Starship Asterisk*

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:17 am To everyone who might be able to help, please help me!

I sometimes want to post images that are too big. Bystander has told me that I can post them as attachments instead.

The problem is, that works for me as long as I upload them to my own computer. When I upload them to my computer, they get a file name. I can then use their file names to upload them to Starship Asterisk*, using the Attachments function.

There are two problems here. I haven't figured out how to remove images that I have uploaded to my computer. I don't necessarily want to keep them all, and when I have too many of them, they slow down my computer. Most irritatingly, my computer will delete documents without any complaints, but it seems to lack a "Delete image" function.

That's why I hesitate to upload too many images to my computer.

And I just can't figure out how to add images as attachments if I haven't uploaded them to my own computer first. The problem, as I see it, is that the images don't have file names unless I have uploaded them to my computer.

Or do they? If so, how do I find their file names?

Please help! There's another problem here, of course, which is that most (but not all) of the instructions that my computer gives me are in Swedish. (I know. :roll: :facepalm:)

Anyway, does anyone know how I can attach images to posts in Starship Asterisk* without uploading them to my computer first? And can anyone explain it to me, step by step? (I wouldn't mind getting some tips on how to delete unwanted images from my computer, either.)

I would be very grateful!

Ann

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:17 am There are two problems here. I haven't figured out how to remove images that I have uploaded to my computer. I don't necessarily want to keep them all, and when I have too many of them, they slow down my computer. Most irritatingly, my computer will delete documents without any complaints, but it seems to lack a "Delete image" function.

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Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:55 pm
I'm not quite sure how you're doing things. If you have an image you want to work with that is displayed in your browser, you should be able to download it to your computer by right-clicking it and choosing "Save" or "Save as..." The former will usually save to your default downloads folder, the latter will let you choose where to save it (the specific options available depend on the browser). To upload that image to here, you just use the Attachments tab and select the file from whatever folder you downloaded it to. If you don't want to keep it, just delete it from that folder like you'd delete any file you don't want.

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:13 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:55 pm
I'm not quite sure how you're doing things. If you have an image you want to work with that is displayed in your browser, you should be able to download it to your computer by right-clicking it and choosing "Save" or "Save as..." The former will usually save to your default downloads folder, the latter will let you choose where to save it (the specific options available depend on the browser). To upload that image to here, you just use the Attachments tab and select the file from whatever folder you downloaded it to. If you don't want to keep it, just delete it from that folder like you'd delete any file you don't want.

What 's a default download folder?

Ann

geckzilla wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:43 pm what kind of computer do you have that won't let you delete images?

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:14 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:13 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:55 pm
I'm not quite sure how you're doing things. If you have an image you want to work with that is displayed in your browser, you should be able to download it to your computer by right-clicking it and choosing "Save" or "Save as..." The former will usually save to your default downloads folder, the latter will let you choose where to save it (the specific options available depend on the browser). To upload that image to here, you just use the Attachments tab and select the file from whatever folder you downloaded it to. If you don't want to keep it, just delete it from that folder like you'd delete any file you don't want.

What 's a default download folder?

Ann

It's the folder that files go into when you download them from your browser. Like when you download programs to install, or pictures you want to keep. What kind of computer do you have? What operating system? What browser do you use?

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:14 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:13 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:55 pm
I'm not quite sure how you're doing things. If you have an image you want to work with that is displayed in your browser, you should be able to download it to your computer by right-clicking it and choosing "Save" or "Save as..." The former will usually save to your default downloads folder, the latter will let you choose where to save it (the specific options available depend on the browser). To upload that image to here, you just use the Attachments tab and select the file from whatever folder you downloaded it to. If you don't want to keep it, just delete it from that folder like you'd delete any file you don't want.

What 's a default download folder?

Ann

It's the folder that files go into when you download them from your browser. Like when you download programs to install, or pictures you want to keep.

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:35 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:14 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:13 pm

What 's a default download folder?

Ann

It's the folder that files go into when you download them from your browser. Like when you download programs to install, or pictures you want to keep.

Okay, Chris, maybe I know what you mean. Do the images get file names in this folder? Maybe, like bystander said, they just keep their image addresses?