Pic-a-Song 2012 - Thumbnails

How to post thumbnails
N.B. I'm going to need to use { and } in place of square brackets; you'll need to replace those in the final version

Basically you want something with this structure at it's heart:

{URL=post}{IMG}thumbnail{/IMG}{/URL}

All you then have to do is fill in post and thumbnail correctly.

thumbnail will be the web address of your thumbnail, in the same way that you used the web address of your main image.
Your image hosting service may provide a way to return a thumbnail sized version of your shot, or if not, create and upload one yourself and then use that. (that's what I do: 150x150 pixels with a dark grey background)

post is the link to the post that you created within the challenge thread. If you look at that post, find your user name on the left, then a little to the right you'll see either a little blue circle or a yellow star. Click on that and it will take your post to the top of the visible page, and then in the address bar at the top of your browser will be the exact address of your individual post. Copy and paste that in place of post

So in my case for day 3 of CYC III:
thumbnail is http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6722511297_011cc2407e_o.jpg
and
post is http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/cyc-iii-day-3_topic83717_post978382.html#978382

and so the resulting code for my thumbnail will be:

{URL=http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/cyc-iii-day-3_topic83717_post978382.html#978382}{IMG}http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6722511297_011cc2407e_o.jpg{/IMG}{/URL}

remembering to swap the curly brackets for square ones and ensuring you have no extra spaces; the thumbnail itself will be:



When you add a new image, don't start a new thumbnail post, just edit your existing thumbnail post and add a similar entry for the next one, maybe with 4 or 5 spaces between the entries.

Note: When you do go back to edit, you may spot that post now includes some extra auto-generated stuff on the end with " rel="nofollow. Don't worry about this, and remove it if it confuses you - you're original code won't need any quotes.

Hope this helps - do ask if you need any help

Edited by tigertimb - 12 February 2012 at 22:03

Whiter Shade of Pale


Truckin'



Kodachrome


For the Roses



Fun Fun Fun



City of Tiny Lights



Bridge over Troubled Waters



Painting Pictures



That's What Friends are For




Edited by sydknee - 13 February 2012 at 23:04

A Whiter Shade of Pale


Fun Fun Fun


Where the Streets Have No Name


For the Roses


Painting Pictures


That's What Friends Are For


Bridge Over Troubled Water


Kodachrome


City of Tiny Lights


Truckin'


Edited by alanfrombangor - 08 February 2012 at 18:24

"Kodachrome"


"For The Roses"


"Bridge Over Troubled Water"


"Whiter Shade of Pale"


"City of Tiny Lights"


"Fun Fun, Fun"


"Painting Pictures"


"Truckin'"


Edited by dca1213 - 10 February 2012 at 22:07

Kodachrome:


Where the streets have no name:


Truckin'


Bridge over troubled water:


For the roses:


City of tiny lights:


A whiter shade of pale:


Painting pictures:


That's what friends are for:


Fun, fun, fun:


Bonus song!
Black Sabbath - Sweet leaf


Edited by Lazer13 - 11 September 2022 at 13:46

Painting Pictures


(building a...) City Of Tiny Lights


Bridge Over Troubled Water
"When times get rough and friends just cant be found..." (A duck's perspective)


Kodachrome
"[...]Makes you think all the world's a sunny day"


That's What Friends Are For
"And when you're lost in dire need..."


Where The Streets Have No Name
"And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do"



Edited by MartyMoose - 13 February 2012 at 22:51

Kodachrome


Bridge Over Troubled Water


City of Tiny Lights


Where the Streets Have No Name


For the Roses


Edited by mhtrang - 16 February 2012 at 05:24