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Helpers Helping the Helplessly Helped

Sep 15, 2012 16:57

There is nothing that I dislike more than not knowing how to do something. Like tying my shoes. For years (and I was a slow learner so we are truly talking years), I had to wear velcro shoes because I couldn't tie my own shoe laces. It was horrid. And then one day, a nice person finally showed me something that clicked and VOILA! I could get shoes ( Read more... )

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ANSWER (how to post gifs and banners that take you somewhere) lar_laughs September 16 2012, 02:02:00 UTC

1) Find a gif.

Oh look! I have found a gif!

2) Right click on image/gif/wonderfulness. Select Save Image As..., pick a name to call it and a destination.

3) Open up Photobucket. As far as I know, it's the best place for this. If you don't have an photobucket account, cave right now and get one because you're going to need it. I'll wait while you get it set up.

4) Might as well start this off right and make an album called GIFs. Download the image from your computer to the album.

5) I'm using the new photobucket but in the old photobucket, if you clicked on the gif, it would take you to a screen where you could get all the different types of links. In the new photobucket (which I find that I'm enjoying even if it is a tad bit streamlined for my taste), click on the little cog in the right upper corner of the image. Click GET MEDIA LINKS and then click on the HTML. It's going to automatically copy it for you.

6) Go back to the place you want to share the gif. Right click and select PASTE.

There's your gif!

BUT say that you want to post a banner or picture that is going to take you back to a specific journal if it is clicked, and not photobucket.

Do everything above but don't click POST COMMENT just yet.

Okay, here is a picture:

Here is the code:
http://s106.beta.photobucket.com/user/countess_rain/library/" target="_blank">

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m243/countess_rain/wrongpassword.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/>

See the first time that it has the URL for photobucket? That is what you want to switch. I'm going to take the URL for the bar and replace that so that it looks like:

http://be-compromised.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m243/countess_rain/wrongpassword.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/>

Now, if you click on the image, it will take you to the bar. Try it! You know you want to!

Re: ANSWER (how to post gifs and banners that take you somewhere) im_ridiculous September 16 2012, 05:01:39 UTC

Thanks Lar! This could actually prove incredibly helpful - gifs have been something completely beyond me. I shall bookmark this :D

Re: ANSWER (how to post gifs and banners that take you somewhere) lar_laughs September 16 2012, 05:20:23 UTC

It took me awhile to figure that out. It was sort of hit and miss or one of those "huh... if this does this... and this does this... than I bet this does this" sort of moments in my head. If there's another way to do them, I would be learning, too!

Re: ANSWER (how to post gifs and banners that take you somewhere) anillogicalmind September 16 2012, 23:22:04 UTC

You deserve an award.

Can we get an award for larlaughs up in here?

Re: ANSWER (how to post gifs and banners that take you somewhere) lar_laughs September 17 2012, 04:28:04 UTC

Success is the only award I need! It's embarrassing how long this took me to figure out! Of course, I remember a time when gifs didn't really exist. Ah, good times. Come sit down in a circle, kids, and let gramma tell you about the time when LJ was very plain and sterile and we thought it was funny to have blinkies on our icons.

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