How to post a second photo to a discussion thread at BetterPhoto

Word of warning: This procedure is time sensitive. If your session times out, you will be asked to log back in. If that happens, the image will not be uploaded. This is not the time to write an instructional handbook nor your life history in the comments box. Also, once you start, do not accept phone calls or respond to email ... basically stick to the attitude of "Don't disturb me unless it's fire, flood, or blood."

1) Create the image you want to add to the discussion (and know where the file is saved ;)

2) Sign In. It must be the log-in that requires your email and your password. The link is in the navigation bar on the left side of BetterPhoto.com or here. I don't care if you were just signed in. Sign In, again. Sign In always takes you to the "My Better Photos" section of your admin area.

3a) If you are adding an image to an existing discussion, locate the discussion. Click on The Forum link in BetterPhoto.com's navigation bar. After navigating to the the discussion, click on the "Respond" link at the bottom of the discussion.

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3b) If you are creating a Before and After discussion, first add your "After" image to your gallery as you normally would. Then to enter your "After" photograph into a discussion area, go to your gallery and click the "Discuss" link under your image.

4) In either case, write your comment to include with the photo. If you want to skip comments, I think you can just hit the space key a few times and go on. If that doesn't work ... three periods will ;)

5) This is optional but useful: Select and copy your comments.

6) Select number of images you want to upload (just above the "Submit" button).

7) Click on the "Submit" button.

8) Complete the upload as you normally would. If you are taken to the log on instead ... keep reading ....

Note 1: If you are not taken to the upload page, then probably too much time passed between "Sign In" and "Submit", your session will time out. If you are asked to sign back in at this point, the image upload isn't going to work. You have two options:

If you copied the text in the comment box before clicking "Submit", Cancel the post (I think you just abandon it). Click on Sign In (THE two-step Sign In), find the discussion, click respond ... Click in the comment box, hold down the CTRL + V and wa'la your comment will magically reappear. Then submit.

If you didn't copy and your comment is long and tedious, then go ahead and log in. It will post the text. Then you can just do what everybody else does ... try again to add the photo in another post.

Note 2: An easy way to copy your comment.
a) Click the mouse anywhere inside the comment box.
b) On the keyboard, hold down the CTRL key.
c) Press the A button (CTRL+A).
(All text will be selected ... if your whole page is selected/ highligted, be sure you clicked the mouse inside the comment box.)
d) Still holding down the CTRL key, press the C key (CTRL+C).
(This will copy everything that is selected.)
e) If for some mis-fingering reason you end up with no text in that box, just a nice C, press CTRL+Z (undo) and that should bring back the text.

Note 3: The image you add into a discussion does not display in your gallery. If you want it to display in your gallery, the image will be in the "your photos" list (on your admin page) and you can change it's setting to "display." This is a nice feature that allows you to upload helpful images without having them count against your 30 free displayed images.

I reserve the right to be wrong. If I left something out or have it in the wrong order, contact me.

Have fun!
Pam