Instructions:

Sometimes words are not enough, and pictures have to be shown to clarify things or show other things of interest... However, sometimes it doesn't seem to work and the correct instructions for publishing pictures in the forum are given here.

Pictures can only be shown if they reside on a public webserver where you can access it via a direct http-link.


So, how do I make my picture visible in the forum?

It is very simple, You simply press the "Insert Image" button in the icon bar shown in the message editing routine, and you will get 2 image tags [img][/img) (please note that the delimiters are really [][] )...
Then insert the direct http-link to the picture [img]HERE[/img).

The "foolproof" way is to change the "Format Mode" in the message editing routine from "Basic" to "Prompt", and then press the "Insert Image" button. This will give you a popup box where you paste the http-link into.

You can of course enter the img /img tags directly into the text too, but remember to put [] around them.

If you have your own website, like some of our forum members have, just paste the http-link to the picture on your site between the img tags.



You cannot show pictures that:

1 - Reside on your own hard drive, since there is no direct upload functions to the forum itself. If you use the "Insert Image" and point to a picture on your own hard drive, only you will see it.
The rest of the world will be staring at the red "X" instead of your magnificient picture...

2 - Reside in a Yahoo group file area or such since:
a) Yahoo file areas mostly require a login to Yahoo groups.
b) Yahoo links to pictures give you a session ID link, which expires after 30 minutes or so.
The rest of the world will be staring at the red "X" instead of your magnificient picture...

3 - Have special characters in their file names, since some special characters are interpreted by the web server as something else... Please rename your files so their names do not have special characters or blank spaces...
The rest of the world will be staring at the red "X" instead of your magnificient picture...


I don't have a website, and I don't know anyone who has...

Don't worry, you are not left out in the cold by this simple inconvenience...
As a free service, forum members are allowed to upload pictures to this site. This is a part of a planned picture album feature of this site.


How do I upload a picture to this site?

1 - Follow this link: http://www.marklin-users...s/upload/uploadstart.asp

2 - Select a category for the picture. If it is only for forum use, select the "Not published" category.

3 - Enter your forum username and password, and then click "Proceed to file upload".

4 - If you selected the "Not published" category, there is no need to fill in the descriptional fields. Otherwise, please fill in the fields.

5 - Use the "Browse" button to search for a picture on your own computer. When you have found it and selected it, press the "Upload picture" button.

6 - A result page is displayed, and if "Is it saved?" shows "True", the file upload was successful.

7 - On the result page, you are also presented a direct link to the picture you just uploaded. Copy this link and use it in the "Insert Image" of the message editing routine.

8 - This should now show your picture successfully in the forum when you have submitted your post.

The general format of picture linking to uploaded pictures is:
http://www.marklin-users.net/upload/community/category/username/picture_file
Red = The category the picture was published in. Example: LayoutPlans
Blue = Your forum username
Green = The name of the file you uploaded.



Some additional important notes:

1 - Please do not post pictures wider than 800 pixels for use in the forum, they mess it up a little bit, use your picture manipulation program to resize the picture.

2 - Allowed file types when uploading to marklin-users.net are .jpg, .png, .gif and .pdf, external links can have any format.

3 - Please use simple file names with only a-z and/or numbers in them. Avoid special characters and spaces in the file names.

4 - Please note, 200 kB is the absolute maximum size that you can upload! This should be more than enough for a good quality .jpg photo in 640x480. Unspecified errors will occur (mostly http 500) if you try to upload bigger files, so please check before uploading.

5 - By posting pics on this site, you agree on sharing them on this site without claiming any copyright issues towards this site.

What have I uploaded?
There is also a function to list your uploaded pictures. It only shows them as links, but you can view them and get the link to them for publishing.
http://www.marklin-users...ns/upload/listmypics.asp


Happy picture posting!

Edited by user 25 July 2010 20:12:07(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Well, the lack of proper instructions has certainly provided some red "X":s... [xx(]

Why not .gif?

Because the instructions say so...
This relates to uploading pictures to the marklin-users.net server, image links to other sites are of course not included in this restriction.

