• Anything ‘published’ on the web is viewed as intellectual property and, regardless of whether it displays a copyright symbol or not, is therefore copyrighted by the originator. The only exception to this is if there is a “free and unrestricted reuse” statement associated with the work.

    In order to protect our members and TFL from possible litigation, all members must abide by the following new rules:

    1. Copying and pasting entire articles from another site to TFL is strictly prohibited. The same applies to articles from print or other media, and to posting photographs taken of copyrighted pages or other media.

    2. Copyright law provides for “fair use” of portions of a copyrighted work. You can copy no more than a SINGLE paragraph from the article to your post (3 or 4 sentences at most).

    3. You must provide a link to the article along with the name of website. For example: ww.xxx.yyy/zzz (The Lower Thumbsuck Daily News).

    4. You must provide, in your own words, a brief summary of the article AND your reasons for believing it will be of interest to TFL members. Failure to do so may result in the thread being closed or your post being deleted as a “cut and paste drive by.”

    5. Photographs and other images are also copyrighted. "Hotlinking" of images (so that it appears in your message) from other sites is also prohibited unless you own rights to the image. If you wish to share an image, provide a clickable link to it.

    Posts that do not follow these new guidelines will be altered or deleted by staff. Members who continue to violate this policy may lose their posting privileges at TFL.

    Thank you for your cooperation and your participation in TFL, the leading online forum for firearms enthusiasts.

Please teach me how to post pictures.

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Glenner

New member
I can't figure out how to post pictures on this site. I am able to get pictures off my digital camera and email them, but that's as far as my skills let me go.
I am very slow when it comes to this stuff, so I would ask that you treat me like a 3 year old, assume I know nothing.
I need very simple, step by step instructions.
I greatly appreciate any help I can get.
THANK YOU!
 
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Don Gwinn

Staff Emeritus
OK, step by step. You've gotten the pictures from your camera to your computer, and you know where they're saved on the computer, correct? Your next step is to get to the "Reply to Topic" screen and look below the Reply window. The next box down is "Additional Options."

There are three "Miscellaneous Options" with checkboxes next to them, and below that you'll see "Attach Files" and a button labeled "Manage Attachments." Clicky.

This brings up a new window. If you've got a pop-up blocker installed, it may not let the new window come up, but you can set it to allow pop-ups from this site if you want.

In the new window, at the top, you'll see "Upload a File From Your Computer." There are three blank fields below that, and each has a button marked "Browse." Click one of those buttons.

That opens up your computer and lets you search for your picture. When you find the one you want, just double-click the filename and it will appear in the empty field in the "Upload a File From Your Computer" window. Then, if you want to upload other images, you can do the same with another Browse button.

When you've selected all the images you want, there's a button to the right of the Browse buttons marked "Upload Files." Clicking that actually sends the photos from your machine to the TFL servers.

If you've done it right so far, you can close the window and go back to your Post Reply screen. Your attached photos will be listed in the "Manage Attachments" box I mentioned before, and if you hit "Submit Reply" they'll be included in your post.


If the system tells you it can't load your photos because of the size, you will need to resize them using image software. Microsoft Paint can do it, but I like Paint Shop Pro from JASC, which is available as a free trial for download.
 
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