Sorry, this is off topic but how do you post a picture from ebay without putting it in photobucket or something similar?? i had been doing that so I guess I was taking an extra step? Thanks!
Well, that's actually probably more forward thinking as it won't eventually delete and leave a blank on the forum.
But the way I'm able to post a ton pretty quick is just linking them off eBay. Here is how I do it:
1) I use Firefox (I haven't experimented to see how to do it in the other browsers)
2) Click the eBay picture on the auction and most of them bring up their own window
3) Right click and select "Page Info"
4) Click the image/tab at the top of the "Page Info" window that says media
5) Now you see a list of random files on the page. There is also a preview window.
6) On the image you want (sometimes it is first, sometimes lower in the list), right click and select copy. Now you have the url of the image (it has a lot of gibberish in it, but ends in JPG). To put it in the forum use the IMG brackets as usual.
7) Note: if the auction has multiple pictures you want, you have to make sure and click the thumbnail you want so its picture is displayed before you visit the "Page Info" box. So, sometimes you have to go back and repeat that step a few times if there are several good pictures.
This probably seems very complicated but I guarantee once you get the hang of it there are only a few clicks involved and it literally takes seconds.
Just have your forum window open and handy.
You can directly save these pictures to your computer as well (use "Save As" button on the "Page Info" window, media tab).
eBay thought they could foil us.
Let me know if these instructions make sense to you and you are able to post the pictures. Also, if anyone knows another (faster?) way in Firefox or other browsers PLEASE let me know. (I don't know if there are any add-ons that might do it, but I don't usually mess with those).
