PSA: How to post pictures

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I've had a few questions about how to post pictures here, so here is a quick guide.

In a nutshell:

When posting a new topic or replying to an existing topic, there are file tabs below the box where you type. Click on the one that says Add Pictures/Files; then click on Select Pics/Files; then pick the picture(s) or file(s) you want to post from your computer (you can select up to 12); confirm it/they uploaded by seeing the file name(s) and green check mark; then repeat again for any additional pictures you want to post (max 12 per post). All pictures will appear at the bottom of your post. If you want to place the picture somewhere within your reply, place the cursor where you want the picture to appear, and click Place Inline.

Here are screen shots of each step:

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I've also discovered some folks can't post pictures from their iPhone because the iPhone defaults to its HEIC picture format. HEIC pictures don't work on most sites, since most browsers are incompatible. To fix this, change the settings on your phone so that pictures are taken as standard JPEG pictures. JPEGs work everywhere, including Carpokes. :)


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Thanks for the guide. It was the first thing I searched for.
Maybe it needs to be a pinned / sticky thread?
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Thank you!!

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Bumping this to help a few new members....

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Can you post a video?

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Jemconn1 wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:25 am Can you post a video?
Hi and welcome to Carpokes! You can post videos as long as they are hosted somewhere else. If you post a link to a youtube video (or most others like Vimeo, etc.) they will embed and play here. If you have a video hosted on a private or lesser known site, you can use the VIDEOPLAYER option above the post entry box. To use that, you just put the URL of the video between the tags created when you hit the VIDEOPLAYER option.

p.s., I'm exploring options for Carpokes-hosted videos, so that may become a possibility in due course...

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