Barbra, I see PB has changed somewhat from the last time I used it. Use two windows, one with GW and the other with PB. I went to "All Albums" then I clicked on the album I wanted to select photos from. This will then display your photos that when you run your mouse over the picture, just below it will give you choices of codes. E.g., click and copy "HTML Code" and paste the code here in the GW Message box. I like selecting various pictures by clicking on the small box just below and to the left of each picture, then go down to the bottom of the page where it says "Generate HTML and IMG code". Click on that and it will take you to another page with different codes. I usually select the first one "HTML clickable thumbnails for Ebay, Livejournal, MySpace, etc. - recommended" and paste here in GW. I like to delete the bracketed word "center" both in the beginning and end of the code to flush my pictures to the left, like this: Or, delete the space right after the bracketed "/a" to have the pictures run like this: Hope this helps, if not just ask.

When my Mother passed away and I inherited boxes of old photos, clippings, announcements photo albums of many sizes etc. etc. etc.....I spent most of one year re-organizing and putting stuff in albums of uniform size and archival quality....the timing was right for it to happen. Even postcards were put their own (plastic pocketed) album. I organized by year, cropped and pretty much made 'collage' pages....many photo's telling a 'story in photos' with few captions on only a few pages. I typed into a computer program all of the details I could gather about ancestors from obits etc.and sealed those clippings into album pages as well. It DID take a year, and my large dining room table was like an ocean as I got it cleaned up from one year/era before the next came rushing in. I still have one photo box with 'worthwhile' but unidentified photo's and duplicates, if any family members ever want to check them out; and one box of negatives identified mostly as they were saved by the photographer. Meanwhile, the very large 12x12 albums ARE looked at frequently and different 'times/people' are found easily. A couple of summers ago, youngest grandaughter made the observation that there were no photos of her in the albums (age 13), so this winter I did spend some time bringing the "Family Albums" more up to date. Digital is fine, but we do miss gathering around he 'albums' checking out the parents etc. and it is a still to be done chore to get some digitals printed. We are about to visit 38 year old grandson who has just had his first baby, and meet his new wife and 2 children. I will be taking ONE album.... the time period when he lived with us during his baby/toddler years. I expect it will be fun to show him off to his new family.... and then the rest of US when they come here to visit. I also made seperate albums for each of my 3 children... taking many photos 40 miles into town to scan. Today I have my own scanner and printer, so that should make putting albums together really easy. Still a work in progress, as each of the families continue to grow.

The pictures won't budge to either upload or download them. I wonder if you might be able to just drag and drop them into 'Your Pics' on your computer. It looks like there are some folks from the Admin Group (ArcSoft_Jason) who have some recent replies answering questions. That's such a wonderful undertaking, writing your husband's biography. Hopefully there is some way of rescuing the pics from their captivity on your computer. Know any young geeks? Some kids/teens seem to be able to do so much on computer, without any real training. Tomorrow is another day and maybe things will work out. Yes, maybe tomorrow it will all work out. Hope so. Sue You don't sound grouchy...but I'm sure you are quite disappointed and aggravated about the many old pics you can't access. Good luck.