There is also a small problem... When the picture size is too large the xxx?? does not come back with an error -> instead it gives you a 500 error and leaves you sitting there in amazement..

I only worked out the problem by accident as I had a 201k file initially... ( I didn't think about checking the size after I had reduced the image too 640x400 - assumption on my part!).

Juhan, many thanks for information - that'll be like x-mas day [:p]

Regards
John

I got in a new Prussian G 8.1 (model 37551) that I have now tried several times to upload a picture of and it just won't work.[B)] Utter frustration as I have posted many pictures here.[:(!] I have followed the instructions, any hints on something I may be doing wrong. Picture size 640 x 270, 128.6 KB.

Ira

I could kick myself. I solved my problem, serious brain cramp.[xx(] I forgot that parenthysis count as a special character.[B)] Anyway I got the picture posted in the "Pictures for Loco Reviews" topic.

Ira

Got uploads at last,no problem! phew[:p]!

Thank you webmaster.

But why use imageshack when this site itself provides free picture uploads...???

This is absolutely correct, and thank you for this wonderful possibility !!!

Hans

How do you post more than one photo on the message?

This happened to me recently. If you can find your old post, go to the photo you want to use again, right click on it, and select "properties". The URL for the photo can be copied from there.

Ray

Is there a way to tell what images are in *my* storage? I uploaded some pics last year that I want to use again, but do not remember the file name

Even simpler: Read the f...... manual! ( Sorry )

Try this: http://www.marklin-users...ns/upload/listmypics.asp

Per.

There is a limit on how big one picture can be that is uploaded to the site, you have got that correctly...

Can you see anything anywhere in the instructions mentioning that only a limited number of pictures, or a limited total allowed space occupied for pictures, per member?

Let's just say that we have a "reasonable" amount of space available...

Juhan,
How can I delete Pictures that I have uploaded?

Have some to remove. I uploaded some and did not like the Quality. REdid them and Uploaded again. Want to remove the unwanted ones.
Nev[}:)]

John, guess that we will have to ask him nicely and a glass or two of Beer. Good Stuff naturally.
Nev[}:)]

This loco looks very similar to the NZR class DA locos.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR_DA_class

Hi Rudy,
I just uploaded a pic, no problems...

How big is file you want to upload? There is a limit around 200kB, and bigger files will give you the error you describe...

Juhan,

This is the error message

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0009'

Subscript out of range: '[number: 0]'

/applications/upload/uploadclass.asp, line 75

Rudy

Juhan,

Steps I do are;

a)Put in my username
b)put in my password
c)select layout pictures
d)proceed to file upload
e)put in browse field "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Trains\Dec 06\DSC01209.jpg.JPG" through selection of picture on my pc
f)upload
and then I continue to get error message.

Not sure what is the issue?

Rudy

I changed the name and I upload correct name.1209.jpg. size is 200k. still same problem.

rudy

Sorry Juhan, but continue to have problems and always the same error message "Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0009'

Subscript out of range: '[number: 0]'

/applications/upload/uploadclass.asp, line 75 "

Rudy

Juhan, please send me your e-mail address.
Rudy

Still I find no answer to this question!
I would like the ability to remove my pics of my choice without involving the webmaster

Thank you, Juhan

Reasently I got my own web host, where I upload the photos used in this forum and for my own website.

I try to follow the advice not to post pictures wider than 640 pixles. Sometimes I wish to make a clickable link to a bigger photo. Is it possible - or rather - how do I make a 640-picture clikcable to a larger version?

Sometimes we see "this image is clickable". How can I do it?

I don't see that there is a problem... As a member you can upload a picture to this site with the procedure described in the first post. I admit, the routine could be better - but you don't need to have your own site...

I would like to know too Also the old request to be able to remove own pictures. You can list them, so why not an option to remove them

Hi Brakepad,
My laptop screen appears to be 1440 x 900 (by hitting right button, and checking properties).
Of course on this site, we lose about 10% with margins etc.
So I guess this means I should be able to view 1024 size pictures without a problem?
regards
Kimball

Hi Brakepad,
Well a new standard would certainly appear to be justifiable.
We should get a response from Juhan (webmaster) at some stage if he is watching.
regards
Kimball

Hi Tom,

Which topic?

