Re: How to add image to HP Forum Posting Message #2 Posted by Dieter on 20 Nov 2013, 2:23 p.m., in response to message #1 by Harold A Climer
Yes, the image file has to be located "somewhere on the internet" so that the hpmuseum forum software can access it. Of course you can upload the picture from your computer to your personal university webspace. You say this upload would "take forever" with your dial-up connection. But this also means that the download would "take forever" as well for every user with a similar internet connection - fast multi-mbit-connections are not available everywhere.
So the problem is not your slow connection - other users may use something similar and experience the same problems as you during your upload. The problem is your file size. How large is the file you want to share? Sounds like several Megabytes. A JPG-screenshot of a Full-HD-Display (around 2 million pixels) should not require more than 500 KB. I just saved a 1,7-Megapixel screenshot as a PNG file (works better than JPG here) and it required less than 200 KB. Which in both cases is no problem at all even with a good old 56K-modem.
BTW, you can also have some webspace here at hpmuseum.org. There is a link on the accounts/login-page that leads to a request form.
Dieter
Edited: 20 Nov 2013, 2:33 p.m.
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