how do you put pictures on here when u take them from your computer

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can u please? help
in WikiTree Help by Sara Bellomy G2G1 (1.2k points)
recategorized by Ellen Smith

3 Answers

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Hello Sara.

See here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Photos_FAQ#How_do_you_add_a_photo.3F

(You can upload pictures to be attached to a profile by simply clicking on the photo square that is at the left hand side of their name in their profile page)
by Rubén Hernández G2G6 Pilot (831k points)
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H Sara!  Posting pictures on the G2G forum has taken me an eternity to learn. The "How To" is wordy and complicated, at least to me. I'm a little dyslexic and the instructions just look like a jumbled up mess to me.

Step 1.  Take the picture, email it to yourself, save it to your computer (where you can find it)

Step 2. Create a Free Space page (set privacy to OPEN) to park your pictures on. Pictures pick up the locked privacy settings and will not display on the G2G Forum unless the Free Space page is OPEN PRIVACY!   

* Top menu bar:  My WikiTree  Add  Find  Help 

* Scroll to "New Free Space page" click on it and name it Sara's Pictures for G2G (or whatever you wish) but you will not be able to change the title later!  NOW, before you leave that new free space page, COPY the URL address and paste it where you can find it  I paste the URL address on my profile page under a heading(see my profile page) There is a way to find all the Free Space pages you create, but it will take another paragraph to explain it....Just copy the address and put it on your profile page.wink

Step 3. Add your pictures to the Free Space page by clicking on "Images" and "Click to Upload it here"

*Explain why the picture is not copyrighted ( this is my picture and I took it with my camera) (This picture was taken before 1978 and the copyright was not renewed!) This picture is subject to free use and has been shared by the original contributor)   Then title it, add location (USA) then date is optional.

Step 4. Learning Curve: Go to the G2G Forum (like here) Click on Answer this post Look at the top menu bar, up above.  You see Font Size, Normal, some other funky icons, then B I S X X | A A | link icons | Picture Icon| Chart Icon | ? Icons,  face Icons: smiley

Choose the picture Icon

Go to your Free Space page.  Click on the the picture! Click on it again (yes again)  the picture now appears on a Black Background!   That is the URL Address you want to copy and paste in the Picture Icon in the top menu!  

Notice that there are options to size your picture.  Size your picture to 450, but not more than 500 or it will be tooooooooo biggggg! and annoying!

For a smaller picture, with text wrapping around the picture, choose a setting of width 200 and then there is a box at the bottom to make the picture appear on the right or left side of the post.  The text will wrap around the picture!

This picture is how I try to help new members understand their personal family tree needs to be connected to the WikiTree by a common ancestor.  Notice how the text wraps around the left side.  This is because 1. I set the width size to 250, and 2. I set the Alignment to "R" (which means right side)

If these instructions are easy or hard to understand, please let me know in the comments below.  I want to create an easy to understand tutorial, with pictures, so it will be ready to paste in, (or go to my Free Space page to learn), the next time a new member gets confused by the existing instructions.  

EXPERIMENT!  Have fun!  

by David Draper G2G Astronaut (3.8m points)
Images posted to g2g do not have to be on WikiTree.

So long as an image is free to use, and is somewhere online, it can be posted to g2g.  However, it has long been considered bad form to post direct links without first asking, due to bandwidth issues, so re-hosting is a good idea.  (There are a number of free-to-use image hosting sites out there.)
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To upload photos to a profile just follow the directions on the profile.

If they are photos to be used in G2G, create a Free Space Page, look under help for add a new thing.

Upload the pics to the free space, its exactly the same as adding pics to a profile.

if you have the free space open and the relevant G2G discussion open.

You can copy paste from the free space directly into the G2G discussion. No messing around with URL addresses and other complicated steps.
by M Ross G2G6 Pilot (747k points)

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