploaded? I think there is a limit of 250 you can upload. If you are at 250, try deleting a few, refreshing the page and see if the "button" comes back.

Also, If you haven't done it for a while, you might try deleting internet files from "Tools", "Internet Options" on your Browser menu.

Former Seller: gov2mod(2170-0-0) Post#47 - Posted: 03/03/2009 at 04:33:14
gov2mod Bob, that sounds like the probable cause of my problem but I'm still baffled about something with this "My pictures" section. In the following paragraph copied from that section it says "This only includes pictures you've uploaded through this utility." When I looked at the photo's in "my pictures" virtually all of them are from my auctions which I do not load in "My pictures" I always upload them directly in an auction listing, never in my pictures. The only photo's I have ever uploaded in the "My pictures" section were the very few I put on the forums, never for my auctions. I'm afraid if I delete any of these photo's from "my pictures" that same photo will disappear from my auctions as well. If all the photo's I upload when posting an auction are going to "my pictures" as well it's no wonder it's filled up. Why are my photo's that I upload while posting an auction going to "my pictures" as well and what happens to those sellers that have hundreds of auctions with multiple photo's? Aren't their "my pictures" section filling to the maximum as well? "This is your collection of pictures you've uploaded to Auction Arms thus far. This DOES NOT INCLUDE the single pictures you've uploaded in the creation of your auctions. This only includes pictures you've uploaded through this utility. If you'd like to add a thumbnail to your auction, you can select the auction and pictures, and you'll be given the choice of which picture to use as your thumbnail. This feature only works for auctions that don't have a thumbnail."

Thread Admin: AA-bob(3-0-0) Post#48 - Posted: 03/03/2009 at 12:28:27
AA-bob

gov2mod, Not sure what you're doing to get pictures in your "My Pictures". When you post an auction, you can load pictures at that time, they do not go into your "My Pictures" file, but rather directly yo the Auction. To see if you have duplicates (I suspect) right click on a picture in your "My Pictures" that you know is included in an auction. Then click "Properties" Make a note of the "Address (URL)" displayed in "Properties".

Now go to the Auction that displays the same picture, right click on the picture, select "Properties" and compare the "Address(URL)" displayed. If they are not the same, you can safely delete the "My Pictures" copy.

Of course, you can always go to My Pictures to Upload a picture(s) and add it to an auction later. To Bulk load several (or even one) picture(s) you just need to upload the picture(s), Select an auction in the "drop down", click "Select" next to each picture you want to add to the auction, then click the "Add to Auction" button. you will get a page similar to this one (I was just loading one):

Add Pictures to Auction
The following is a list of pictures to be added to your auction.

Would you like to add a thumbnail to your auction? Thumbnails are a great way to improve your listing, and give it the attention it deserves...

If you'd like to add a thumbnail, just select the picture you'd like to use and click the button that says 'YES - I'd like to add a thumbnail!!!' Your thumbnail picture will designated as the first picture to be appear in your auction, and a thumbnail will appear next to your listing. Thumbnails are a Special Feature that are just $0.50.

  Thumbnail?     Picture     Description  
Uploaded
   Status  
eastercat.jpg 03/20/08 Unprotected

The pictures listed above are going to be added to your auction below:

9026543 - test auction   Current Price:  $0.01

All unprotected pictures listed above will be removed from 'My Pictures'... The picture will still appear in the auction, but will no longer be listed as an unassigned picture... (If you'd like for the picture to remain in 'My Pictures' even after adding it to an auction, you must click the Protect link next to the picture on the previous page.)

These pictures will be added to your auction, but do not replace existing pictures.

Are you sure?

Sure enough, when I posted that unprotected picture to the auction, it disappeared from my "My Pictures" folder.

Alternatively, you can also post a single picture to an auction by clicking the "(Add to Auction)" link next to an individual picture.

To answer your earlier question about the page(http://postitem.auctionarms.com/PictureUpload-New.cfm?) which, by the way is the link behind the "Upload Pictures" button in your "My Pictures" folder. That Page allows you to load New Pictures to "My Pictures" if you have room and will tell you how many pictures you can load. For instance, I'm close to max in my "My Pictures" folder. When I use that link, I get the following message:

"Upload your Pictures
You may upload up to 26 files..."

Telling me how many pictures (26 in this instance) I can load.

Another tip. If you are loading a picture in "My Pictures" to post in the Forum. Be sure to keep it in your "My Pictures" (I recommend click the "Protect" link so it won't be inadvertently erased). If you delete it from My pictures, it will no longer display in the "Forum" but rather you'll get a little red "x".

Another tip. If you use a picture in your Auctions over and over (like little dogs or birds, etc.), load that picture to "My Pictures", protect it and then load the same picture every time to the Auctions. That way it will stay in your "My Pictures" folder for future use, even if loaded to an Auction.

Former Seller: Bubba J(65-0-0) Post#49 - Posted: 03/03/2009 at 18:15:41
Bubba J AA-bob: I have tried all of your siggestions as well as the ines made by several others with no success. I removed/re-loaded the image uploader and several other items and even tried it using my wife's lap top without any success. As I mentioned, the old system works for me but not the new one now. It was working fine. Beats me.

FR&G

BTW, I see the new, 03/02/09 upload in my "My Pictures". It must be working for all but me. Probably a dumb thing I'm either doing or not doing. =O>

Former Seller: Hagrid(33-0-0) Post#50 - Posted: 03/03/2009 at 18:46:46
Hagrid Gov copied and pasted and there is the button big as life.you allcan Call me and maybe I can help you with it or call support an auction arms and they will walk you through it. trapper

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