Posting Images in Audiogon Forum Posts - A Reluctant Quasi-Tutorial

So I fumbled my way through successfully getting images in a few posts this morning. @spiritofradio  asked me to write a tutorial because he was so frustrated trying to do the same. I can relate; it too me far longer than I'd care to admit to get a couple of successes, and it mostly wasn't straightforward. 

Hopefully, Tammy or other admins here can provide something more useful and delete this thread when it becomes obsolete. 

If it matters, I'm using Chrome on an M1 Macbook running Big Sur. If you're on Windows, mobile etc, we all may be facing different challenges & fixes.

Method #1 - This worked once for me for a smaller image (thumbnail size) and obviously the easier method. It only worked for me once.

Open an image already on your computer. Right-click on the image and select copy. Place the cursor in the post where you'd like the picture. Right-click and select paste or type <command-v> or <ctrl-v>

Method #2 - Technophobes, I'm sorry.  

Upload your image from your computer to Imgur (there are similar free photo sharing sites, but I'm not familiar with the specific differences using those). You have to create an account, login, and then select "ADD IMAGE" on top right. Once your image is uploaded it should show on the top left as a thumbnail like this:

click on it to get to a screen with different link types like this:

Click on the second copy button on the right "Direct Link". Place the cursor in your draft Audiogon post where you want the image and click on the image icon. Paste the copied Direct Link into the URL box by Right-click and select paste or type <command-v> or <ctrl-v>. If your image is large the number of pixels shown for height and width will need to be reduced. For the two images above, I entered 500 as WIDTH. The height will be automatically reduced proportionately to preserve the shape of the image. Select LEFT for the alignment. Click OK.

If after doing this the size is too big, you can further reduce the WIDTH until it fits. Another way to make that adjustment is by clicking on "Source" above your post to toggle from the message view to the HTML code that creates it. In that view, just look for WIDTH and edit the numerical WIDTH value in the code and click source again to toggle back to normal view. I also PREVIEW before posting to see if it's working as intended.  

BTW, if anyone knows how to "@" the Audiogon staff, please reply here and call them over. We could use some better help than mine! 

Cheers,

Spencer