Need Help re downloading images onto SeaMonkey

Factual Questions
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I am not so good at computers. I am on a MacBook, OSX. I have to make a website for class and I am stuck. Last semester I scanned pics in to my puter, did something (have forgotten what) and then uploaded them to the website I made using seamonkey. I know that the images have to be saved somewhere on my puter, but forget where. I also know they must be hosted(?) online somewhere, but the uni takes care of that end.

This time around, I need images of empty streets (think road trips) as background for my website. I cannot figure out how to get them from the web to the website. (also not sure if this is kosher to do so).

Sorry to clutter up GQ with my ignorance, but can anyone shed light on this for me? I will call Uni’s tech support on Friday if I haven’t figured it out by then (I’d like to avoid that–having tortured those nice people last semester, I’d rather try to do this on my own this time). Instead, I will torture you! :slight_smile: Thanks in advance.

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First, once you find a good picture, you just have to save it to somewhere on your computer. It doesn’t matter where; just put it anywhere you can remember because you’ll need to upload it again in a second. (If you don’t already know, I think you can save a picture by either right-clicking on it or Option-clicking on it if you don’t have a right mouse button and then choosing “Save picture as…” or something to that effect).

Then, as for putting it online, I think the easiest way is to upload that picture to a free hosting service like www.tinypic.com. Then you can just use the following HTML code on your webpage to display the image:


<img src="http://www.tinypic.com/whatever_address_they_give_you.jpg">

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As for whether it’s OK to use somebody else’s photograph on your own site… generally, no. It’ll be copyright violation unless you have permission from the photographer to use it. Now, whether you’ll actually get in trouble for it is a different matter. If it’s just a small personal site or something for a school project, chances are the copyright owner will never find out… and even if they did, they’ll usually just ask you to stop using the pic. If you want to be safe from the get-go, you can either email the photographer or look for royalty-free/public domain images.