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Eric
07-24-2009, 03:21 PM
How to create albums & post photos

Though seemingly a bit complex, on 1st encounter, working with photos can easily be reduced to a simple & rewarding task. I have designed this guide in order to point out just how easy that task can be.
Someone wants to place a photo in a post but where's the photo & how is that link established between photo & post? The 1st best step - especially for a new member - is the realization that a personal album can be a valuable tool in communicating with others.
Btw, for info on Organizing Photos, see Richard's in Post-#7.

Stage-1 : Creating a personal album

1. Start out on the homepage of this site.
2. Click on the word "Gallery" at the top of the page. A new page comes up.
3. In the second thick blue line down, click on "My Albums".
4. Find "Create Album" & click on that phrase.
5. Click inside the "Album Name:" box & type in a title for the album.
6. Click inside the "Album Description:" box & type in a description of the series of photos it contains (ie.: Spring 2009 Backyard Projects).
7. Click the gray "Create A New Album" button, below.
Now you'll see your album's name in blue.
8. Click on the blue-colored name of the album.

AA (start of a repeatable series of steps)

9. In the second thick blue line down, click on "Upload Photos" (far right).
10. Click inside the upper-most box (left of the gray "Browse" buttons).
-----For a 1st effort, It's best to upload photos 1 at a time. This also makes titles & descriptions easier to manage for individual pics.
11. Either select a folder & file in the pop-up box OR type in a directory pathway (ie.: C:\FolderName\PhotoName).
12. If you selected a file from the pop-up box, press the gray "Open" button (in that box) before proceeding.
13. Look for a gray "Upload/Submit" button, below, & click that.
-----Depending on the size of the photo, it may take some time to upload. If an error occurs, such as "File too large" or "Inappropriate file type", simply use the back-arrow button to get back to & to repeat from step #9. You can correct the problem at this point OR select another file to upload.
14. Once loading is accomplished, click inside the "Title:" box to type in a title for that particular photo. This appears in small type below the pic.
15. (Optional) Click inside the "Description:" box to add comments about the photo.
-----This lets other users know about the photo, what it means to you, and what it might mean to them... even if just for good humour.
-----This appears in large type below the photo & it's title.
16. Click on the gray "Process" button, below.
-----You have now successfully installed your 1st photo in your album!

To put additional photos in the album, repeat these steps starting at the blue "AA" above (step #9). Continue in this fashion till all your photos have been installed.
This is not the only method available but will, at least, get a new user off to a good start.

As I tend to be a tad lazy, at this point, I typically close the browser, restart the browser & then come back to the site. I hate clicking back-arrow buttons over & over.

Stage-2 : Preps for placing a photo in a thread or PM

Quick Method: (Thanx Saltydad)
1. Before joining in on a thread, go to your album via "Gallery" & "My Albums". Click the thumbnail for the photo you wish to use.
2. Once the image is displayed, look for the "Code for Bulletin Boards" box just beneath the photo.
3. Place the cursor over the Code & Right click.
4. Now Left click & select "Copy".
-----The Code-line is now stored & ready to use.
-----Go To Stage-3.
The Long Way:
1. Before joining in on a thread, go to your album via "Gallery" & "My Albums". Click the thumbnail for the photo you wish to use.
2. Once the image is displayed, look for the "Code for Bulletin Boards" box just beneath the photo.
-----Jot down on paper: "www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=" (without the quotation marks at each end).
-----(you will need this later.)
3. Click inside that box THEN press the Cursor-Right key on the keyboard.
-----You are now seeing the other end of that Code.
4. On your paper - following "php?file=" - copy the 5-digit number.
-----If you wish to display the image in the size you are seeing at that time, add "&size=1" to the end. Leave no spaces between the characters anywhere in the line you've assembled.

You are now ready to put that photo in a post or a PM. Since the 5-digit number never changes, you can use the constructed line to place the same photo wherever you like. For other photos, simply edit the line using their 5-digit numbers.

