[Mike Barrio]

Hi folks

Adding photos to posts is something that people often find difficult 

Let's make better use of the Photo Gallery and keep things simple!

You will notice that there is now a link above the text box when you are making a new post or reply "Add image to post and upload to gallery".
Please use this for adding photos to your posts, it is a great system and even resizes them for you!

When you click on it, a pop up appears:



1 - Give your photo a title or descriptive name. ( useful for finding the photo in a future gallery search )
2 - Click on "Choose file" to find your photo on your PC or phone, highlight the photo file and then click on the "Open" button.
3 - Now click on "Add picture", this will upload your photo to the gallery and insert a link in the text box to make the photo display in your post.

Treat the text link as a paragraph and simply press return to create a space between your photo and your text 

Previewing your post:  When you click the preview button, scroll up above the text editor box to see the preview. Then scroll down again to either continue writing/editing, or to hit the Post button.

Please don't post photos of dead fish ....... this has become a sort of unspoken rule by forum members over the years.
And please use best practice ....... minimum handling, keeping your fish in, or very briefly above, the water at all times 

Cheers
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

Here is an example post using the gallery system



Yes, that is certainly much easier!

Cheers
Mike

[Noel Kelly]

[Noel Kelly]

Just a test Mike. That's awesome, straight from my ipad photo library!

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Noel

I think it's a great system and hopefully folk will find it easy to use.

Cheers
Mike

[Eddie Sinclair]

Mike,
It must be easy, even I managed on my Dee report first time.

Eddie.

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Eddie

The reports are so much more interesting with a photo or two. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Test




Iain

[Bob Mitchell]

Very much enjoy the photos. Beautiful fish.
Bob.

[Mike Barrio]

There is another way to do this, if anybody gets stuck 

Go to the Main Photo Gallery first and use the 'Add Picture' link to upload your photo.
Once your photo is uploaded, copy the 'BB Code' under your photo and then simply paste the BB Code in your post 

Cheers
Mike

[Bob Mitchell]

That is a great photo of a trout in the water with a rod. That is the way brownies should be.
Well worth logging on just to see the photos.
Bob.

[Mike Barrio]

Thanks Bob ..... today's featured photo is one of Sandy's and he certainly uses his bamboo rods as fishing rods

[Bob Mitchell]

When I look at the photo of the trout I see a fish that is slim and just the way they used to look before others started to want big stockies. Have a couple of cane rods and a 9 ft. greenheart trout rod. They are heavier than modern rods but the greenheart action is easier on the eye and still catches fish.

[Mike Barrio]

Uploading photos from a mobile seems to work well too 

[Bob Mitchell]

Like the photos. One of the reasons I like this forum is the superb photos. Many I feel I am standing beside the cameral.
Looking at the gent bent down netting a fish. Just wish I could bend like that.
Bob.

[Mike Barrio]

Really pleased that you like the photos Bob 

These are purely down to forum members sharing their photos via the gallery and in their posts.

Fingers crossed that everybody enjoys a good season and that we all have photos to share 

Cheers
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

I have done a few tweaks to improve images uploaded from mobiles.

Here's one I took the other day at Montrose 

Must confess that I prefer a camera for taking photos and a PC for viewing a website forum ..... but it can be done 

[Mike Barrio]

Orientation Tip:

Some photos, especially photos taken with a mobile phone, can end up sideways when you upload them.

This is easy to fix afterwards:
(1) Find your photo in the gallery and click on 'Edit'
(2) On the Edit Picture page you will see 'Rotate Image By Degrees'
(3) Enter 270 in the rotate image by degrees box.
(4) Click on the 'Edit Picture' button at the bottom to confirm 

It is important to note that although you have fixed the orientation - the photo will probably still look sideways to you 
This is normal, as your PC/phone/device will still be using the photo that it stored initially in it's memory/cache.

To see the fixed/edited version of your photo, you will need to do a hard refresh - to do this simply press 'Ctrl' and 'F5' on your keyboard.

Refreshing on a mobile phone can be a bit trickier, and depends on the model, but usually involves something like - while viewing the website, click on the 3 dots at top right, select History,  then click on Clear browsing data, then ticking the box for 'Cached images and files'.

PS: When I see that somebody has uploaded a photo to the forum that is displaying sideways, I will normally edit it for you 

Cheers
Mike