How to put an image on the web that is suitable for embedding in an eBay listing

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Three steps:

  • compress image (using iPhoto)
  • upload image to a webserver (ImageShack widget)
  • link to image in listing

Compress image using iPhoto

  1. select image in iPhoto
  2. File -> Export -> Kind: JPEG -> JPEG Quality: Medium -> Size: Medium (Large if image shos important text) -> Export
  3. Save image to the desktop

Upload Image to a webserver using the imageshack widget

  1. Drag the image
  2. while dragging the image, press F12 (or F4 if using one of the new silent Apple keyboards)
  3. drag the image to the frog icon to upload to ImageShack
  4. wait for upload to complete. URL of image should be copied to clipboard when upload is finished.

link to image in a listing

  1. bring up the HTML for the eBay listing
  2. paste the image inside of the 'src' attribute of an image tag. Remove the "-n " from the beginning of the pasted URL.
  3. The image tag should look something like this hen you are finished: <img src = '[URL OF IMAGE ON WEB SERVER]' />
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