Done........not exactly what I had in mind but the little question mark is probably not entirely inappropriate since I'm sure some have, shall we say, "uncertainties" about my persona . But Hey.......I'm an artist, I can get away with all sorts of eccentric behavior.

A year ago I had never heard the term copy and paste. I have got that done pretty well for some time now.... I'm progressing . What I'm interested in is the origination of the code. What you presented does not correspond with anything I have seen. .

db wrote on Jan 15^th, 2011 at 5:28am:

Works OK if you take out the extra "http://" code at the front end of the URL (address).

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Justacoupleofthings:Manydisplayorientedfeaturesofinternet(web)codeusewhatarereferredtohasHTMLtags.Manyofthesetagsuse"bookend"markers."Image"isoneofthosemarkerpairs.However,whenbookendmarkersareused,thetrailingmarkerbeginswithaforwardslash.Thus,patternwouldlooksomethinglike:[...]referenceitem[/...]Consequently,forimagesthiswouldlooklike:[img]imageaddress

Second, reference items need to be readily available to the internet (not a continuous [persistent] connection, but "deliverable on demand").  Unfortunately, reference that look like file names on your computer are not the type of reference the internet is looking for.  That reference needs to be stored directly on the web somewhere.  These references are typically referred to as URL's (uniform resource locators).  This is just a fancy way of saying that the actual code (reference) will likely begin with something like "http:// ...".

Thus, you will need to select a "web hosting" site for your photographs or other material you wish to share with others over the internet.  Hosting services fall into two broad categories: ISP's and "share sites."  ISP's (information service providers) commonly provide services for a fee and part of the costs is used to offset the actual cost of storing your material.  In this scenario, your material has as least some minimal level of security.  "Shared" sites are often free and currently narrowly focused on the type of material you wish to share (e.g., photos, videos, etc.).  Security in this scenario is rather limited ... after all the intent is to share.

Assuming you wish to share photo's and you don't have an issue with security, you might select one of sites that you will find if you google something like "free shared photo site."  The process of making your photos (for example) publicly available involves copying the material from your computer to one of the hosting sites.  This process is commonly referred to as an "upload."  

Once you have uploaded the file (containing your photo, for example) you will then need to locate the file reference (URL) at that site.  This is what you will use to share that material with others on the internet.

... and YES, it is overly complicated for what is involved.  Maybe our future holds something infinitely simpler.

dd

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