Stage-3 : Placing a photo in a post

1. Go to the thread THEN go to the "Reply" box.
2. Start your post and (at the point at which you'd like to place the photo) stop.
-----See the symbols over the top of the box in which you're typing.
-----Click the yellow box symbol that seems to have a pyramid in it.
3. A box pops up with "http://" in it.
Quick Method:
-----If you used the Quick Method in Stage-2, you notice that "http://" is already highlighted. Simply put Cursor over it & Right-click Then select "Paste". Go to step 5.
The Long Way:
4. Click to the right of "http://" and type in the line (the one you copied on paper in Stage-2).
5. Click the gray "OK" button on the pop-up box.
-----Only the "http://" line will appear in the post while you're creating it. The photo, nonetheless, will appear in the final submitted post!
6. To continue typing your post, click at the end of the "http://" line.
7. If anything went wrong, Don't Panic. This is a very friendly & understanding site. Simply click the "Edit" button of your post & try again until it works... Not a Problem.

Hope this helps :).
Look foreward to seeing users post other methods, in this thread, as time goes by.

saltydad
07-24-2009, 05:40 PM
Great instructions! I have found I save some time by just doing a right click over the Bulletin Board code and then a copy. I then paste it in the popup box as you describe in stage 3, line 4. Great idea.

Eric
07-24-2009, 06:36 PM
Great instructions! I have found I save some time by just doing a right click over the Bulletin Board code and then a copy. I then paste it in the popup box as you describe in stage 3, line 4. Great idea.

Wow! Thanx Saltydad! Giving it a shot, now...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19089&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19089)

Jeeps! Worked! I'm Definitely adding that to the guide :).
See that great smile in the above photo? That's me after the great tip :) !

MediaHound
07-24-2009, 07:30 PM
Great guide, thanks. Thread stuck.

Jack Daw
07-25-2009, 04:51 PM
Wow! Thanx Saltydad! Giving it a shot, now...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19089&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19089)


Jeeps! Worked! I'm Definitely adding that to the guide :).
See that great smile in the above photo? That's me after the great tip :) !
Doesn't work that well, you have htmal tags in front of and behind the PIC. :D
Anyway, great tutorial, made my gallery organizing and future reference much easier. Thanks.

coast crab
11-06-2009, 10:11 AM
Sorry for being dense...

I want to organize the random pictures that are already in my gallery into specific albums. When I follow these instructions it seems to be the same as uploading pictures into my gallery, taking me back to "my pictures" on my computer and starting over. If that's the case, then do I have to delete the random gallery pictures? Am I missing something, is there an easy and quick way to move gallery pictures into albums?

Russell

Richard
11-06-2009, 11:15 AM
First, click on "Photo Gallery" (next to User CP) in the blue bar. Now click on "My Albums" (next to "My Photos") in the second blue bar on the left. Create Albums with the names you want.

Second, click on "My Photos". Scroll down past your album names to the photos you want to organize. Click on one of them. Now scroll down past the photo, but before the comments. You'll see a little scroll bar with the title "Move Photo to:". Set that to the Album you want to put it in.

coast crab
11-06-2009, 02:57 PM
Thanks, Richard, that's EXACTLY what I was looking for!!!

Can't I make things difficult????

Jananas Bananas
11-06-2009, 03:02 PM
Me too! It was a DUH moment for me. I wish we could do them as a group instead of one at a time though! :) ~JaNan

sunfish
11-06-2009, 03:11 PM
The scroll down menu I see does not contain ,my albums.

