Image Resizer for Forums

[Frank Hagan]

This is a great program that is very easy to use. It allows you to resize images for use in the forum here. And, it is free. Forever.

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/index.php

For forum uploads, I recommend 400 pixels wide, although you can go up to 800 pixels and have the image accepted.

Another reason to use a 400 pixel wide size is that it makes the picture smaller in terms of the disk space it requires (KB). If the image is under a certain size in KB, the forum will resize it to a thumbnail that is 300 pixels wide, so you have a better chance of having the picture displayed as a thumbnail if you upload a smaller file. Otherwise it ends up as a link that the viewers must click on to display in a new window.