This FAQ will describe how to post pictures from a photohosting site, from a PDF file, or from some other location on the web. First, though, where are your pictures? If they are on your computer only, you will need to upload them to somewhere on the web for the rest of us to see them. I upload pictures to PhotoBucket, but there are other photo-hosting sites available. For example: Picasa, Flickr, Webshots, etc. Note: Pick a photohosting site that does not require someone to log in to see your pictures. Snapfish, for example, seems to require this, consequently, I do not recommend using Snapfish. (If you know of a way around this, let Buehl know and she will remove this comment!) Overview Open an account w/PhotoBucket or other photo hosting site. Take a picture using a digital camera (or film camera, but get your pictures on a disk when they're developed & download them to your computer) Resize your pictures so they're not too big, generally no more than 400x300 (or 300x400 or 400x400) Resize keeping the same proportions so they don't get distorted...i.e., don't specify a specific size, use %-ages or similar [You can also often resize pictures at your photohosting site, but it's faster to do it on your computer] Upload your pictures to your photo account Find the label that contains the HTML Code link to the picture and copy it Paste it into the thread's "Message" box () Click the "Preview" button. You will now see the picture. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PhotoBucket From the album view, place your cursor over the picture you wish to post and click it. The picture should now appear as an individual picture with the various code options listed on the right side of the page. [Figure 1] Now, place your cursor in the "HTML Code" box and click it. The code should briefly change to "Copied". This means you have copied the code. [Figure 2] Paste the code you just copied into the "Message" box of the post where you want the picture to appear (use the keys) Return to step 7 in the Overview section (where it says to "preview") [As of 12/20/2011] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Picasa In your Picasa album, click on the picture you want to post in your message. This will bring up an individual picture view with things like "Photo information" and "Link to this Photo" on the right side of the page Expand "Link to this photo" by clicking on the arrow. You will now see two links: "Link" and "Embed image". (If you already see these links, then do not click on the arrow as it will close the links.) Below the "Embed image" box, there is another box, "Select size". If you want to post the original (usually larger) size, select "Original size" If you want to post a thumbnail size picture, select "Thumbnail". Note: If you're posting a layout and asking for help, do not use this size...use a size that is easy to read! Now, place your cursor in the "Embed image" box and select the code. Use the keys to "select all" in the box or drag your cursor to select it all manually. Copy the code (use the keys) Paste the code you just copied into the "Message" box of the post where you want the picture to appear (use the keys) Return to step 7 in the Overview section (where it says to "preview") [As of 1/3/2011] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Flickr From the album/photostream page, click the picture you wish to post. The picture will appear in an individual picture view Click "Share This" in the menu that appears above the picture. Click "Grab the HTML/BBCode" From the size drop down menu, select the size you wish to post. Default is "Medium". [Note: There may be more than one "Medium".] When posting a picture, it's usually best to choose a size that's no more than 400 in either direction, smaller is better...as long as it's easy to see/read in the smaller size! For legibility, you may have to post bigger pictures, especially for layouts. Click the "HTML" radio button Now, place your cursor inside the box above the size drop down menu ("Copy and paste the code below:") and select the code. Use the keys to "select all" in the box or drag your cursor to select it all manually. Copy the code (use the keys) Paste the code you just copied into the "Message" box of the post where you want the picture to appear (use the keys) Return to step 7 in the Overview section (where it says to "preview") [As of 1/31/2011] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Elsewhere As with posting pictures from a photohosting site, your pictures must be located somewhere online, not on your local machine. Find the URL of the location of your picture. It will begin with "http : //" [but, without the extra spaces] and most likely end with ".jpg" or ".bmp". (There are other extensions, but these are the most common.) Copy the following into the "Message" box where you want the picture to be: Next, replace the http://www.XXX/image.jpg with the address (URL) of the image. Return to step 7 in the Overview section (where it says to "preview") Note: If using "image code" from somewhere else, you may sometimes see the code with square brackets ([ ]) instead of angle brackets (). You must replace some of the square brackets with angle brackets and delete others for the image code to work. Your goal is to make your "image code" look like the example above. [As of 1/31/2011] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PDF File While you cannot post a PDF file directly into a message, you can convert it to a JPEG (JPG) file using one of the free "PDF Converters" found online. One such converter is the "Neevia Document Converter" at the link below. http://convert.neevia.com/pdfconvert/ Once your file has been converted to a "JPEG" image, save the image on your local machine, upload the picture/image to your photo hosting account, and post the picture/image here. To convert your PDF file and save it to your local machine: Go to one of the free PDF converters found online Follow the directions on the site you are using. This will include specifying the PDF file to convert. Once the PDF file has been converted to an image/picture, save the picture/image to your local machine. The steps to do this depend on your browser: From Firefox: Right click on the image Select "Save Image As..." Save the image on your local machine From Internet Explorer: Right click on the image Select "Save Picture As..." Save the image on your local machine Upload the pictures to the web somewhere (photohosting account such as Photobucket or elsewhere) Now, follow the steps in the Overview section for posting pictures. [As of 1/31/2011]