while you are editing in Rich Text Editor, drag the photo from your computer and drop it in the posting. Suggest you keep the photos to about 800 pixels wide to fit with most folk's modern monitors. Here is an example of an 800 pixel photo.

Bruce is right, you can drag and drop an image into the editor window in Firefox. 

However, it's not uploading it to your personal file area when you do that, Firefox is actually posting the image directly inline in your post - if you click the source button, you will see a whole bunch of gibberish in your post - that's the binary data of your image.

So while it works easy enough, it's a bit of a hack and it only works in Firefox.

Web design best practice is narrower screens will rule in the years ahead as the mobile internet gains steam.

Mobile internet connected mobile devices are outselling new computers 5 to 1, and mobile devices have a smaller screen real estate.

Modern web design best practices says designing web sites for huge stationary monitors is an out-of-date concept and the small screen will rule by 2015.

Sorry, but I much prefer my 23" monitor.   (I guess now Benny can take exception with this... )

It's amazing how many forms discrimination can take.

Sorry, but I much prefer my 23" monitor.   (I guess now Benny can take exception with this... )

It's amazing how many forms discrimination can take.

MikeM

Discrimintation has nothing to do with it - practicality is what's driving the move to mobile devices. Yes, if you're at home and stationary, then that 23" monitor works great - and we can certainly understand why you prefer it.

However, even that preference is being challenged by tablets. If I have to chose between sitting in front of my 26" monitor or sitting in the easy chair using my iPad, I'll often select the iPad for certain tasks like reading emails. That easy chair is a lot more comfy than the desk chair where my big monitor sits.

When you're on the go, I doubt you want to haul that 23" monitor around with you - a pocket-sized smart phone is much more practical. And depending on what you do for a living, it's likely you spend a good part of your day not in front of that 23" monitor, yet you get slow times where it would be nice to read or watch something interesting.

For these serindipity moments on the go, dragging out a smartphone is a whole lot more convenient than dragging out that 23" monitor. If MRH can be made in-a-pinch comfortably readable on that pocket-sized smartphone too, then you can enjoy your favorite ezine while you're out amd about.

Reality is, the sum of all those moments on the go but being connected will quickly exceed the hour or two you spend in front of the 23" monitor a few times per week.

We're not saying it's one or the other - why not have both? But for the small screen to work as well as the large screen, you design the page differently.

And on top of all this, the number of people who ONLY connect to the web with a mobile device is growing, and is expected to exceed the number of stationary computers connecting to the web in the next couple of years. Having that pocket-sized always connected, always with you, and always on device is just too convenient of a way to do something interesting on the go. Market demand is the source of the discrimination, if you want to call it that.

Those phones weren't so smart in NY with Sandy coming through. Many of the under 30 crowd found out how to use a land line for the first time. Were do you go to charge your iPhone when there's no electricity? Do you carry around a mini portable generator? Then how do you power it? Oh yah, I forgot wind power or solar. That's right.

Yeh I know, your table top computer won't work either. But when the power comes back on you can be on line just like that. No waiting to charge your battery.

I also read that those nice phones go dead faster if they have to roam  looking for a signal.

This would be the time to get out an old RR magazine to read while sitting by a nice comfy wood stove fire. Ah yes the Ice Storm of '91.

Bernd

Now that MRH Gen2 has been out for 4 months, we can speak to how well getting something mobile-friendly is working.

Since the release of Gen2 in January, MRH started experiencing the largest growth we've ever seen. It used to be 30% growth year-over-year was the norm, now we're seeing 40-50% growth year-over-year.

So the large monitors are nice, no question, but studies have been showing publishers that embrace mobile see major new growth. Once MRH made the move to have a mobile-friendly version of the mag available, our growth has skyrocketed.

We're setting new all-time growth records - and Gen2 has helped trigger that.

may need to be updated with new imagery.

Thanks but use to be real easy ar one time. Copy the IMG in Photo Bucket. Paste into the message.

Rich

comfortably readable on that pocket-sized smartphone...

Nobody will ever convince me that an enjoyable reading experience of any length can be had on a pocket-sized screen let alone viewing photos and actually seeing everything there and that this is somehow preferable

Bob Bochenek

The portable generator you need to charge your device is called a car.

Nobody will ever convince me that an enjoyable reading experience of any length can be had on a pocket-sized screen let alone viewing photos and actually seeing everything there and that this is somehow preferable ...

We in the western world are spoiled by our big screens, but many outside the west are going online using smartphones. They don't have computers, but they do have phones, and they're getting on the web. If trends continue, there will be more people online using smartphones than any other device. So websites will need to look decent on a phone since that's how the majority will be viewing it.

Also, these days when I'm on a flight somewhere and I go use the restroom, I look around and there's a lot of people on their phones doing something to pass the time. Like it or not, the younger generation is growing up with these pocket devices and they're quite comfortable with them.

If available, people do prefer larger screens, but when you're on the go, the small screen of the device you always have with you that's always on and always connected sure beats total boredom all to pieces.

Is there a easier way, or short cut to add multiple photos to a blog? I want to start out a blog post or forum topic, then use a second post to show work in progress with many different pictures. Is there any way I can do this and drag and drop the whole document, pictures and all? Do I have to add all the photos in the written portion in the correct order after I write the post?

i hope I asked that correctly. 

Thomas. Gasior

Write the narrative in your text editor and paste it into your post.

Then go back and insert the photos one at a time in the correct spots in the text. The order in which you insert them is not important.

Once the pictures are in your post, you can drag them around or cut and paste as you like.

Using the Image insert dialog to upload the photos saves you the step of having to find them twice (once for uploading and once for inserting in the post)

You can paste images into the post directly but then the image file is saved as part of the text data and it becomes very slow to edit after a short time.

