P H O T O     M O N D A Y
Every Monday the Sapphire Sweeties share a photograph as a way of sharing their pregnancy experience. Every Photo Monday has a theme. The themes are announced on the thread the proceeding Friday to give everyone time to take or find an appropriate photograph. Previous themes and upcoming themes can be found here.

HOW TO SHARE A PHOTOGRAPH
There are two ways to share a photograph. If you know how to make photographs publicly accessible via the Web, follow Instructions 1. If you don't, follow Instructions 2. In either case, you will need to click the "HTML" button (next to the "Design" button) before you type the following. You can switch back to "Design" once you're done.
  1. Make the photograph accessible via the web. You should know the photograph's URL (e.g., http://xxx.com/photo.jpg). Type the following code into your post, replacing the pretend photo URL with your real photo URL:
    <img src=http://xxx.com/photo.jpg>

  2. If you haven't already, create an account for yourself on Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com). Follow their instructions to upload a picture. Copy and paste into your post the information given beside the Tag line under the picture. If you do not see a tag line after you upload the picture, go to Account Options and click "Yes" besides the Tag option.
HOW TO RE- SIZE A PHOTOGRAPH
Photographs that are too small or too large are hard to see. A good target photograph width is 400 pixels, or 2-1/4 inches.

You can re-size a photograph by (1) changing the photograph's actual size to an appropriate width, or (2) controling the display width.
  1. To change the photograph's actual size, follow the instructions for your favorite photo-editing program, or take advantage of the re-sizing feature offered by your photo-hosting site (e.g., Photobucket allows you to resize photographs).

  2. To change the display width, you need to add a bit of text to the code you post. Find the portion that begins with "<img src=", and add the text " width=400" after it says ".jpg".
    This: <img src=http://xxx.com/photo.jpg> beomes:
    <img src=http://xxx.com/photo.jpg width=400>
REASONS TO NOT SHARE A PHOTOGRAPH
Some people do not feel comfortable sharing photographs on the Web for a variety of reasons. The primary reason is probably a discomfort with making personally identifiable information publicly available online. Please make sure that you feel comfortable sharing your photograph before you post it. It is generally a good idea to obscure full names, addresses, telephone numbers, and the likes that can sometimes appear on pictures of ultrasounds, announcements and invitations.