Jananas Bananas
11-06-2009, 03:33 PM
You have to go over one more page.

sunfish
11-06-2009, 04:32 PM
You have to go over one more page.
How do I go over one more page..Remember I am just a ditch digger .Don't no much about computers. This is all I can find.
Move photo to: Members' GalleriesVariegated BananasExtremely Rare BananasOrnamental BananasSpecies BananasBanana DiagramsBanana FlowersBanana Humor

Dalmatiansoap
11-06-2009, 04:41 PM
How do I go over one more page..Remember I am just a ditch digger .Don't no much about computers. This is all I can find.
Move photo to: Members' GalleriesVariegated BananasExtremely Rare BananasOrnamental BananasSpecies BananasBanana DiagramsBanana FlowersBanana Humor

Same in my case. Still no progress :(

Jananas Bananas
11-06-2009, 05:42 PM
Go to your own gallery pictures. Click on the picture you wish to move. Scroll down under the title of your picture and you will see a line that says "Edit Photo" On the line that says Change Category to the right on this line click on Members' Gallery and your folders will be listed there. Highlight the one you want and click Submit and it will move into the folder you chose. (you have to do them one at a time)

Ante you will have to make a folder first. It should be a choice close to the top of the page. You can make as many as you want I think. I have three so far, but had uploaded a lot of pictures without putting them in a folder. So now I will try to "clean up" my gallery a little bit! HA! HA!

Hope this helps! ~JaNan

Dalmatiansoap
11-06-2009, 05:52 PM
Ante you will have to make a folder first. It should be a choice close to the top of the page. You can make as many as you want I think. I have three so far, but had uploaded a lot of pictures without putting them in a folder. So now I will try to "clean up" my gallery a little bit! HA! HA!

Hope this helps! ~JaNan

This sure helps now ;) I ll have to clean it up now. Well, in next few day :):):)
THX JaNan
:woohoonaner:

sunfish
11-06-2009, 05:57 PM
Got it thanks

Jananas Bananas
11-06-2009, 06:08 PM
Your Welcome!!!! :)

sunfish
11-06-2009, 06:27 PM
Go to your own gallery pictures. Click on the picture you wish to move. Scroll down under the title of your picture and you will see a line that says "Edit Photo" On the line that says Change Category to the right on this line click on Members' Gallery and your folders will be listed there. Highlight the one you want and click Submit and it will move into the folder you chose. (you have to do them one at a time)

Ante you will have to make a folder first. It should be a choice close to the top of the page. You can make as many as you want I think. I have three so far, but had uploaded a lot of pictures without putting them in a folder. So now I will try to "clean up" my gallery a little bit! HA! HA!

Hope this helps! ~JaNan

I only have 655 pictures to go thru.

momoese
11-06-2009, 06:31 PM
I organized my pictures into folders a while back one by one. A tool to move groups would be a great idea.

Jananas Bananas
11-06-2009, 06:57 PM
Yes it would! I would love to see a click, drag, and drop! That would be quick and easy! :ha: ~JaNan

coast crab
11-06-2009, 09:06 PM
Ain't technology wonderful??????????????????????????

MediaHound
11-07-2009, 04:51 AM
I organized my pictures into folders a while back one by one. A tool to move groups would be a great idea.

Not exactly what you are asking for, but for what its worth, from the admin panel, I have the ability to move all images from one category to another. They need to be categorized first and destination needs to exist first. It can help in some cases, anyone can just send me a PM if ever needed.

momoese
11-07-2009, 09:53 AM
Here is what I posted when I moved all my photos.

Jarred, could we get a button added to the section of info right under each thumbnail photo that allows a one or two click "move" into an album of your choice?

I have collected many photos and have finally decided to organize them but it takes forever the way it's set up now.

This is how I'm currently doing it, maybe there is an easier way that I don't see?

1, go to my photos
2, click on the page number where the photo to be moved is located
3, open the photo I want to move
4, click "edit"
5, click on the drop down for "Change category"
6, choose folder
7, click "submit changes"
8, figure out how to navigate back to that same page that has more photos I want to move......please tell me there is an easier way!

Eric
11-07-2009, 02:00 PM
I only have 655 pictures to go thru.

