Linking Tagged Images (general)

Overview: The following tutorial is a step by step guide on how to link a tagged image from Photobucket to your favorite website. A tag is text that uniquely identifies an image or section of an image. Each tag can be up to fifty (50) characters in length, and up to twenty (20) tags can be added to an individual image. Tags are only available for image files at this time.

Photobucket tagging gives you the unique ability to share tagged and linked images across social networks and the Web. When tagged images are displayed on Photobucket, embedded onto other sites or shared by email, viewers of those images can see the tags, click on links, and also find more images with the same tags on Photobucket.

Requirements: You must be a Photobucket account holder and be using a web browser that supports javascript and/or a web browser that has javascript enabled.

You must already have created tags in your account.

If you do not have an account with Photobucket, you can sign up here.

1. Log into your Photobucket account at http://www.photobucket.com
   
2. From the navigation bar at the top of your album, select the "albums & upload" tab.
   
3. Click on the thumbnail for the tagged image that you wish to link to another website. You can also click on the "edit" link directly above the thumbnail.
   
4. An easy way to view tagged images that you may wish to link is to click on a tag name from the "All my tags" section on the left hand side of your album. Your tags will appear in alphabetical order here.
   
5. At the bottom of the code index on the right side of the fullview page you will see the "Embed Code." Copying this code to link your image will allow all of your tags and URLs to display on your file when you link it off of Photobucket.

   Note: This is the ONLY code on Photobucket that will allow your tags to appear when linked. You can only access this code from the fullview page as well.
   

6. Open up a new browser tab, or window, and log into your favorite blog, forum, social networking site, etc. Paste the "Embed Code" that you copied into a field that accepts embedded HTML code. Your image will contain all mouse-over tag functionality and will be clickable if you had originally linked it to a URL.
   

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