David Albert Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 To post a new topic on the board, do the following: 1. Go to the board on which you would like to post. (Ads go on in the various 4 boards listed under the "Buy and Sell Marketplace," and discussion topics go in the 2 boards listed under the "Firearms Discussion" section. 2. Once you are on the appropriate board, click on the "Start New Topic" button: (It is toward the top right hand side of your screen) 3. A page will load that looks like this: 4. Type in a title, as shown above. If you are posting a market ad, it is helpful to post as much information about the item as may be immediately helpful to anyone seeing it. Though not required, listing a price in the title is helpful. 5. This step is completely optional, but if you want to use the "Tags" feature, you can type terms into that field, separated by commas. If 2 or more posts are tagged with the same term, they will appear as links at the bottom of your post. This will happen more often as additional content is posted to the new board. 6. Post the text of your ad, or your discussion topic within the large area shown below. Remember, if you are posting an ad, you are trying to sell something, like in a newspaper ad...Provide as much information as you can about the item that will fully inform potential buyers. It is recommended that you post a price, full description, your city, state, and name, e-mail address, and any sales tax and shipping details. You are not required to post all these items, but they are recommended. 7. You can post photos several ways: You can link to an existing URL where your photo is stored externally on another website (Photobucket, etc.) - Use the "Link" icon to do this (4th icon from the left, as shown below) Click on the "Link" icon, and a window will appear, as shown below Cut and paste the URL for your externally hosted photo into the first field, as shown below If you want your photo URL to have a name, you can fill in the second field, and it will link to your URL - You can also leave it blank, and the URL itself will appear in your post (I will complete this tutorial ASAP...I've worked on it on 1/9/16 and 1/10/16) David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khrut27Gg Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 When I tried to work up a WTS post, there is no paperclip to drag pics. onto the post. Only way is still to use a url copy. I remember you telling me that later when the membership is upgraded, that will be possible. If I missed the upgrade, how do I apply for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Albert Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 The upgrade to the pay tier system has not occurred yet. We will let everyone know when we do the change. It will occur for commercial users first, David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGC Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 So as an LT I should be able to upload pics directly to the site correct? Because I tried and it says I'm not allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerad Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 I dont have the Paper clip on my page when I do the test post. Thanks Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerad Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Disregard...Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel763 Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 When ever I try to post a pic, it gets an over lay of the crossed swords in Baghdad, I do not have the crossed swords pic on my kindle. Anyone know why this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalbert Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I looks like you somehow added a watermark of the one image to your account. If you follow the instructions from the following page about setting a watermark (or disabling it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel763 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well that was it, I have no idea how a watermark got applied except for an extreem case of operator error. Thank you very much for your help. Now I just have to work out a couple more malfunctions and I'll be good to go. Thanks again. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khrut27Gg Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Drag and drop or choose files won't load, says the files are too large, or gives me an error. I'll try it again here on this post. There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200 So sill like to old board? Have to load and store pics. on some site like photo bucket? I was able to use my files here before for 1 pic, not it won't allow any to post. OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Albert Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Khrut27Gg, 4.6MB is too large of an image to upload, and the system will automatically reject it. It's many times larger than is necessary to nicely display a photo on a computer screen, and it would serve up very slowly. You know, like when you see the top of an image begin to download, but you give up wanting to wait to see it, because it takes much too long to download? The system is trying to prevent that. Please keep in mind that your audience has limited cellular or wifi bandwidth. If your photo were 100KB, instead of 4.6MB (about 46 times smaller), it would serve up very quickly, and almost no one would notice the difference in size or quality. You should at least reduce the size of the image you are attempting to upload by 50% or more. Resizing can be performed in Photoshop, or by using an app like iResize on a MAC. That's the app that I use. They can also be reduced if you have a phone, and forward the images to your own e-mail address. Depending upon your e-mail program, most of them automatically ask you how large of an image you want to send, usually presenting 3 or 4 size choices to enable more speedy and efficient processing. David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanlpu Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 Hello! New user here. Probably missing something simple, but I cannot "create new topic" to post a part that I would like to sell on the Parts and Accessories Market Board. It is grayed out, like it is unavailable to me. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy H Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Dylanlpu said: Hello! New user here. Probably missing something simple, but I cannot "create new topic" to post a part that I would like to sell on the Parts and Accessories Market Board. It is grayed out, like it is unavailable to me. Help? Read ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP5 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Is there a way to attach or insert a picture as a jpg attachment directly from one's computer into a reply to a discussion? (I'm not trying to post an ad.) Because when I try clicking on "insert existing attachment" I get the box that says The page you are trying to access is not available for your account pop up. Or is the only way to do this by from an externally stored location (photobucket, etc) by using the "insert image from URL" button in the Insert Other Media drop-down menu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy H Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 If you photo is stored on the device you are using to See Sturm ...... then you ...... tap ... Click to choose files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP5 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Hi Buddy H........ When I try to reply to a thread/topic, that paperclip and the "Click to choose files" does not appear in the lower left of the box, as your depiction shows. Do I have to be a paid subscriber for that to appear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy H Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Probably ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmag_mt Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 I cannot get pics to edit to delete in test section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterdawg2000 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 Drag files here On 12/15/2019 at 1:36 PM, Buddy H said: If you photo is stored on the device you are using to See Sturm ...... then you ...... tap ... Click to choose files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterdawg2000 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 Where is the choose files option for pics, it used to be on here but now I can not post pics? Please advise, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichstall Posted June 2, 2023 Report Share Posted June 2, 2023 ok so i guess you know have to be paid to post on general discussion and post photo . What a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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