Linking Basics
Overview: The following tutorial explains how to direct link files from Photobucket to your favorite forums, message boards, emails, instant messenges, and web layouts.
Requirements: You must be a Photobucket account holder. You also must already have content uploaded into your Photobucket account.
Steps to Take:
- Open the Photobucket site at http://www.photobucket.com
Enter your username and password at the top of the page, then click the log in button to log into your Photobucket account.
- Select the albums & upload button from the menu at the top of your album.
- Locate the thumbnail image for the file you wish to direct link and notice the three separate linking codes below it.
Note: You can access these same codes from the "edit", or full size, page as well.
- Email & IM (Share URL): Use this to send via IM or Email. This can be turned off in your account options or the "change link options" hyperlink under your first thumbnail image.
- Direct Link: Use this for layout pages and MySpace backgrounds. This can be turned off in your account options or the "change link options" hyperlink under your first thumbnail image.
- HTML Code: Use this for linking to sites like MySpace or Ebay. This can be turned off in your account options or the "change link options" hyperlink under your first thumbnail image.
- IMG Code: Use this for Bulletin Boards and Forums. This can be turned off in your account options or the "change link options" hyperlink under your first thumbnail image.
- Left click in the field for the code that you want to use. This will automatically copy the code for you, as denoted by the yellow "Copied" message that pops up.
Navigate to the place where you would like to link your image to. This might be a forum, message board, email, instant message, etc, and paste (right click, select "paste") the code into the appropriate field.
Note: Many message boards and forums are different, so you may need to consult their Help or FAQ documents for further guidance on which code you should be using.
- If the linking codes are not visible in your account, you must enable them by going into your "account options".
Note: This can also be accomplished with the "change link options" hyperlink under your first thumbnail image.
- Locate your "Album Settings" and click on the "edit my album settings" link.
- Check the boxes to display the links for the codes that you would like to display in your account.
- Click on the "Save" button so your changes take effect!
