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kowalski
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Any ideas on how to insert a picture into a craigslist job postings ad? I've tried the simple <img src="picture"> tag to try to link image into the ad. I was trying to make an ad for our organization stand out by by inserting an image but it didn't work. It came up fine in Firefox when saved as an HTML file but wouldn't work on craigslist. In fact, it said it posted but just didn't show up in the posted jobs. Multiple refreshes, clearing of cookies and hours later, still nothing. I don't know if HTML (or certain code) is prohibited in craigslist, but maybe one of you could give me an idea of how to make it work if possible.

The problem seems to be "ghosting" described more in detail here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=690332.

By the way, this is for a nonprofit mental health organization that is trying to recruit new therapists. The idea is to have a slightly more appealing ad to help make our position a little more noticeable than all the simple black & white ads.

[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 10:48 AM. Reason : ..]

6/8/2008 10:48:19 AM

El Nachó
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dude, there's no reason to make a new thread every time you have a question. You could have just as easily put it in your other thread.

6/8/2008 11:03:59 AM

Ernie
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Please tell me that the image is hosted online somewhere and not just on your hard drive.

6/8/2008 11:10:01 AM

kowalski
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El Nacho: Thanks for the critical analysis, but I did ad it to my old thread but the change in topic was ignored. Some guys just love talking about their signatures.

Ernie: Tried hosting it in Flickr, Webshots and Photobucket. After doing some reading, it looks like Image Shack might be a better option.

6/8/2008 11:25:02 AM

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Can I add a picture to my posting?

In some categories, you will be offered the option to Add Images to your posting during the posting process.

Additionally, you can do that using the HTML <img> tag, but the picture must already be on a site someplace. There are many free web hosting sites on the internet where you can upload your picture, just type in "free web hosting" into your search engine. Make sure that the site allows you to link to their site from another. If it's on a site, say on http://www.craigslist.org, in a directory called /about/teamPix, and named homer.gif, you'd code:

<img src="http://www.craigslist.org/about/teamPix/homer.gif" alt="craig!">
If you do this, you're using HTML, so see the next question.

Can I add HTML tags or URLs in my posting?

Traditional processing, no HTML:

If you include a URL in the text, make sure you also include the http:// in front of the URL or our system will not recognize it, and will not make it an active link.

You can use HTML in the posting body

If you want, you can use HTML sparingly. We don't try to wrap HTML around your URLs if we see HTML tags including <a>, <li>, <p>. We just pass through your HTML unchanged.

Please use only the HTML you'd use in the <body> of a document, no <title> or anything like that. We can't support JavaScript, applets, Flash, or other embedded non-HTML content.

* Note: If you use HTML in any part of your posting you must use it throughout the entire body of your posting."

http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/faq#pictures.

[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 12:02 PM. Reason : d]

6/8/2008 12:02:09 PM

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6/8/2008 3:20:07 PM

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6/8/2008 5:58:35 PM

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