This template might give you something to work with. No doubt though, you'd need to accurately determine the proper url's of both the full-size and thumb images.

<a target="_blank" href="url_of_full_sized_image_or_website"><img src="url_of_the_smaller_thumb_image"></a>

Yeah, finding a host that hands you the code might be easier but once you learn to do it that way you may be hooked. :)

There's more img tag parameters explained here.

Opps, I see you're having trouble using raw code, sorry.

Maybe tinypic or imageshack?

If you need something immediate you're welcome to try my personal. I can't guarantee it'll be on-line forever but... although simplistic, it's very easy.

Please choose an image file:

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to reliably do that, especially when different forums have different programming that may or may not permit that. It's a nice thought, but seems like a lot of work to marginally help those people who have a really slow connection. If it were me, I'd simply re-size my pictures so that the files were small: that would probably do as much for people with a slow connection as going to the trouble of trying to create clickable thumbnails.

I have it written down I have such a hard time with it.

Anything between an opening tag and closing tag becomes active. Just put your tag between the and , and it will become active too.

It will not let me put a code in here, it messes up so here is a page you can read

Here is a link that might be useful: clickable image

Thank you for all of that. It's not that I have a problem really with code, or at least that rudimentary subsection of html coding for webpages and blogs. ...i took a basic computer coding class in college and dropped it within the first two weeks for something less mind boggling.... i think it was advanced calc:)

Part of it is for loading pages more easily. Part of it is to allow larger more detailed images to be viewed one at a time at the reader's discretion rather than opening six huge images at once. Part of it is not screwing with the right margin of a thread and throwing off everyone else's format (that's pretty annoying).

"Yeah, finding a host that hands you the code might be easier but once you learn to do it that way you may behooked. :)"

You're correct on that. I have used it, though not nearly enough to make it second nature, to put images side by side in a thread to save linear space and it just looks better in some circumstances. I've used it as well to place an image wrapped in text... that has a very professional look to it.

For some dang reason, and maybe it's just the terrifically bad luck of trying to post hyperlinked thumbs in forums that strictly prohibit it. Though that would be hard to understand since all of those forums allow image insertion,. Is it possibly the case that some forums reject any code that is not included in their button menu above the text message box? The "insert" and "image" etc?

I do like to learn. But frankly I would be really happy to find a zero nonsense, coding tool for idiots, where anyone could insert text url or image url into prescribed actions (photo wrapped by text, two or more photos on same row, hyperlink photo or thumb or text to another web based url of photo, thumb or text.

Perhaps one of the links suggested above will suit me, I haven't looked yet, or lead me to what I'm seeking.

Thanks.

This post was edited by svejkovat on Tue, Feb 26, 13 at 9:47