Welcome to the club! I've got 690... totally disorganized!
Btw, Thanx JaNan :) ! Guess this is what they call 'Job Security' LOL!!

momoese
11-07-2009, 02:03 PM
On the bright side, once you move all your photos it's real easy to stay organized with new ones. You just upload directly to the folder you want them in!

island cassie
11-07-2009, 02:21 PM
Now I've no excuse for not organising mine that I foolishly lumped into one folder - if only I'd thought about it first!!!

Richard
11-07-2009, 02:55 PM
Go to your own gallery pictures. Click on the picture you wish to move. Scroll down under the title of your picture and you will see a line that says "Edit Photo"

If you don't click on Edit Photo but look at the line below it that says: "Move photo to:". To the right of that is a scroll menu containing all of your existing albums.

Dalmatiansoap
11-07-2009, 02:56 PM
Hmmm, if I continue like this I ll edit my pix sometime before summer 2011 :(.
Grrh, why didnt I do that earlyer :ha::ha::ha:
:woohoonaner:

sunfish
11-07-2009, 03:05 PM
If you don't click on Edit Photo but look at the line below it that says: "Move photo to:". To the right of that is a scroll menu containing all of your existing albums.

Richard unless I am doing something wrong my scroll menu doesn't contain albums,only members galleries

Dalmatiansoap
11-07-2009, 03:09 PM
Its same in my case

Jananas Bananas
11-07-2009, 03:32 PM
Mine too - "Move Photo to" lists only the Bananas.org folders directly underneath the "Edit Photos". That's why I originally said you have to go over one more page to get to your own folders. :)

Eric
11-07-2009, 07:12 PM
UR right, JaNan. Same here & I've got 26 established albums.

momoese
11-07-2009, 07:17 PM
Yep, when I click the move to button the dropdown list does not contain any of "my" albums, just the bananas.org albums.

MediaHound
02-22-2010, 09:37 PM
Here's a video I made for Aquarium Forum on how to post pictures in your thread:

Posting Pictures Tutorial - AquariumForum.com (http://www.aquariumforum.com/posting-pictures.php)

TommyMacLuckie
07-07-2012, 11:17 AM
No matter what browser I use I can't upload photos into an album anymore. It seems the internet has decided to not cooperate with me here or at one other website.

mm4birds
07-12-2012, 09:39 PM
I keep trying to upload pictures but hare is what I get

florida_march_2012_064.jpg (exceeds your space limitation)

Please help. I don't have that many pictures loaded but am unable to load any more

Darkman
07-15-2012, 05:43 PM
Same here. I didn't think there was a limit?

sunfish
07-15-2012, 05:48 PM
http://www.bananas.org/f5/pics-wont-download-15342.html#post191075

Yug
07-17-2012, 04:41 AM
I've noticed recently that I've uploaded some photos, but when I attempt to view them in the album it will display the same photo in two different places, but with different upload dates. I think that happens if I happen to have two with the same name at the time of upload. If I attempt to delete one of them, both are deleted, and then I get the "no image available" where the photo used to be. Since that has happened a few times, I now leave the number (assigned by the camera) in the name, and append a brief description to it prior to upload. Since I've been doing that, the two photo problem has not recurred.

robguz24
11-27-2012, 02:40 PM
I keep trying to upload pictures but hare is what I get

florida_march_2012_064.jpg (exceeds your space limitation)

Please help. I don't have that many pictures loaded but am unable to load any more

All of a sudden I am getting the same message. When I look at my Upload Photo page, on the bottom left it lists:

Disk space allowed on your account: 60,000kb (61,440,000 bytes)
Disk space used on your account: 111,359kb (114,031,542 bytes)
Disk space remaining for your account: -51358.9kb (-52,591,542 bytes)

So suddenly I am using nearly double my allotted amount. Is this a new change? I'd be happy to pay a yearly fee. It's worked well for me so far until today.

