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Let's take another look at posting images. Just as in the past, the new site allows images to be displayed in two ways: from the site's server and by deeplinking to an image on the web.
Before we get into the technicalities how to do this, we probably need to put in a reminder about copyright issues:
1. Unless clearly marked otherwise, assume every image on the web is copyrighted.
2. Do NOT upload copyrighted images to the TC server, unless you are the creator (pictures you've taken yourself).
3. Deep linking to images hosted elsewhere on the web is allowed, provided the images are not watermarked or include the copyright sign.
Let's now see how we can get an image to appear within your posts.
As an example I'm using a photograph I took myself (my copyright) and that is available on the web here:
hennieschaper.blogspot.com
The image itself has this url (link).
First example: upload an image from your computer that you have taken yourself, or that you have downloaded, but is not copyrighted.
Press the insert image button at the bottom of your post. Make sure that upload image is selected top left.
You can now either drag an image to the designed space, or click where it says "click here" to select the image from your computer and you're done:
![Hair Horse Working animal Horse tack Liver]()
Now if you right click and open the image in a new tab, you will notice that the picture has a TC url - it is on the server.
You want it at a different size in your post? Click the image and with your mouse you can increase or decrease size:
![Hair Horse Working animal Horse tack Liver]()
Second example: share an image from the web by deep linking.
There are several methods to do this. The easiest is, just as in the old site, by putting the picture's url between the image commands (img)<URL to image>(/img) of course with [ ] instead of ():
![]()
The advantage of this method is that you can also adjust the size of the picture as displayed by adding a size command in there: (IMG width="300px") <URL to image> (/IMG) of course with [ ] instead of ():
![]()
As an alternative, you can go to the site with the picture, select the picture (and possibly text as well), rather than the url, then copy/paste to your post:
Again, you can adjust the size of the image as shown earlier:
If you're unsure about copyright issues, deep linking is always the preferable route. One word of warning though. Make sure you only deep link to images from "stable" sites, like amazon or record labels or wikipedia or news sites, where one can expect these images to remain where they are (in terms of the defining url).
Before we get into the technicalities how to do this, we probably need to put in a reminder about copyright issues:
1. Unless clearly marked otherwise, assume every image on the web is copyrighted.
2. Do NOT upload copyrighted images to the TC server, unless you are the creator (pictures you've taken yourself).
3. Deep linking to images hosted elsewhere on the web is allowed, provided the images are not watermarked or include the copyright sign.
Let's now see how we can get an image to appear within your posts.
As an example I'm using a photograph I took myself (my copyright) and that is available on the web here:
Horseplay
Alternative title: Close encounters of the equine kind. On a walk through a forest in nearby Hattem we came across this friendly horse grazi...
hennieschaper.blogspot.com
The image itself has this url (link).
First example: upload an image from your computer that you have taken yourself, or that you have downloaded, but is not copyrighted.
Press the insert image button at the bottom of your post. Make sure that upload image is selected top left.
You can now either drag an image to the designed space, or click where it says "click here" to select the image from your computer and you're done:
Now if you right click and open the image in a new tab, you will notice that the picture has a TC url - it is on the server.
You want it at a different size in your post? Click the image and with your mouse you can increase or decrease size:
Second example: share an image from the web by deep linking.
There are several methods to do this. The easiest is, just as in the old site, by putting the picture's url between the image commands (img)<URL to image>(/img) of course with [ ] instead of ():
The advantage of this method is that you can also adjust the size of the picture as displayed by adding a size command in there: (IMG width="300px") <URL to image> (/IMG) of course with [ ] instead of ():
As an alternative, you can go to the site with the picture, select the picture (and possibly text as well), rather than the url, then copy/paste to your post:
Again, you can adjust the size of the image as shown earlier:
If you're unsure about copyright issues, deep linking is always the preferable route. One word of warning though. Make sure you only deep link to images from "stable" sites, like amazon or record labels or wikipedia or news sites, where one can expect these images to remain where they are (in terms of the defining url).
