Please read the auction forum rules

[hoops]

Hello everyone,
you may have noticed and even glanced at the new forum. I'd like to ask you to read it over carefully, take notes on it if you need to, and if you have ANY questions or comments about the auction, it's rules or any part of it please contact ME, HOOPS at the email listed in the post. let's make this fun and easy and let's raise tons of money for the Pearl Foundation.
thanks all
peace
hoops

[leslie]

Noel - I may be losing my mind, but I don't think your e-mail was listed in the post!?!?!?!

L

[Mary6906]

I think you're correct, Leslie, but it IS mentioned in the monthy update....

Noel Defino will be the “Chief Auctioneer”, and Kathleen Brogan will be the “banker”. If you have questions about the auction that must be answered before November 15th, please email Noel at HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com .

[hoops]

thank you Mary, if you have any questions before and /or after Nov 15th about the auction send them to me at Hoopsjohn1@aol.com thank you.
peace
Noel

[gisli]

You are my hero hoops, thank you.

[dragonlady]

Can someone post how to get photos into a post? I've never accomplished it except by sending someone by link to look at my photobucket album. I'm afraid I won't be able to get the photos into my auction post.

Thanks,

-di

[hoops]

great idea Dragon, i think many of us can use this advice. a step by step, if possible.
peace
hoops
awww gisli, thank you, i just ran with someone elses idea. and i feel blessed to be able to do it

[JoanM]

Can someone post how to get photos into a post? I've never accomplished it except by sending someone by link to look at my photobucket album. I'm afraid I won't be able to get the photos into my auction post.
Thanks,
-di

Di and others...
I'm sure someone else can do a better job of explaining, but here's how I post pictures: (I'm on a Mac but I think the process is the same...if not Windows folks please help)

1. create a photobucket account (http://photobucket.com/) (it's free)

2. upload pictures (images or videos) into your account
*use the browse button to find the image or video on your computer
*hit the upload button

3. the video(s) or image(s) will come in and you'll see some onscreen directions. Add titles, descriptions and tags to images below

I usually click on "Save and Continue" which is below the image and takes me back to the album page and I see the image again.

OPTION: Now if you want you can click on the "edit" link above the image and make it smaller or do other modifications. If you leave it as is it will most likely come in large. If you decide to edit you'll be sent to another screen, do your work, then need to save it and return to the album.

4. Below the image in the album (you're either still there or you went to edit and returned) you'll see four options
Email & IM,
Direct Link,
HTML Code, and
IMG Code.

5. Click on IMG Code, you'll see "copied" flash by the code (it's a quick flash of a yellow box with copied inside on my screen)

6. Go to your post

I usually get the picture ready in photobucket then open a new tab on Firefox and go to the message board where I want to either start a new thread or reply to a post...I then can go back and forth between Photobucket and the board. If you start with the post then do all the photobucket things you may be asked to enter your password again and have to start over...been there done that

and paste (on Mac it's Apple V - for very sticky paste - I think it's control V on Windows) the IMG code will come into the post

7. Preview your post to see if the sucker came in

8. Now that the image is in you can continue to edit your post and when you're ready hit submit

I hope this helps, others please feel free to add info.

jm

here's a picture I took of the tv screen Tuesday night
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm275/jgmaute/Barack.jpg

[dragonlady]

Thanks Joan...I'm getting my auction descriptions together and will be able to use your instructions when I'm ready to post...

-di

[JoanM]

Thanks Joan...I'm getting my auction descriptions together and will be able to use your instructions when I'm ready to post...
-di
Hope it helps Di. If you're on Windows (I can't remember if you're on Mac or Windows) you may want to do a run through to make sure there aren't any differences. Now that you've brought it up, I'm going to go ahead and upload my pictures into Photobucket so they'll be ready on the 9th when we can post our items. (tip...you can upload them then do a fake post to preview to make sure they're coming in OK then delete the post.)

jm

[hoops]

Joan,
thank you so much, i'm sure that will be very helpful to a lot of us...like myself. 2 days till posting begins!!
peace
hoops

[hoops]

everyone,
the auction floor will be opened for posting items tomorrow Novemeber 9th. Get your items up there so that bidding can begin on the 15th.
peace
hoops

[dragonlady]

Joan...

Thank you so much...those directions were great and helped a lot to post my auction items. My only problem was that the pictures came out REALLY BIG! in my post and I wasn't sure how to make them smaller. Too late for the auction floor but I'll figure it out for next time.

-di

[JoanM]

Joan...

Thank you so much...those directions were great and helped a lot to post my auction items. My only problem was that the pictures came out REALLY BIG! in my post and I wasn't sure how to make them smaller. Too late for the auction floor but I'll figure it out for next time.
-di
Actually it isn't too late to make it smaller as long as you edit the same image since it will have the same code. I click the edit link then "resize" and take it to preset, medium. Then I click the button that says something like replace original. Another trick I use sometimes is to save a copy then paste the new code (which has a 1 after it) into the body of the post, I'm pretty sure you can do that by editting your post (although you may need to go to the advanced tab).

So...now you should be REALLY confused, but what the hey, big pictures are good too.

jm

[dragonlady]

Joan said:

big pictures are good too ;)

You think?...take a look and let me know...Items 3 and 4 (they are the same post really)

-di

[JoanM]

Joan said:
big pictures are good too ;)

You think?...take a look and let me know...Items 3 and 4 (they are the same post really)

-di Both are consolidated into Item#3 now. Back to the size of the pictures...are you thinking they are too big and therefore there's too much Janis? Can there ever be too much Janis? Actually the large size lets us see the texture. I saw these in Pittsburgh, they're great! Di if you want to make the pictures smaller give me a call tonight and I'll "control tower" you through the process.

[Mary6906]

Both are consolidated into Item#3 now. Back to the size of the pictures...are you thinking they are too big and therefore there's too much Janis? Can there ever be too much Janis? Actually the large size lets us see the texture. I saw these in Pittsburgh, they're great! Di if you want to make the pictures smaller give me a call tonight and I'll "control tower" you through the process.

I can vouch for JoanM's air traffic-ing skills!! :)

[hoops]

Di, i think the size of the pics is perfect. all the rally important views are their. i'd keep it just the way it is
peace
hoops

[dragonlady]

OK...I won't worry about it then...

thanks,

-di

[Eva]

You know Hoops... You won't believe this (or maybe you wouldn't expect anything else) but I might be able to auction off a beautiful pair of (very) high heelded shoes... :o Only wore them twice, they are not wide enough for me. They are also a European size 36, so it's for people with small feet. Do you think that would be interesting to anyone? I'm not joking here by the way...

Eva

[hoops]

Eva, i truly think that may be something someone would want...BUT here is what i think...more people would be open to and available to bid IF these shoes were something extra extra special....precisely, autographed by the Legendary Pirate queen. Ii would love it if there were time to have Janis autograph them but ehh, what can you do. please don't post them until we discuss this further. tell me your thoughts
peace
hoops

[Eva]

Shoes autographed by the Pirate Queen??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Crazy woman. I'll e-mail / pm you about it later.

Eva

[hoops]

you rock Eva
peace
hoops