PICTURES - EASY 10-STEP PROGRAM!!

1. if you have microsoft's photo editor or or photoshop (or some similar program),  go to step 2. if you do not, then go to step 5.

2. open the pic in either program and goto "image" (or "edit"); somewhere there, it will say "resize."

3. set the size to 800 pixels wide.

4. proceed to step 8.

5. if you do not have the above programs, open the photo in MS paint.

6. goto "image," then "stretch/skew."

7. reduce the image by percentages, being sure to use the same percentage for both horizontal and vertical. start with somethng like 85%.

8. save (make sure it is saved as a .jpg) and close.

9. check the properties of your picture (rightclick on the picture, then choose "properties"). if under 100KB, then proceed to step 10. if still above 100KB, return to step 1.

10. go to BSB and post your picture!

when an email has a pic attachment imbedded, it is USUALLY a large BMP file. 

you need to save it to desktop and then open with MS paint, which is on ever computer. after opening it with paint you simply need to SAVE AS a /jpg and it should be good to post - also usually brings it down to a post-able size.

more detail on the pictures within emails:

if you get an email with a picture embedded in it, you need to right click on the picture and SAVE it onto your computer (the desktop is most convenient). 9 times out of 10, it will be in .bmp format. this format can be uploaded to BSB, but it usually takes up more space than usual.

what you need to do is right click on the picture (on your desktop) and choose "open with..." and then choose MS paint OR whatever program you normally use for photo editing (photoshop, etc.). when opened, choose SAVE AS and then save it as file type .jpg.

once it is saved as a .jpg, simply start with the 10 easy steps in the opening post of this page. for those who don't want to scroll up, here's a summary:

check the properties to make sure it is less than 100 KB in size. it should be, but if not, all you need to do is resize it a bit to make it less than 100 kb.

once you do that, you can upload it to BSB with absolutely no problems and insert it into your post along with the message you got in the email.

this is extremely easy, takes only a minute and a half or so, at most, and is a lot easier than it sounds on paper.

All,

I was able to find some more room on this server, so I raised the file upload limit from 20kb to 100kb. This should alleviate a lot of the issues you're having with posting pics. The vast majority of the pics uploaded are under 100kb, so I think this will return things pretty close to normal.