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• How do I resize/crop a picture?
• How do I add a picture to my signature?
• How do I post a picture on the Forum?
• How do I sync my signatures across multiple systems?
• Where can I see some Forum member photos?
• Can I send email to a Forum member directly from the Forum?

How do I resize/crop a picture?

Check out these tutorials created by Wes Edens

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How do I post a picture on the Forum?

This info is kinda dated as it was for the previous forum (not Delphi), but I'll leave it here for general education purposes -- Picture Tutorial (Note: Imagestation is not recommended anymore, use Photobucket)

If you want to post a picture in your signature, you'll need to host the picture somewhere on the Internet...such as at Photobucket.
Once hosted, you just use the URL info supplied in each picture (see example below) for your image source line.

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How do I sync my signatures across multiple systems?

If you use multiple systems on the Delphi Forums, you’ve noticed that the signature list that shows up in your Delphi “My Firefox” profile panel may vary depending upon which system you are using. The reason for this is that the GM/RTE script install is unique to each Firefox installation; so the sig info that gets stored is unique to each local FF profile. I wish Delphi had server-side profile storage that supported the script but all they store is the single default sig you see in your Delphi profile page. (<-Note on the Delphi profile default sig: Advanced, Extra and Plus members do get one default sig through Delphi, however Basic members don't even get that!)

See this PDF document I wrote up for one possible solution.

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How do I add a picture to my signature?

In the upper right-hand corner on the Forum menu you'll see "My Forums"; click on that. Then at the bottom of the left-hand panel you'll see "My Preferences"; click on that. Once there, scroll down until you see the text box that says "Personal Signature". The text box should be empty. If it's not, than delete everything that's inside it.
To put a picture in your signature, you must have the picture hosted somewhere on the Internet that is publicly accessible (see info in question above). You then copy and paste that link into the Signature box. An example link might look like:

<center>
<img src="http://www.photobucket.com/pictures/myfolder/myLC.jpg">
</center>

Before you paste the code into the sig box, select the "Source" button, then paste the code. Once the text has been pasted into the Signature text box, select the "WYSIWYG" button. Then you will see your sigpic as it will look on the forum. Then click on "Submit" at the bottom of the page. Now, every time you post, your signature file will be displayed.

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Where can I see some Forum member photos?

See this page

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Can I send email to a Forum member directly from the Forum?

Yes, but only if they've enabled this feature in their "Preferences". If so, when you click on the member's name in a message "From" or "To" field, you'll see a "Email this member" link at the bottom. If you don't see the link then they don't have the feature enabled.
(Note: To enable this feature for email from others to yourself, choose the "Preferences" link off the Forum menu bar. Then make sure the "Allow others to e-mail me through my profile" box is checked, and click the "Update" button at the bottom to save.)

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