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Ian:
At the top right hand side of any post to which you want to reply. or which you want to quote, there's a button:
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but this copies the entire post in question, and then re-posts it in its entirety. Usually, however, and for the purposes of readability, you might not want to quote the entire post at length, especially if it has one or more images in it.
So, to quote just a part of someone's post...
* Go to the post you want to quote from
* Position your cursor immediately before the bit you want to quote
* Hold your LH mouse button down, and drag the cursor to the end of the potential quote
* Hold down 'CNTRL' and press "C"
* Click on the 'Reply" button
* Click the quote icon (second from Right in the row of rectangular buttons immediately above the smileys)
* Hold down 'CNTRL' and press "V"
That's it. Now, you compose your own post, and - when you press 'Post" - your quote will appear above it.
Ian:
You may think that it sounds complicated, but it isn't, once you try it a couple of times. Using the 'quote' button, however, is akin to using a machine gun to swat a fly; it's indiscriminate, and just clogs the forum up making reading posts more difficult.
Ian:
If you're not sure how to get your photos small enough to display them in here, then you could try these: here's a a few sites that should do the trick. I generally resize pics so that the longest side is 600 pixels.
http://www.picresize.com/
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
http://www.drpic.com/
Finally, one other thing to look at is resolution. Pictures in here shouldn't have a resolution higher than 90 dpi (dots per inch). Any resize app will have a box showing resolution, and that can be adjusted. In that context, it's worth remembering that a picture whose resolution is 600 dpi might look small on your computer, but will appear enormous on here when uploaded, simply because the forum software will force it to display at 90 dpi..
Ian:
If you go to an Album, like the modern one for example:
http://threetownsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=4
You should see a 'Add an item to this album' option. Click on that, new page opens, Select your file, Add in a title and description and press 'Submit'. Job done!
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