Once you upload images to your PBase galleries, you can share the images with your friends and family via several popular mediums such as Blogs, 3rd party sites (like Dpreview) and even PBase's own forums.

Different mediums have different formats for sharing pictures - we will share the correct format for some popular sites in this howto.

If all you want to do is to share a new gallery or image with your friends, you simply need to pass on the link of the gallery or image to them via email or other mediums.

For example, to share a gallery, you just need to tell them, “Please visit http://www.pbase.com/USER/GALLERY” Replace USER with your user name and GALLERY with your gallery name.

To share a specific image, you just need to pass on the link of the specific image. Please refer to the procedure Common First Step below to understand how to get the link of the specific image you want to share.

Please note that to be able to embed images in other sites, you need to be a PBase subscriber (that is, not a free account). If you have a free account, PBase does not offer you a feature called direct linking which is essentially what you need to embed the images in outside sites.

This is a common step, irrespective of where you want to post your image.

Let's assume that this is the picture you want to share:

Note the URL of the image in your browser, which happens to be http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436 Copy that URL to your clipboard - to copy it, select the browser url (drag your mouse to ensure it is completely selected and then if you are using Windows, click on your browser 'Edit' menu and click on 'Copy' like so:

Great so at the the end of step 1, you have copied the image URL

If you are a 'Blogger' in popular sites such as blogspot.com, it is very simple to embed images hosted at PBase. Here is how.

I will use blogspot.com as an example. Others will be similar. When you click on the 'image' button in your blog while creating/editing a post, click in the box option that says 'Add an image from the web', and Paste the URL you copied in the previous step. ADD a ”.jpg” extension to the URL - This step is very important - without it, the image will not show up. In other words, the URL you enter in that box is http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436.jpg like so:

Now all you need to do is click on 'Upload image' and there you have it, the image appears in your blog !

Here we will take the example of a popular photography site , http://www.dpreview.com

all you need to do is paste the copied image URL in the dpreview message compose box. ADD a ”.jpg” extension to the URL - This step is very important - without it, the image will not show up. like so:

click on 'Preview' to make sure you did it right.

Looks good to go ! When you are happy with your post, click on 'post' in dpreview. There you have it. Simple, huh ?

Lets assume that you have recently uploaded a picture you want to share in the PBase forums.

Paste the copied image URL in the dpreview message compose box. ADD a ”.jpg” extension to the URL - This step is very important - without it, the image will not show up. like so:

It sounds more complicated than it is. PBase forum uses a syntax called BBCode which means you have to go through an extra step to show the image (many popular internet forums use the same syntax).

All you need to do is select the link you just posted, and click on the Img button on top like so:

This adds the required code and your post now looks like this:

Note that you can add the [img] and [/img] tags manually too. If you do want to do it manually, remember that there should be no spaces between the tags and the image URL and they should all be in one line.

Before you actually post, it is always a good idea to check the preview

Looks ready to go - so click on Submit - and that's all !

If you already have your own website, and you want to link a PBase image on your site, a simple HTML code such as this is all you need:

<img src="http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436.jpg" />

or, if you want to change the dimensions of the displayed image without changing the original image, something like this:

<img src="http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436.jpg" width="200" height="300" />

Please see here for more advanced options for the HTML img tag.

• Sometimes, the image will not show up (you may see a 'Red X' or just a blank page). Please review whether you added the correct url, and if you added a '.jpg' at the end. If you are sure you got it right, it may be a PBase problem - wait and try again. Alternately, instead of http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436.jpg, try
  http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436/medium.jpg or
  http://www.pbase.com/magazine/image/41801436/large.jpg (but only as a last resort)

• Sometimes a capitalized '.JPG' suffix may be the the problem. Change it to '.jpg' and try

• Check if you have local firewalls such as Zone Alarm - they are often culprits for blocking images.

• Please remember to respect copyrights. While you can always link your own images, before linking other images from galleries that do not belong to you, please seek permission from the gallery owner.