OT: digital photos



limey wrote:

> I know that this newsgroup does not accept photos.
> Binaries are not the way I want to go. Let me word my
> question differently. As an example, let's say I want
> people on the newsgroup to see a photo of mine; I assume I
> have to furnish a link for those who care to view it. How,
> then, do I accomplish this? Do I need a web page? My
> software, and others, only allows me to send an entire
> album to others via e-mail, not to a newsgroup. Any advice
> would be appreciated.

Yes, you need a web space somewhere to put the photo. There
are free photo hosting services available on the web if your
ISP hasn't already given you a website. Here's one. There
are many more I'm sure.

http://www.picturetrail.com/

After you upload the pic you can post the link here. You can
also post pictures directly to alt.binaries.food and post a
link here.

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"limey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
:
: "notbob" wrote in message
: >
: > I don't subscribe to binary groups. I go to html
: > websites,
the proper
: place
: > to do graphics. Sure, one can argue that if it's
: > possible to
post
: graphics
: > on Usenet, why not. But it's like arguing it's ok
: > to use a
screwdriver as
: a
: > prybar. Sure, it works, after a fashion. But, there are
serious problems
: > created by doing so.
: >
: > Usenet was never intended for graphics. That's what
: > html is
for.
: > nb
:
: I know that this newsgroup does not accept photos.
: Binaries
are not the
: way I want to go. Let me word my question differently. As
: an example, let's say
I want people
: on the newsgroup to see a photo of mine; I assume I have
: to
furnish a link
: for those who care to view it. How, then, do I accomplish
this? Do I
: need a web page? My software, and others, only
: allows me to
send an entire
: album to others via e-mail, not to a newsgroup. Any advice
would be
: appreciated.
:
: Dora
:
: ==========

No. Go to http://www.ofoto.com . You can upload (download?)
your photo to their site for free. Then send yourself an
invitation to view your 'photo album' from their site. Now
you'll have the link address to post on here for everyone to
view your picture. It's all free. We do this all of the
time. It has been a great back up when we couldn't find the
right disc with a specific picture that we wanted to view.

One observation - when you set up the album to share, you
may or may not want to mark the box that requires people to
sign in/up to view your pictures. Some people are bothered
by it...while others are not. Go figure.

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Cyndi <Remove a "b" to reply
 
On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:12:57 -0400, "limey" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My software, and others, only allows me to send an entire
>album to others via e-mail, not to a newsgroup. Any advice
>would be appreciated.

Do it just like Reg said. Compose a regular newsgroup
message Outlook, then press the Attach button, and type in
the filename of the picture. It's best if you shrink the
picture down to a reasonable size first (100K or so - not
the 2meg files that the camera spits out).

-sw
 
On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:12:57 -0400, "limey" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I know that this newsgroup does not accept photos. Binaries
>are not the way I want to go. Let me word my question
>differently. As an example, let's say I want people on the
>newsgroup to see a photo of mine; I assume I have to
>furnish a link for those who care to view it. How, then, do
>I accomplish this? Do I need a web page? My software, and
>others, only allows me to send an entire album to others
>via e-mail, not to a newsgroup. Any advice would be
>appreciated.

What software are you using? Photos are most often stored as
files with a .jpg (or .jpeg) extension. Some software *may*
organize this into 'albums' or collections, by creating
indexes to a set of .jpg files, but each .jpg is a separate
file *somewhere* on your computer or CD disc. They often
have 'names' like 1003406_32.jpg indicating a date/time code
or other arcane info from the camera.

Once you locate your picture or pictures, you can send 1 or
more files to a site (several mentioned in this thread) that
allows posting of photos. You can also post to a binary
group (binary just means something isn't in readable text
format) and tell rfc or rec.gardens to go take a look in the
appropriate newsgroup (alt.binaries.pictures.gardens or
alt.binaries.food). If your ISP advertises some 'personal
web space', you can also put pictures there, and post a msg
with the URL.

