When I started, I needed instructions on how to place that link. If using Photobucket, once your images are uploaded, roll your mouse over the picture you want to post. Several options will appear below the picture. Click on the words HTML Code. A code string to the right of your click will then be highlighted. Copy it (Ctrl+C), and then go to your GardenWeb post. Paste it (Ctrl+V) into the post. You should then see a bunch of code. Preview the message and make sure your picture is there. If you have a Flickr account, open your picture by clicking on it, and then click on All Sizes at the top of the image. From there, pick the size you want. When that opens up, look below the picture and highlight and copy the code that appears in Option 1. Follow the instructions above to past it into your post. I hope this is clear. It's second nature to me now, so I'm not sure how it will be interpreted. Susan

I've only done it once but it seemed pretty easy (luckily since I'm a computer phobe!). You'll need the photo to be posted on you computer in a directory somewhere first. Then all you have to do is hit the Browse button by the Image file to upload; it'll take you to the directories on your computer. Navigate to the directory or folder that has the pics in it and just double click on the one you want to share and you're done!

One of the easiest ways to provide your photo to be embedded into a post is to upload it onto an image hosting site such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc. That should be pretty straight forward, and the individual sites will give instructions on how to get your photos uploaded to their site when you sign up. Once your picture has been uploaded, find its image location address (URL) by right clicking on the image and copying the image location. The URL will look something like: http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg. Some sites may even provide the appropriate HTML code in a text box below the photo for your convenience. It will be the one that begins with a href=... (This code looks different than the code below, because it will actually produce a picture link instead of just a picture.) Let's say, as an example, that the address of the picture you want to post is http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg To embed the picture into a post, use the command: img src="http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg"> _____________________________________ If your picture is too large to fit nicely into the text page, you can add a width attribute. The command with the width attribute would look something like: img src="http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg" width=600> _____________________________________ Note that I had to use special characters to get the commands above to show up here without turning into pictures, but you can use them as shown (but with the correct image web address).

Mike, That is indeed a fig. It was my first and is nice and large but yet to throw off any figs. My smaller and newer one had 4 figs in the first year I had it (they fell off b/c winter came) and is now covered with tiny new figs. Go fig-ure (sorry), I've heard some plants take a while to produce. And mandrin1, it's indeed a she. Cali is my rescue kitty. She likes sitting IN the larger pots. I'm worried my tomato seedlings will meet the same fate as the arugula she sat on after sampling. Luckily my balcony is really well shielded from the wind. The folks on the back side are lucky if they can keep soil in their pots. Best! Liz