Yeah, I saw the other thread about uploading to a photo album, but no clue what you are talking about. Why can't I just copy an image off of wherever, ctrl-C, and cntrl-V into the body of this post field like every other hobby forum?

I guess we’re just old school. If only it were as easy as pasting the photo in! Will have to wait until the platform upgrade.

For now, you either attach an image file from your computer/mobile device, or upload to your gallery and embed by BBcode.

Zzz wrote:For now, ..... or upload to your gallery and embed by BBcode.

I have no idea what any of that means. I took my image snippet and cntrl-V pasted it into powerpoint, which let me save the presentation as a jpeg to my desktop. I then attached that file to BCP forum post.

C180_guy wrote:

Zzz wrote:For now, ..... or upload to your gallery and embed by BBcode.

I have no idea what any of that means. I took my image snippet and cntrl-V pasted it into powerpoint, which let me save the presentation as a jpeg to my desktop. I then attached that file to BCP forum post.

You are mixing “ Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) ” with “Hard coding a ‘Link’”?

Use this syntax:

[img]URL.of.image[/img]

This is the tutorial video i have posted in the help section.

Its honestly very easy. Open a second window/tab while you are writing a post, and go to your photo albums. Upload photos to this window/tab and then view album. Click on the BB link to copy it and then go back to your post window/tab and paste it into the message wherever you want it. I always Preview a post to see that it looks good. Once you have clicked on the BB code it disappears but reloading the page will bring it back.

C180_guy wrote:

Zzz wrote:For now, ..... or upload to your gallery and embed by BBcode.

I have no idea what any of that means. I took my image snippet and cntrl-V pasted it into powerpoint, which let me save the presentation as a jpeg to my desktop. I then attached that file to BCP forum post.

It's been a common thing over the years with many members who maybe don't have a background in computers to lack the fundamental understanding of how/where/why images and files are stored and accessed on the Internet. I've always tried to educate our users, so here's a few tips, maybe it will help others too. To see any of the BBcode examples I have used in this post, click the QUOTE button then review what is shown in the post editor.

Let's say you take a photo with your camera app. or snap a screenshot of something in a mobile app that you want to share with the forum.

You do the button combo, it takes a screenshot. Now you can either:

1) copy it into memory (the "clipboard"), or
2) depending on the computer's operating system, will automatically save the screenshot to a set location. That's how it is on macOS. I think on Windows it only copies into the clipboard, which is a temporary buffer that's instantly replaced when you copy something else.

Let's sidebar for a moment to understand how your web browser displays photos. They're image files (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc). In a web page, the photo is referenced. It's not normally part of the page's code, rather the HTML code says "show this photo file here -> . Here's where you can find that photo file." Then within the HTML, a URL (web address) shows exactly where on the internet that photo file can be retrieved and embedded within the web page. An image URL looks like this:

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https://backcountrypilot.org/images/photos/51/7342/ece69be1f8d8de11e445486e.jpg

I can take that image URL and use it however I want. I can make a link to it directly with the URL BBcode, or I can embed it with the img BBcode.



Instead of pointing to a web page (HTML) or a web page generator script (PHP, ASPX, etc), it points directly to a single image file.

But somehow we have to get our image file there, on the web server. Or any web server. Newer web apps DO allow you to simply paste the image file you've copied right into the text editor. FB is one of those. Advantage FB. Then Facebook takes care of both uploading and embedding the photo for you, behind the scenes. Super easy.

But you're a tailwheel pilot. You don't like things the easy way. For using BCP, one way to embed images in forum posts is to upload it to your BCP photo gallery, then figure out where that file is stored on the server (image URL) and place it between the BBcode tags for images. This is what my tutorial video shows.

The second way is to use the forum file attachment feature. Below the post editor there are some tabs...one says "Upload file/image attachment." Choose your file (is your screenshot still in memory or did it save to your local files/photos?) You have to know where to look for it on your device's file system, because this attachment feature won't allow you to simply paste the clipboard contents.

Click "Choose File" find the one you want, then click the "Add the file" button. Now it's uploaded and attached to the post, but maybe not embedded for automatic viewing. Click the "place inline" button. That automatically adds BBcode that will load and display that file/image. Try it for yourself.



BTW...regarding the Powerpoint step. I think you used this because you are not aware of another way to convert binary image data in the clipboard memory to an actual file. I'm assuming Windows. So you took the screenshot by hitting the Print Screen button. Open Windows Paint, then new file, then Paste. Save that file. It's a similar process but less contrived than using a slide presentation software app.

A better way is to instead using the Windows key + Print Screen, and it will either prompt you to save the file somewhere, or you can open File Explorer > Pictures > Screenshots to find the file.

Hey ZZZ, I have no idea what BBCode is. According to duckduckgo it is internet forum software from 1998.
I am not criticizing BCP; I love the forum. But, I am on multiple hobby forums and every time I did a cntrl-V into the thread post box thing it worked. I don't want to be a BBCode or HTML (whatever that is) or any of the other software acronyms I run across on the internet. I do, however, know a little Fortran77 but on IBM punchcards.

C180 Guy, I'll take a stab at helping try these steps

1) My Photos
2) Upload Photos
3) Add file, this will allow you to select your photo library
4) Select photo, start upload

The selected photo will now be viewable in your BCP photo collection

5) Right click on the "link" icon
6) Past into the chat you reading or launching