Add Image to Myspace Comment

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"How do you put a gif or jpeg image into a comment on Myspace? I see other people leaving comments with pictures, but I don't know how."



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Everybody's doing it... or so it seems. Here's the good news: adding a comment to a Myspace profile along with an image is pretty easy. If you know how to create a web page with a picture on it, then you probably already know the answer. The "trick" is to use a snippet of HTML code that specifies the web address of an image. Here's an example. The code is on the left, and the results are shown on the right:

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
<img src="http://www.bobrankin.org/bob-dog.jpg">
Woof!
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

Woof!

That's fine, if you want a picture of my dog in your friend's Myspace profile. But you probably had something else in mind.

What's the Web address of my image?

So you have an image (a photo, artwork, etc.) on your hard drive, and you want to use it in a Myspace comment. I already mentioned that the image file must be on the Web. If you don't have a personal website, I recommend that you get a free account on GeoCities.com and upload your GIF or JPG file there. Make note of the URL (web address) of the uploaded image file, then plug it into the example above. You can also upload your image to Flickr, Photobucket or a similar photo sharing site.

If you find an image on someone else's website, and you want to use it elsewhere (such as in a Myspace comment), I recommend that you first copy it to your hard drive (right-click, then select Save Picture As) and upload it to your own web space as mentioned above. Why? Because you're using someone else's bandwidth by linking directly, and that's bad netiquette. You also run the risk that the owner of the website from which you are "borrowing" might be annoyed and replace that cute pic with a pile a dog poopie.   :-)

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Posted by Bob Rankin on September 28, 2006 10:50 PM


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Posted by:

cathy
14 Sep 2007

hi' i followed all your directions on how to post an image on a comment box, but on the display before posting my pic comment only the words appear like in your case "on the internet nobody knows your dog" like only those words would appear and not my pic i posted. Can you help? thank you

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like your image URL was incorrect.


Posted by:

Michel
05 Nov 2007

how can I see the HTML code of a image on my site?
I did not do it, so I dont know where are the HTML codes.Thank you

EDITOR'S NOTE: There is no HTML code for an image. But if you mean the HTML code used to display the image, then use the View/Source function in your browser to see the HTML for the page that contains the iumage.


Posted by:

Jermaine
13 Nov 2007

Hello I put the img src= code in my comments linked to an image that is on a server, but still didnt work. This is what I put:

<img src="http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com/My-Attempt-To-Spam-Your-Site.jpg">

EDITOR'S NOTE: Nice try. Bzzzzzzzt!


Posted by:

and
30 Nov 2007

You said: "I recommend that you first copy it to your hard drive (right-click, then select Save Picture As) and upload it to your own web space as mentioned above. Why? Because you're using someone else's bandwidth by linking directly, and that's bad netiquette."

So hotlinking is bad, but outright theft is okay? You are the kind of fool who shouldn't be allowed to publish anything!

EDITOR'S NOTE: You're making a big assumption... There are plenty of non-copyrighted images on the Web. And some websites even offer free images or clipart. You can search this site if you want to know how I feel about copyrights, "file sharing" and the ethics of P2P.


Posted by:

Rob
07 Jan 2008

Can you help?..I have designed a flash site and want to replace it with all the information on myspace page...is this possible?..or is it possible to somehow link from another server??

Thanks
Rob


Posted by:

yolanda
01 Mar 2008

I tried to add a comment box to my myspace then I took it off and now my add comment link is at the very bottom of my page when it should be next to edit all. How do I fix this irritating problem


Posted by:

Angel
01 Apr 2008

Okay so for the life of me I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. I am trying to add a photo in a photo's caption on myspace. These are for my own photo's. I know how to use html and I know how to apply pic's, but when I do, myspace does not add the photo but instead just uses the code spelled out. I even tried using photo's from different places other than photobucket since ms may block it? I've been trying to figure this out for weeks. I even had my friend, who has photo's in her comments section, help me but hers works when she does it. Is it just me?


Posted by:

dell
22 May 2008

How do I take a image or a quote from photobucket, and insert it in a reply from an email on myspace? Can I copy the photo or a code and paste it to the body of the email I'm sending?If so how do I get the picture to show up instead of a code?

EDITOR' NOTE: This may help: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_put_a_picture_in_a_comment_on_myspacecom.html


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29 Mar 2009


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Posted by:

kathleen11
09 Jul 2009

thank you so much for this info! no other site explained adding images with html in a way someone as computer-illiterate as me could understand.. i didn't know you could use pics from flickr. and they actually give you the html code you need if you want to share that image. so thanks again :)


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