But at one time all I had to do was post the IMG link from Photo Bucket. Much quicker. This is 2014.

Rich

All you should have to do now is paste the URL from photo bucket into the URL box on the image insert dialog. no upload needed.

Use the "direct" link code:

But at one time all I had to do was post the IMG link from Photo Bucket. Much quicker. This is 2014.

Same except the image icon on the toolbar takes the place of the <img> tags. The button opens to the correct tab and field to paste your Photobucket link. Click, paste, done.

Thanks Bill, for trying to help us who are computer-challenged.

So why do I have to place my photos in the correct spot in my text if I can drag and drop them anywhere before hitting the "post" button? Can't I just place all the pictures I uploaded to my file browser at the end of my text, then drag them to the spot in the text that makes sense?

Thomas Gasior

Can't I just place all the pictures I uploaded to my file browser at the end of my text, then drag them to the spot in the text that makes sense?

Yes, you can do that.

What I was proposing was to save some steps, upload the photos into your post from the image dialog and have them show up in the right place right away. - one compact set of steps.

vs: upload all the images with the file browser and then insert them into your post and then move them around, which in effect is touching each image 3 times.

I know the argument above was about smartphones VS. computers but I have had experience mainly with tablets and computers and it seems to me that tablets tend to be best. It is easy to navigate and has a good size. I tried ing once on a iPhone and it was just to small to navigate.

Honestly I think posting pics in various forums used to be easier but I've noticed that nowadays it has become more complex and less user-intuitive, seems like every forum uses a totally different mechanism to load photos into a post. The old 1-click Photobucket format was the easiest of all until Photobucket broke it when the totally changed their look and format a few years ago. Anyways this video tutorial has been helpful...but I still think the whole photo loading and storage procedure here is a bit too complex and clumsy, requires too many steps,is time-consuming and not the most intuitive. Even after watching this video it still took me almost 30 minutes to load,resize,rotate and post my most recent pic......and my problem is that for some reason this site insists on loading my many of my photos upside down...Joe Fugate, any simple way to rotate them when they are loading upside down??

Just curious, are you taking photos with an IPad.

Select the My Account menu on the right and you will see several tabs, one of which is labeled File Browser.

This tab lets you scroll through all the pictures you have uploaded and resize them or rotate them. On the upper left is a button bar that has all the features available for managing your images. See the screen grab below ...

If a picture uploads oriented in the wrong way, sideways or upside down, it is not the fault of the website, it is the "smart" device I took the photo with that is to blame, in my experience.

I turn off screen rotation or ensure the home button is on the right of the display when I take photos.  I avoid taking "portrait shots" if I can.

Regards,

I think Gene has it right. Compare attaching a photo to an (Apple) email and the MRH procedure and there's no comparison!. I've often wanted to contribute photos (although I say it myself, I have some nice/different freight cars) and come to the conclusion that Life's Too Short.

I'd love to see the procedure streamlined.

And have to say that I appreciate all the photos from those who do make the effort.

David

Current process is 1-2-3 ...

1. Select the image button on the editor bar.

2. Select the upload tab and select image.

3. Adjust the uploaded image size as needed.

Because of the way web browsers work, that's about as easy as it gets. 1-2-3.

On an iDevice, you get in the email app, you compose your text and tap attach, then you select the image source (take an image or pick one from photo collection on device) and you select desired resolution.

It's not THAT hard ...

But when I try to down load I get "no image URL" although a suitably sized/cropped image does seem to have reached my account (3924 if you are minded to look).

So, what am I doing wrong, or how do i get it from account to post?

I'm using Safari in OS X 10.9.5

David

I must agree with Joe. "It's not that hard"

Over the years, there have been numerous discussions about posting images. The "how to post" threads usually help the person having difficulties but for some reason nobody else seems to read those posts. Then when they try post something themselves, they don't know how. They can't remember that you can use the search function provided. Many times they don't read the options on the screen, or mouse over the icons to get a hint at what it does. It has a learning curve, just not a very difficult one. When I did my first posting of a photo, knowing there may be steps to be taken for a successful posting, I just read the screen options, selected the appropriate action and presto! An image appeared. It is obvious if the image was posted correctly or not as you are previewing it as you go. If it's not looking right, then perhaps you missed a step or chose the wrong icon for the task. So it's not that hard.

One thing I would recommend is to include the how to post instructions in the HELP menu at the top of the screen. I thought it used to be there, but must be mistaken. (maybe I dreamt it)

Just my thoughts..

Randy

Start with the upload tab. If you're cutting and pasting URLs you're doing it the hard way.

Select the UPLOAD TAB ... and it has a button to select an image from your device and upload it. It automatically goes into your post. Done!

No URL hassles, period.

While one can get technical on the number of steps if you count all six clicks and two typing locations there are eight, but they are all listed at the beginning of this post. To get the error "no image URL" you must have skipped a step or deleted something from the image URL as that is automatically populated if you complete all the steps.

1. Click the add image icon in the editor
2. Click the Upload tab
3. Click the Choose File button
4. Select the file/image and click the Open button
5. Click the Send it to the Server button
6. Change the width to 750-800 as recommended. NOTE: I prefer 750 as 800 does not seem to fit in the grey background text box
7. Enter Alternative Text, this step is optional
8. Click the OK button

Yes this is more work that attaching an image to a email because the email applications do some work for you, there is no need to send a file to a server as the email application embeds the picture(attachment) into the email message for you. This is just impractical for a forum post as it would make the posts huge especially when there are multiple pictures. You may even get lucky and have the email app resize the picture for you to reduce the message size sent by email.

If you are trying to use pictures on a photo sharing site like photo bucket then that is totally different, check out Bill Brillinger's comment here on that. That will only work if the photo site can provide a direct url to the photo that doesn't change.