How To Insert A Picture And Text In The Footer



1. Since Proboards will not allow you to upload any pictures, please be advised that you must upload your picture that you want to use for on the footer of your posts onto another server that you can link to such as Photobucket.

2. After logging into the KawaNOW Forum, click on PROFILE, which is located on the top menu bar of any page.

3. After clicking on PROFILE, click on MODIFY PROFILE, located right next to the words, "Member's Bio".

4. Scroll the page down to the Avatar section. Right below the Avatar section is an input field called, SIGNATURE. This where you will input text for your footer picture and related text.

5. The signature section can only hold a maximum of 400 characters.

6. The signature sections is free text, meaning you can type anything you want into the input field.

7. Now, in order to use pictures on your footer signature, they must be resized as to not overcome the page when viewed. It is suggested that you have your picture no larger than 350x350 pixels or smaller in size. Your pictures can be resized with any graphics program before uploading to your photo service or server of choice. One such graphic program comes with Windows called Paint. Paint is capable of resizing files and converting them to either .jpg or .gif files if needed.

Also, if you use any pictures in your posts, please resize them to 350x350 pixels or smaller.

8. Now, you must input the code used for displaying your picture and text into the SIGNATURE input field. In inputting the code, you must use bracket coding for all your pictures. For example, if you want to place one picture and some text below it, here is the code you might input in the SIGNATURE section:

[IMG]http://www.photobucket.com/mypics/mypic.gif[/IMG]
Daffy "Sappy" Duck
VROC #00001, KawaNOW #99999
Hollywood, California
2005 Kawasaki Nomad "SappyII"
daffyduck@kawanow.org
http://www.daffyduck.ws/kawasaki.htm

 Notice that the URL or link for the picture has a bracket code in front and back. Make sure that the [IMG][/IMG] coding is there for your pictures. As far as the rest of the text, just type it in as needed. The example above has the name, any member numbers, location, year and type of motorcycle, email and personal website. You can include more or less as desired.

The following is an example for inserting multiple pictures with text above them. If you use more than one picture, it is suggested that you resize your pictures to a smaller size of 250x250 pixels for them to look uniform and not take up too much room.

Daffy Duck, Hollywood, CA.
1999 Nomad 1500
VROC#99999 KawaNOW#99999
[IMG]http://www.photobucket.com/albums/mypics/Nomad.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.photobucket.com/albums/mypics/Nomad_thumb.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.photobucket.com/albums/mypics/P999999a.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.photobucket.com/albums/mypics/mypicagain.jpg[/IMG]

 9. Once finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on MODIFY PROFILE to save everything.

10. Once saved, your data should display at the footer of each of your posts.