I'm trying to insert pics of my projects, and it will never show the pic, only the URL. Am I doing something wrong? I am using my Flickr account. And I really am very computer savvy, but I still have yet to get a pic to show up!

Are you using the "image tag"? {IMG} url {/IMG} .. but use the [ bracket instead of the { bracket....

Make sure you reduce the files size of your picture before posting it though. The first one I have is a "medium" size, the second is "small"

I tried resizing it, the file must have just been too large. :)

We are using pictures that we already have hosted on an online gallery, such as photobucket. Photobucket will generate the code automatically for you - just copy and paste it here, or you can insert your own html image tag by clicking on "insert image" from the toolbar above.

Edited by user Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:32:46 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

You can see the differences on how the pictures look.

With the last upload, the cookie, I directly uploaded it from my computer to the Cricut site. The others, I have hosted on Photobucket and posted the image tag here.

I think it is easier using the Photobucket method, but if you don't already have your images hosted there, or don't want to go through that step - the Cricut hosted one would be easier.

Sometimes you see just the "link" when someone uploads to the Cricut site - that is because the file size is too big.

I use a Windows Power Toy for resizing my images - SO EASY! You don't have to open a new program, etc... just right click on the picture you want to upload (even from the "browse" box!) and select the size you want to reduce it to... Then it renames the picture, so it doesn't mess up your original! Easy peasy! :)

Here are some links to the Windows Power Toy gadgets:

Windows Power Toy Image Resizer WINDOWS 7

Windows Power Toy XP Image Resizer

I tried Flickr - it made no sense to me...lol!

It was very easy using Photobucket.

If you right click your mouse while the cursor is over the photo, you should get several options and one of them is to copy the image URL. Copy that and come to the MB. Type your messages and then click the photo icon {the mountain and sun} in the tool bar. A window will pop up and just press Control V to paste the code {you don't need to click in the box, the cursor is already there}. I grabbed the code from a photo on your blog and used this process and here it is!




Whenever a MB has options for adding photos {and this one has 3: the photo icon, the ATTACH button at the top of your own posts or the Attach Files to this Post as the bottom}, you should use those. Pasting photos directly into a message bogs down the system quicker.

I don't know. It's just what I was told by IT. On the old MB when people would post photos in the message instead of through the photo icon {I think that was the only option on the old MB} it caused a problem. Especially when people would copy the post with the photo over and over again in a thread.