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Old 08-25-2012, 12:47 PM   #3
SteveC7010
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For those that want to understand all this a bit, here's how "BBCode" works for images:

The text needed to place an image into a post has to be in a precise format for everything to work. We need to know that this will be an image. Then we need to know where out on the net it is stored, and last we need to know the name of the image file, usually a GIF or JPG. Here's the complete line that needs to be in a post to produce an image:



Now we'll break it down. First, the code in brackets tells the forum that this will be an image. There's a start and an end. Ends are always indicated with a forward slash. These are called image tags, and they are shown in bold below.



Now for the image location. The forum software needs to know exactly where to look to find the image you want posted. The full internet URL is shown in bold here:



And last, we need to know the precise file name:



I'll show the image in the next post and give you some tips about displayed images.
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