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I have noticed that several people are able to insert pic gifs into their posts.  For example there are two in The Shed in the thread wishing Rosebud and Earlybird a Happy Birthday.  This is the link I was trying to use.  http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/happy-birthday/graphics-happy-birthday-501480-851874/

I didn't download the picgif but tried to add it myself and copied the link into my post, but no card showed up.  I wonder whether I should have included something else?  I tried pressing the "ftp" button and then inserting the link but nothing happened.  Should I have used the "hyperlink" button instead?  What are these buttons for please and what does "ftp" stand for? 

I probably should have downloaded the image on to my computer but then how would I get it from there on to here please?

Your help in this matter is much appreciated.

Right, on the Website copy and paste the thing called BB code
Voila

BB code: (forum, guestbook or profile).

It worked!  Thank you so much Palustris.

Is there a way of making it bigger please? 

No, the size is fixed by the original Web site.

You can re-size an image

The normal BB code of
[img]http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/h/happy-birthday/graphics-happy-birthday-501480.gif[/img]
will produce:


If  you add a height paramater like this
[img height=300]http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/h/happy-birthday/graphics-happy-birthday-501480.gif[/img]
Then you will get:


Although, gif's are best viewed at their original size.

If you add both height and width options you can make a real mess....

I'll try that then Chrispy.  Thanks.