I can walk you through some if this if you like. Write to
[email protected]
 
In article <%[email protected]>, Reg
<[email protected]> wrote:

> notbob wrote:
>
> > Usenet was never intended for graphics. That's what html
> > is for.
>
> Not true. HTML/HTTP was not designed with graphics support
> in mind, it was originally text only. It would be
> incorrect to say that the web was somehow intended to be
> the "proper" way to exchange image files.
>
> HTML = hyperTEXT transfer protocol

HTML = Hypertext markup language

As already posted, Hypertext transfer protocol is HTTP.

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Reg <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> limey wrote:
>
>> I know that this newsgroup does not accept photos.
>> Binaries are not the way I want to go. Let me word my
>> question differently. As an example, let's say I want
>> people on the newsgroup to see a photo of mine; I assume
>> I have to furnish a link for those who care to view it.
>> How, then, do I accomplish this? Do I need a web page? My
>> software, and others, only allows me to send an entire
>> album to others via e-mail, not to a newsgroup. Any
>> advice would be appreciated.
>
>

Let's say your picture is a file called X.jpg Simply attach
X.jpg and post it to a Binary News Group ... using your
news reader.

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on
nothing but food and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.
 
"Rick & Cyndi" wrote in message > "limey" wrote in message
> :
>
> No. Go to http://www.ofoto.com . You can upload
> (download?) your photo to their site for free. Then send
> yourself an invitation to view your 'photo album' from
> their site. Now you'll have the link address to post on
> here for everyone to view your picture. It's all free. We
> do this all of the time. It has been a great back up when
> we couldn't find the right disc with a specific picture
> that we wanted to view.
>
> One observation - when you set up the album to share, you
> may or may not want to mark the box that requires people
> to sign in/up to view your pictures. Some people are
> bothered by it...while others are not. Go figure.
>
> Cyndi

Well, this is a test only. Disregard the picture - I'm just
getting my feet wet.

http://tinyurl.com/2v2am

Your instructions were invaluable - I already had tried
Yahoo so used that before trying ofoto or any other. (had
already tried HP and one other!). I set up a Miscellaneous
album and put in one picture, then followed your "tutorial".
I can then delete that one picture each time and just post
another picture. That accomplishes my desire to post just
one picture if necessary, rather than all the album/albums.

Many thanks, Cyndi. I am indebted to everyone for
their help.

Dora
 
"limey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Well, this is a test only. Disregard the picture - I'm
> just getting my feet wet.
>

Very cute Kid Yours?

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on
nothing but food and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.
 
"limey" & Cyndi" wrote in message >
: "limey" wrote in message
: > :
: >
: > No. Go to http://www.ofoto.com .
<snip>

: >
: > Cyndi
:
: Well, this is a test only. Disregard the picture -
: I'm just
getting my feet
: wet.
:
: http://tinyurl.com/2v2am
:
<snip>
:
: Many thanks, Cyndi. I am indebted to everyone for
: their help.
:
: Dora
:
: ============

Awwwwwwww, Hope is such a cutie! I like the looks of the
kitchen too!!

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Cyndi <Remove a "b" to reply
 
"hahabogus" wrote in message > "limey" wrote > > >>
> > Geez, double geez. I'm trying again:
> >
> > Dora
>
> Once again very cute kid, Yours? If you keep doing this at
> least change
the
> pictures....
>
Thanks, haha. That picture was just a test. She's my 3-
year old granddaughter. The next one will be of me in a
bikini. OK?

Dora
 
"limey" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

>
> "hahabogus" wrote in message > "limey" wrote > > >>
>> > Geez, double geez. I'm trying again:
>> >
>> > Dora
>>
>> Once again very cute kid, Yours? If you keep doing this
>> at least change
> the
>> pictures....
>>
> Thanks, haha. That picture was just a test. She's my 3-
> year old granddaughter. The next one will be of me in a
> bikini. OK?
>
> Dora
>
>
>

ALL RIGHT!!!....cute grandkid.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on
nothing but food and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.
 
"Rick & Cyndi" wrote in message
>
> Awwwwwwww, Hope is such a cutie! I like the looks of the
> kitchen too!!
>
> Cyndi

Thanks - My daughter's kitchen.

Dora
 
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