I want to show someone a picture in PM, but image doesn't work and there is no attachment.  How do I place it on the PM. please?

I want to show someone a picture in PM, but image doesn't work and there is no attachment.  How do I place it on the PM. please?

I don't think you can attach pictures in PM's. However, if you can post a picture from the 'Net if you know its URL. All you have to do is place the URL of the image between the img tags, like this:

{img}URL_of_the_picture{/img} (using square brackets of course)

I tried that using {img}{/img}, but it came out with a red 'x'.  Thanks, anyway.  :)

Maybe you didn't type the URL correctly. :-\\ I don't know.

Maybe.  :-\\

url here should work... what is the picture's URL?

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures

although that may just be the location, but it worked everwhere else.  If not that, then what would be the URL?...that's the only thing that resembles it.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures

although that may just be the location, but it worked everwhere else.  If not that, then what would be the URL?...that's the only thing that resembles it.


that's on your hard drive, not a webserver.  You can't link to that.

Upload the picture to http://www.imageshack.us

Take the url they give you for the picture and place it between the tags, and voila.

I got it! Thanks you all...I just uploaded it to my website, put the URL in the PM between the images and it worked.   :)

The picture I wanted is on the first post of this thread...the turtle.

I want to show someone a picture in PM, but image doesn't work and there is no attachment.  How do I place it on the PM. please?


I don't know how you get them in your posts as attachments, like you did...
howd you do that/

I don't know how you get them in your posts as attachments, like you did...
howd you do that/



When you click reply... right under the white box where you type text... there's something that says "Additional Options"... click that and you'll see the Attach option

Can anybody kindly help this dumbo to post pictures from her Photobucket onto here.

I can get them out of the bucket but they are really small sized - I'd like them actual size if that's possible.

Many thanks in anticipation.  :)

I don't know how you get them in your posts as attachments, like you did...
howd you do that/



I just uploaded it to my website, put the URL in the PM between the images and it worked. 



Or like Sister Morphine suggested.

...but what about keeping the sizing?

Can anybody kindly help this dumbo to post pictures from her Photobucket onto here.

I can get them out of the bucket but they are really small sized - I'd like them actual size if that's possible.

Many thanks in anticipation.  :)



After a certain file size , Photobucket will automatically resize them and you can't get them back.  Now, if the picture isn't that big to begin with, just take the code provided that already has the IMG tags on it and post it here.  What you're seeing is a thumbnail of the size of the actual picture, not the picture itself.