Dalmatiansoap
11-27-2012, 02:52 PM
Just use Photobucket or something
:nanadrink:

robguz24
11-28-2012, 01:06 PM
Thanks, yeah Photobucket was easy enough to do.

anutty
07-11-2015, 05:02 PM
new user trying to upload photos to album. I can easily upload photo and it tells me it is successful but when it re-directs me back to my album page it says no photos exist. I have tried uploading just 1 at a time and multiple. Each times it says it worked but there are not photos in my album. Any help would be appreciated.

fkravchuk
07-23-2015, 12:24 PM
/Users/frank/Desktop/IMG_0377.JPG

What Banana Variety is this?

kubali
08-02-2015, 02:37 PM
bump

AdotKarl
02-22-2017, 11:15 AM
new user trying to upload photos to album. I can easily upload photo and it tells me it is successful but when it re-directs me back to my album page it says no photos exist. I have tried uploading just 1 at a time and multiple. Each times it says it worked but there are not photos in my album. Any help would be appreciated.

I have the same issue. No solution yet?

Danounet
04-26-2017, 08:16 PM
new user trying to upload photos to album. I can easily upload photo and it tells me it is successful but when it re-directs me back to my album page it says no photos exist. I have tried uploading just 1 at a time and multiple. Each times it says it worked but there are not photos in my album. Any help would be appreciated.

Im having this problem with my phone, IE or Chrome? did anyone ever figure this out?

Thanks

bushwack
12-10-2017, 12:54 PM
new user trying to upload photos to album. I can easily upload photo and it tells me it is successful but when it re-directs me back to my album page it says no photos exist. I have tried uploading just 1 at a time and multiple. Each times it says it worked but there are not photos in my album. Any help would be appreciated.


Same problem here

Darkman
12-10-2017, 03:40 PM
Just use Photobucket or something
:nanadrink:

I know this comment was years ago but I never liked the idea of Photobucket or any of the other ones and now years later I know why. Seems they have decided to extort money from everyone that had pictures there and third party posted them. Everyone should bail on them.

SoFloBanana
03-03-2019, 02:23 PM
new user trying to upload photos to album. I can easily upload photo and it tells me it is successful but when it re-directs me back to my album page it says no photos exist. I have tried uploading just 1 at a time and multiple. Each times it says it worked but there are not photos in my album. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm having the same issue. I can create albums and it says the upload is successful when I upload one photo at a time but the album remains empty of any pictures. I've used two different computers plus my phone. I've used Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

I've wanted to share a couple of things and participate more in the forums but this issue has been discouraging me a bit. :confused:

cincinnana
03-07-2019, 08:16 AM
I'm having the same issue. I can create albums and it says the upload is successful when I upload one photo at a time but the album remains empty of any pictures. I've used two different computers plus my phone. I've used Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

I've wanted to share a couple of things and participate more in the forums but this issue has been discouraging me a bit. :confused:

Usually it is a resize issue when transferring images from yours to theirs.

For giggles try this easy workaround.

Chose your image that you're using and send it to yourself in an email.
Usually there is a choice for the image size which you want to send to your email.
On some platforms it is small, medium,large.
Choose small and send it to yourself.

Open your email and choose your new resized photo and park it on your desktop.

You can now use this file image on the desktop for your image upload.....just choose this new resized image when you do your upload to the Bananas.org gallery.
You may do multiple images at once if you wish and are not limited to one image.

If you decide that small is too small for your purpose then start over and try medium.


I use an image hosting site which allows 1000 free photos before you have to create a paid membership.

SoFloBanana
03-10-2019, 09:39 AM
Thank you for the tips! I'll try it when I'm back home from traveling and let you know how it worked.

PlantHoarder
10-02-2019, 06:34 AM
uploading photo on phone is a pain in the ass, and most of them fail with no error message. >.>

cincinnana
10-04-2019, 07:31 PM
LOL.....:woohoonaner:

geissene
10-05-2019, 06:33 PM
I get that problem usually if the file size exceeds 2mb. Gotta keep those pictures small!