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So, I've noticed a fair amount of people asking how to get images to work on EX. So, this guide is for just about anything to do with images with EX!

Note: I have never used a Mac enough to translate this over to them. This walkthrough is how to work a Windows.

this walkthrough will go over:
Downloading images from the internet

Uploading images from your computer to the internet

Uploading tags

Putting images on the Exhibited Boards

(Hint: If you're looking for a specific section, press and hold the ctrl key on your keyboard, and then press F. Type in the exact bold wording you're looking for, and if the page does not jump to the section, press enter on your keyboard until it does)


For downloading images from the internet, start here

You need to right click the image you want to save, and select "save image as". Remember where you save it! I use Windows 7 currently, so I just save stuff in "Library(backslash)Pictures". You can save it anywhere, but I use that.

Note: Your computer will automatically save the image as whatever file it was saved as originally. File types for images are generally .PNG, .JPG, and .GIF. I cannot really explain how these file types differ, so I suggest a google research adventure if you're curious.


Start here if you are uploading images from your computer to the internet

You can go to any number of websites that will host your image. A lot of people will use Tinypic.com, as there is no account needed to upload stuff - You can get an account on it if you want- however I prefer ImageShack, just because I got an account on there and I can always go back for older images when I want to. So, I'll be using Imageshack for this example, but the idea transfers over to every other image host I can possibly imagine.

So, I'm at imageshack, and I press the browse button. then I'll get a popup, showing me all my computer files and such.
Now, whatever image host you decide to use may not go to the same place as mine. Remember where you saved your image before? Go there. Click your image. Click "open". After that, hit upload now.

Congrats! You got your image up on the internet/in your possession! Now, this tutorial of sorts will split. First, I will describe how to get your image as a tag. After that, I'll describe how to put it on the boards.


For people who are uploading tags, read here

Your image is now uploaded! Now, depending on your image host, you'll get at least two urls (also referred to as links). You want the one that ends in .png/.jpg/.gif. EX generally prefers .png files, by the way.

Now, as a quick reminder. Tags must be 150 pixels by 150 pixels (150x150). You want to copy that link, which you can normally do by clicking it once, right clicking it, and then hitting "Copy Link". If the link does not become all blue (or whatever color your computer highlights stuff as) then you'll have to manually select it all. You do that by right clicking and holding the button down right in front of the first letter, and then moving down until the very last letter is highlighted.

Now, come back here to Exhibited. Click on your player name in the upper left hand corner. Right above where your incubator is, click "view tag album".

Scroll down to the "Add a tag" section if you have to scroll. Enter in whatever name you want for your tag in the first box, right click the second box and hit "paste". Categories are self explanatory and not mandatory to uploading images, so I'm not going to touch on that. If you wanna have it chosen randomly upon logging in, go for it. Just to let you know, if you have "remember me" checked on the sign in screen, it will not circulate your images each time you get on the site. You gotta manually log in for it to cycle.

And you're done! If you're an upgraded member, then it'll show up for you! You can still make a tag album as a regular member, and if your account downgrades, it'll still keep the album as far as I know.

For people who are putting images on the Exhibited Boards, read below!

Last section of this!
Now, I'm just gonna casually use Bob's free tag art thing:

You can find his thread here

For an image on its own: You will be using the code {img src="http://urlhere.whatever"/}, just with a < and a > instead of a { and a }. This will make the image show up as an image, no link or anything. That is how I showed the image above.

For a link in text you will use the code {a href="http://urlhere.whatever"}texttextext{/a}, again, using < and > instead of the {}. just like this

For a link in a picture you will use the code {A href="http://urlheretosomething.whatever"}{img src="http://urlhereofpicture.whatever"/}{/a}. Once more, replace the {} with the < and > stuff.


And that's it! If you have any questions, please PM me or post on here, and I will amend this post with answers to those questions. :D

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