Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
Michelem, you are so not a whiney-butt

We have a TE FAQ thread somewhere ..... oh, here

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...highlight=spam

*sorry it says "highlight spam" that was how I remembered we had one, discussion of how to flag a thread as spam.

Feel free to add any tips folks.
Okay, so I read through the thread and learned a lot about grammar!

Also read this,

** What Is Copyright Infringement?
"Creative works" such as text, photos, and drawings are automatically protected by Copyright at the time of their creation. Unless the author/photographer/artist explicitly grants permission to reproduce the work, you most likely do not have the right to cut-n-paste the work into the forums.

*** What is Direct/Hot-Linking?
Direct Linking occurs when you "pull" a photo directly from a different website for embedded display in your post. If you do this without permission from the site on which the photo is hosted, you are in effect stealing bandwidth from them.

However, if you are hosting your photos on a photo sharing site, that site probably allows you to hot-link your own photos. Check your host's Terms Of Use Agreement if you are unsure.

So, does that mean it was wrong of me to post the links to Specialized and such to show what my bike and accessories look like?

I do have my Italy photos on www.kodakgallery.com, but just don't feel comfie giving the whole world permission to see them. So far, I am just sending invites to people who request to see them, or to people I know (like friends and relative), but they have to put in a login and password to view. Probably just me being paranoid, but ya never know!

I would love to post a photo of me with my bike, or me and DH in our bike getups in Italy, but as I said the resolution of my photos are too high so I can't post them here! If someone could walk me through how to manipulate the resolution so they fit (there is a resolution size limit 800 x 800 here on the TE forums, and mine are more like 2800 x 2100), please let me know!

Thanks for the tips, and also for the continued well-wishes.