~ How To Post Photos ~

[Olly]

Just a quick guide on how to post photos on the forum for anyone who's not sure. This guide is for posting photos from a computer - the easiest way to use the forum and post photos from a phone or tablet is by using Tapatalk (check your device's app store to download).

There are lots of image hosting sites to choose from, but imgur is a good one. The instructions in this guide use imgur as an example but the steps will be more or less transferable to any similar site.

1. Upload your photo
Go to your image host of choice and upload your photo. In imgur's case, you can click "New Post" at the top, or simply drag and drop your photo/s onto the page to start uploading.



2. Copy the direct link to the image
Once it's finished uploading, right-click on the image and choose "Copy Image Address" (your browser may call it something slightly different).



3. Embed the photo on the forum

• Click "reply" on an existing thread where you would like to post your photo (or create a new thread).
• Then, from the post editor, click this icon above the text box:
  
• A box will appear and, where it says "Image URL", paste the image address from Imgur.

After clicking "Insert Image", you should now see your photo embedded in a forum post.

[elysiumnz]

heya. I just downloaded Tapa talk & looked up dreadlock truth 2.0 & nada came up?

[elysiumnz]

thank u heaps. have managed to sort it however I'm trying to post pics. it keeps saying 'title cannot contain emoji or other special characters. please try again'
but there are no emojis etc only ''

[elysiumnz]

oh that just worked. I copied the IMG words from Tapa and pasted it on the Web page forum

[tangled]

Hello, I was going to start a timeline but wondered if you can add pictures over time or if you have to add all pictures at once? I'm only two months in so I would want to add a new picture to the timeline every month or so.

[james]

Yeah you can either keep adding to your first post over time. Just go back and 'edit' the post each time to add ( and bump it at the end of the thread with a comment), or just keep posting new pictures as new comments as you go. Up to you. Be good to see them.

[tangled]

Thank you James!

[james]

If you are on tapatalk on a phone. Use the '+' sign on the left of the comments 'write a reply' box to add photos. Choose the landscape logo next to the camera.

[james]

Down below. If on tapa. And make sure your phone app settings are set to let tapa access your camera roll.

[tangled]

I'm trying to figure out how to use tapa!! It's driving me nuts!!

[Dreadlocktruth]

Yeah, a lot of people dislike Tapatalk lol. It's easier once you get the hang of it, though, so don't give up!!

I usually just browse by the "New Posts" tab along the top but if you're looking for info (or to start a new thread) then you'll need to click "forums" and then go into either the dreadlocks or general community sections and pick a board from there.