[GeoStL] Re: Question for the Group
- From: "Andrew Senger" <asenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:08:25 -0500
Dan,
It's a great idea for a class topic. It could also include how to do other
things in your cache listing, including bold text, italics, and other text
markups. Maybe the class could be a simple "How to Get a Cache Published".
As far as adding images, there's an easy way to do it, but several ways to go
about it.
To add the image to your cache listing, first make sure the checkmark is
checked next to "This listing is using HTML" or something similar (I can't
access gc.com at work, so I can't get the exact wording).
The code to add the image is:
<img src="LINK_TO_THE_PHOTO">
In case that didn't go through (some email clients filter out HTML codes):
[img src="LINK_TO_THE_PHOTO"] -- replace [ with < and ] with >.
The tricky part is knowing what the link to your photo is. There are several
ways to get one. The first is the way I do it, the second the way others do it:
1. Complete your cache listing without the image's link. Then upload the image
to the gallery of that cache page. After doing that, follow the steps below.
2. Upload the image to any image hosting service that allows "hotlinking" (the
ability to retrieve images from another website). Photobucket allows it, I
believe. After doing that, follow the steps below.
After uploading your image to the place of your choosing, do the following:
1. Navigate to the image you want to place on the cache listing.
2. When the image is up, right-click the image and click on Properties. This
should open a box with information on the image.
3. Highlight and copy the "path" line (it may not say path; it may say
"location" or something similar). It should be
"http://something_here.com/something_else/photo_name.jpg [or .gif or .png]
4. Paste the section you just copied into the img tag after src=. Make sure
the address is enclosed with quotation marks (" ").
For example, if the image was at http://www.google.com/images/google.gif, the
tag would be:
<img src="http://www.google.com/images/google.gif";>
--or--
[img src=http://www.google.com/images/google.gif] (replace [ with < and ] with >
Does that clear anything up? If not, let me know and I'll try to make a
document with steps on how to do it (or find someone that has already done it).
Andrew (yawetag)
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Henke
To: geocaching
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 20:53
Subject: [GeoStL] Question for the Group
All,
I used to understand how to add things to web pages but everything has
changed so much I am wondering how to go about adding images and other things
to a cache web page. What is necessary to add an image....where is it stored
...I am really wanting to get my Rte 66 series of caches going so any info on
getting them set up the way I need to will be a big help.
Maybe that is another subject for a SLAGA class ?
Anyway thanks in advance to any and all help
Dan
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