How To Post Photos

The most direct way to get photos on your post is to use Blogger's picture icon:

1. Go to your Post Editor. 2. Click on Blogger's picture icon. 3. When you see "browse", click on that. 4. when it takes you to your own computer, locate the photo you want to use. 5. Click Upload. 6. Click on Done. 7. If you uploaded to a post different from where it's intended to go, possibly even on a different blog, Copy the html code. 8. Paste the code into the right post.

There are alternate free photo hosts such as Picasa, Photobucket, Flickr, etc. With some of them, costs may ensue if you exceed their limits. Try any of them, though, as alternatives when your photo host is troublesome. One may work when another one does not.

There are several useful screenshots below!

[More below...Screenshots]

First is a screenshot of the top part of this post in the Post Editor. It shows the Blogger picture icon, the tiny rectangle that's blue in the top half, and primarily green in the bottom half.]



[Below are screen shots of the photo download process.]

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New images always load into a post at the top. If you view the image in Compose mode, you can Drag and Drop it to other locations; if you are viewing it in Edit Html mode, use Cut and Paste to relocate it.

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Blogsend--Email Notification for 10 or Less

If you have a list of 10 or fewer people that you'd like to send email notifications of each time you publish a new post, here's how. Go to your Dashboard. Click on Settings. Click on Email. Enter email addresses, ten or less, separated by commas. Be sure to Save Settings at bottom of page. Each "notification" is actually a copy of the entire post. For email notification of a larger group or that has the option to include less of the post, see my post, Subscription List.

Move Items Above Or Below Post

Go to Layout page. Click on the "Edit" in the lower right hand corner of "Blog Posts". A window will open. Go down to the lower part of it that says "Arrange Items". See if you can "drag and drop" the items into new locations. If they stay in place, "Save" the change in the lower right corner. That IS how it's supposed to work, though I have occasionally not been able to get it to work very well for me.

[More below...screenshots of the "Configure Blog Posts" page.]

Click each screenshot for larger image!

Most Erotic Blog Post Ever!

This isn't really the most erotic blog post ever; I just thought I'd see who was awake this sleepy evening. If this isn't February 3, I guess you weren't.

Hide Blogs on the Profile List?

How Can I Show Some, Hide Others?
Go to Dashboard Click on Edit Profile About 4 items down, it says "show my blogs" and that's where You then click where it says "Select blogs to display" A list appears and you should click on the ones you wish to display. Be sure to "Save settings" in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Small/Large Photos

"How do I get my pictures to enlarge when I click on them?" I don't keep track of all the other photo hosts, but Blogger downloads your photo in a sort of dual system so that a small image is made that fits the area (post or sidebar) and then you can click on it for the full-size large version. I used to do the same thing by hand when I made my own web sites by making both a small and large version of a picture and placing them in the format below. You can see it in the html code of your blog if you look at it in Edit Html mode; it will look something like this: <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/ _AVxLoZ0mR_0/Rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/ qCR5JYhLf6o/s1600-h/dgblues.jpg"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_ 5025971925707284738" style=" DISPLAY:block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center"alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AVxLoZ0mR_0/ rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/qCR5JYhLf6o/ s400/dgblues.jpg" border="0" /></a> If you click the small image (the blue text above) you'll see the large photo (red text above), otherwise the small image is already showing. END.

Change Color, Font, And Size of Text

When you select "Fonts and Colors" on the Layout page, "Text color" is the first in the vertical list, but "text font" is further down (sixth on my list); if you click on that link, a list of fonts (not previously showing) should appear in place of the color boxes out to the right. Furthest to the right are boxes to check for Smaller, Larger, Bold, and Italic. If you still aren't seeing what you expect, never underestimate the value of "clearing the cache and cookies" to update your screen.

Move (Re-locate) Photos in a Post

Most photos get loaded at the top of the post. I am not aware of any way to "point" with the cursor or otherwise assign the photo being uploaded a specific position in a post. The photo or image can, of course, be moved after it has been uploaded. Below are two methods for changing the photo position(s): In Compose mode you can see the photos. You can relocate the image by dragging and dropping it. In Edit Html mode you will see the code for the photos and will have to use Preview (or switch to the Compose mode) to see images. You can move it by using Cut and Paste on the code. If Compose tab is missing, you might have to go to Settings to activate it or it may be that you need to Refresh (F5) or clear your cache and cookies to make the link/icon visible again.

Also of value, consider Table for Horizontal Photos In Post .

Placing Photos in your Post

Every photo you upload will go on top of your post and you have to move them "by hand" if you want them in special locations. You can move the photos where you want them AFTER you upload them (use either drag-and-drop with the mouse or "cut" the html photo code and then paste it into the correct location or sequence.

When Reverting to Classic Template Was A Big Mistake

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Now you want to revert back to the New Blogger (Layout) version, but Blogger only allows for part of that; unless you had not yet created any page elements, you can't switch back with a single button-push or without some busy work! 1. locate and click on "Customize Design", 2. then click on "Upgrade Your Template ", 3. choose a new template. 4. click "Save the template" [More below...] You will be returned to an upgraded version of Blogger (with the layout) in which you will find some aspects of the Layout version, but not the elements that you added previously. You can create new Page Elements, but all the elements that disappeared when you reverted to the Classic template will remain lost. The only way to have kept a "backup" of the page elements would have been to have "expanded" the widget templates and to have made "copy and paste" copies of the text data and kept them in plain-text files (such as Notepad). I've switched back and forth like this numerous times, but only in a test blog, not in an important blog with things too important for me to lose all the elements, so I may not have noticed every detail of what's possible and what's not. I just know that some things will be possible. Never discount the possibility of being able to view "cached" versions of your blog in Google or other search engines and possibly being able to "copy and paste" some of your code or info from there. Maybe you can recuperate a goodly portion of it by using your Internet Options to get to the "View Source Code" feature. But do be careful not to copy any parts of the posts out of the Source Code into your actual template; it will cause great damage if you do!