Posting in Speciality Forums

[Shrek]

Originally Posted by Johnny Dolittle

Well ok maybe specialty forums is not primary reason for HT but we just had an inaugural parade last year and the droppings from horses in the parade were carefully collected and disposed of in a nearby organic farm meanwhile Amish farmers are fighting the government that doesn't want produce grown in fields plowed by horses because horses may leave behind droppings which could cause people to get sick if they eat produce grown in the field ....... meanwhile in California horses are not used in those produce fields but deer and other wild critters cross the fields leaving behind droppings which is not a problem with the gov...... so go figure !

Thats like the opinion of not to compost dog or cat feces for vegetable garden use. I often wondered if the experts advising not to compost dog and cat feces ever gave thought to what stray cats consider fresh tilled garden soil and even outdoor compost piles to resemble?

Although I dump the kitty litter boxes in the low spot out back and dont put cat scat litter in my garden or outdoor garden compost piles, I dont entertain any thoughts that my garden is cat poo and pee free considering there are two outdoor cats on my place and many ferals from the surrounding woods.

[Randy Rooster]

Originally Posted by AngieM2

Only one person knows the exact parameters to being able to post in General Chat and Political.

Those are not the primary purpose of Homesteading Today -
So, keep posting and interacting with the group in general, and one day you'll be able to post there.

until someone decides they dont like what you have to contribute and gives you the boot

[Johnny Dolittle]

Well now I can post in General Chat and Politics

[B]But I can not attach images[B]

So what hoops do I need to jump through now

I bought a collapsed greenhouse and started taking it down today and took lots of pics and was going to do a post on greenhouse frame salvage but hard to do without pics

this thread shows you how. How to post pics....

[Johnny Dolittle]

Thanks Zong but under my posting rules it says "you may not post attachments"

I am totally frustrated

[AngieM2]

read the threads in Computer and Admin -
no one attaches images to this site.

You can get a fliker, photobucket or webshots other photo hosting site - upload you photos there, and then get the "post in forum" line and post that here.

Angie

[Johnny Dolittle]

But ..... My posting rules say

You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
you may edit your posts

You can either follow the instructions I gave you the link for, or sit there complaining. Your choice.

[ronbre]

don't know..

[Wisconsin Ann]

Johnny, when you link to another site, such as the ones mentioned by Angie, you're not attaching something. You're linking to it. Attaching means that THIS site has to save the image on it's server. When you link, the OTHER server saves the image/file/whatever.

NO ONE on HT posts with attachments. It's all done using a 2nd site to host the image. It's VERY EASY.

and to answer your obvious next question: with the number of posters here, and the amount of images from all the forums, the server would have to be HUGE and would likely be so slow we couldn't use it if they hosted the images on it. SO....

many other forums do the same thing. It also allows you to post your images on multiple forums from one place. Upload ONCE instead of once to HT, once to Woodworking, once to Teardrops, etc...

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Johnny Dolittle

But ..... My posting rules say

You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
you may edit your posts

Uh huh thats what mine says and I've been here since the place started. You're as good as you can be.

[Johnny Dolittle]

Thanks Ann
Makes perfect sense
I have been on computer 4 years now ... no one to help me .... rely on Computers for Dummies etc.

Just learned to resize

[Johnny Dolittle]

I just got posting permission in specialty forums
.... and was thinking i had to do more posting to get permission to post pictures

[Johnny Dolittle]

Thanks Ross