Marks Daily Apple

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   Mark Sisson
   Key Master

   Many of you have asked for the ability to add photos to your forum posts. The MDA forum now has this functionality so you can add pics of your favorite Primal breakfasts, lunches and dinners, success story photos, and anything else (well, almost anything...)!

   Here is how you do it:

   This forum does not have a photo upload feature.

   Instead photos will have to be hosted on another site. In most cases this will simply mean you will need an account with a photo sharing site.

   Here are two popular options:

   http://www.photobucket.com
   http://www.flickr.com

   Create an account and upload your pics.

   Once you have a direct link to the photo simply put the URL of the photo in between [img] and [/img].

   (To get the direct link right click the image and click "View Image". The displayed URL in your browser is the link you want.)

   Example:

   If you put this in your forum comment:

   [img]http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/mayo_ingredients.jpg[/img]

   (Notice there are no spaces between the img tags and the URL.)

   It will display like this:

   

   The photo's size will automatically be adjusted to fit in the forum column.

   Here are a few examples of photos already being used in the forum boards:

   http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/buenos-aires-argentina-primal-paradise

   http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/primal-challenge-journal-cubical-inmate#post-14543

   If the photo isn't displaying properly (i.e. larger than the forum column) please drop me a line. It's likely a browser version issue. Get the latest version of your browser (e.g. Firefox or Internet Explorer) and it should work just fine.

   Thanks, everyone!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   PrimalGoddess
   Member

   very cool! thank you Mark!
   now we need a way to send Private messages to people on the board(so if we want to share our email and other personal info with them!)
   thanks!
   xoxo Darlene

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Mark Sisson
   Key Master

   I'll keep that in mind PrimalGoddess. Thanks for the idea. I'm always looking for ways to make this blog and community better. There is still a lot to be done. One step at a time!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   PrimalGoddess
   Member

   Well I have to say it is a pretty fantastic forum and a great bunch of people and priceless information!
   you do good work! xoxo Darlene

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   ohiolopez
   Member

   Mark:

   I agree with Primalgoddess

   Posted 6 months ago #
6. 

   SullynNH
   Member

   I'd second that! Great work, having run a few forums I know how much work it takes to make all this "magic" happen....kudos to the whole team.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   SassaFrass88
   Member

   Am I clueless? (I AM technically a blond....but, I digress....).

   I can't get it to work for the life of me. I've tried everything.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Mark Sisson
   Key Master

   Are you using photobucket, SassaFrass88? If so, copy the "Direct Link" for the photo you want to stick in the forum and then paste the URL between the img tags like I did above. The second img tag needs a slash before it. Sorry it isn't as intuitive as it could be. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll try to help.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   SassaFrass88
   Member

   Yeah, I was being a dummy. SeanBissell reminded me that the link given to me by Google was not the http://xxx.xxx.jpg pic address that I was looking for.

   Friday brain-drain today!

   Thank you though Mark!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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    DaveFish
    Member

    I can't get it to work with Flickr. I've tried putting the URL between the IMG tags but it shows a broken link in the browser. The URL I tried was:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfish/3898538528/

    I also tried http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfish/3898538528_1188d6c26f.jpg

    Posted 6 months ago #
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    Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    This is the URL you want, DaveFish: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3898538528_1188d6c26f.jpg

    Right click the photo and click "View Image". Then copy the URL and paste it between the img tags.

    

    Posted 6 months ago #
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    littlelam
    Member

    This is probbly a dumb question, but how do you get your own photo to show up next to your name, rather than Grok's?

    Posted 5 months ago #
13. 

    Catalina
    Member

    Not dumb. . .many of us had to be directed. Here's a forum with some answers:

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/how-to-add-a-pic-to-my-profile

    Posted 5 months ago #
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    Brian1965
    Member

    Mark, thanks for the tip. And, thanks for hosting such an incredible forum and web site. I am currently reading PB and really enjoying it

    Posted 5 months ago #
15. 

    Mark Sisson
    Key Master

    Thanks for the compliments, Brian1965. I'm glad you're enjoying the book. It's nice to have you here. Stay in touch!

    Posted 5 months ago #
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    frygyz
    Member

    
    

    Posted 5 months ago #
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    ega2081
    Member

    How can I attach a picture to my profile?

    Posted 4 months ago #
18. 

    Kaizen
    Member

    That picture above your name (the default Grok one) is your avatar. Hey Mark great sticky, but might I make a recommendation to possibly add another with some popular HTML codes? I've been lazy that in other forums you can just click a button and it instantly does what you want (quote, make a special link, add images, etc). Well I'll add to this thread, I'm not sure what features this forum has but these are ones you can use:

    Leave out the star in the second set:

    [quote][/quote*]
    [youtube][/youtube*]
    [IMG][/IMG*]

    There are others, but that's all you really need.

    Posted 2 months ago #

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