I've tested with 1280 screen resolution width and the only scroll bar I have is vertical, not horizontal...if you look for the topic starting in the home page(home->discussion forum->H0 scale->topic) the "topic" screen is narrower but picture still fits with no horizontal scroll.

I'm using mozilla firefox, and maybe that makes some difference. I do not have MSexplorer installed so I can not check, but if that made any difference, the scroll should be really "small".

In any case, and as I wrote before, if 1024 is too much, maybe 800 would be OK. a 800 pixel-width picture will be "better to stare at" than a 640 pixel-width one, in my opinion.

600 X 400 is great.
Clear and fits the Window.

N

640x480 is the recommended size, so everyone can see. 800x600 is acceptable for most of us with 1024x768 and more resolution.

If you want to upload a bigger pic for a more detailed view, then please just put a link to it instead of using the img tags - then it will open in a new window if clicked...

Not everyone has megabit connections, so direct pics in the forum should be smaller in size.

after getting the point he is cross

[img][/img]

testing posting the picture. TQ

Now both pictures are missing. Two X'es.

Jon,

You did'nt upload "I hate you" (cursing)
No wonder you've got rejected with your advances.

You should know better, being a married man


First of all:
1.) get a picture under 800 pixles.
1a.) http://www.marklin-users...s/upload/uploadstart.asp
1b.) decide which category.
upoad the picture by following the place of your photo.

1c.)http://www.marklin-users.net/applications/upload/listmypics.asp

You've saved the picture e.g. under "Motor".
click the text and a picture will appear, highlight the text, copy it,
now go to new topic in your selected topic and click the icon [img][/img]
now put yopur curser between the icons and click "paste".
Bingo, you should have a picture when sending the topic.

I hope you have some luck this time

John

Tried a new password too...just in case that was messed up..

No change, must be me!

Is it perhaps the picture size (in KB)?

I believe the limit is 200KB, strictly enforced...

Hi Guys,

As you can see I joined after 6 January 2010 and so I am not sure if the way to load pictures described in Juhan's first post will work for me as a new member. I am also a novice in relation to image uploads and I dont wan't to clutter up the forum (which Juhan I find fantastic-very informative and enjoyable)with posts that dont "work" (at least the image part), however from time to time when I have something relevant I would like to be able to put on posts with pictures. Does the system now work for newbies and how do you get to the "üpload" page from the normal forum. If possible and not too much trouble a short idiot's guide would be appreciated (or if this has been done -directions to it ).

Thank you

Murray

Thanks Nev for your usual prompt and helpful reply.I will wait and see if Juhan has any different response and if not it will be image shack like Ian.

Cheers

Murray

Thanks for the correction Stephen.
NN

Thanks very much Juhan,

As a post January novice you have now removed the second last obstacle to me being able to post photos. The last one is mine to overcome in the next few weekends,time to take and fiddle with the photos. Looking forward to the possibility of posting.

cheers

Murray

There are 2 obvious conditions that trigger this error....

A file size > 200kb, and also if there is a file with the same name existing.

Another issue is that you should never use filenames with spaces or other "non-alphanumeric" characters like % & @ and so on.

My Great Picture.jpg = Not OK
MyGreatPicture.jpg = OK

Use the listmypics link to see what you already have.

Well it's in the instructions, try to use your picture program to make the original camera image smaller in size - a resized .jpg picture from camera (3000+ x 1500+ or such) still gives good enough detail on a screen if resized to the recommended 800x600 or so...

Hi Juhan,

I think I have followed the instructions, however, I can't get past 1st base. I've clicked on the upload link, as above, I type my user name and password, select not for publication, but this error comes up before I've even selected a photo. " 500 - Internal server error. "

What am I doing wrong?

Regards
Greg

Thanks Nev,

I'll give it a try here.

Regards
Greg

Not sure but you can post and delete if you are not happy.

N

Unfortunately not with the "attach" method, but the method this topic is really about describes does.

The 500 Error this topic describes is fixed now - see http://www.m-users.net/f...ternal-server-error.aspx

let me try with better resolution