This is how I get my photos onto Blogger.First I edit my photos on Picasa, one of the best tools ever. It's free and I highly recommend it.
Next, I go to File (uppermost left corner) and choose the option "Export picture to folder." It's at that point I can choose what size to make the pic. I almost always go with the 640 pixel option, but I go bigger with complicated pics I want to really emphasize. Pay attention to the location of the folder that you are sending the pics to.
HINT: if you have many photos, name them the same and follow with a number, such as: Khorsabad 1, Khorsabad 2, Khorsabad 3 - it will make uploading them in a specific order much easier.
Create a Blogger post. On the row that has the font options, go almost over all the way to the right side. See the pretty picture of a mountain scene? Click it and you'll get the Blogger Upload Image box. In the upper left corner it says "Add an Image From Your Computer" - choose the browse option and go find the folder where you exported your pics to from Picasa.
Doubleclick on the name of the photo you want and choose your layout. I always put my photos in the Center, that way I don't get text doing weird wraparound things. For image size I generally leave it on Large. Click Upload Image and it will get sent to your blog entry.
Now this Upload Image function is quirky. It works in reverse order. So for complicated posts I write down the list of the pics I want in the proper order. And then I load them starting from the bottom of the list.
Load photos one of a time in this reverse order and you can load as many pics as you want.
Not to get confusing, but there is a quicker option. After you've selected one photo, it has the option of adding another photo. I don't recommend doing more than four at a time because the capacity is limited. These photos will go in the order that you select. BUT if you then choose to do another batch, they will go on top of this one, so you really have to pay attention to what you are doing if you want them in a certain order.
Also check out Blogger's photo help.
I hope all of this didn't confuse you further. Ask questions and I will try to clarify. There are plenty of other ways to upload photos, but this is how I do it.
9 comments:
All good advice. Did you know that once you've uploaded your pix to your post you can drag them around to whatever order you like?
I was going to say the same thing. You can move the pictures around in the post, either by dragging or by cutting and pasting.
great summary of the basic "how to". Like Lily and Kathie I'd add that I often drag a pic once loaded into the spot I want it. -- load the pics, type your post, then rearrange the pics to suit :-) It is easier to get them in the right order to start with, but is "fixable" if you don't
I love the pic that you included today from yesterday's post -- reminds me of the snails all lined up
Plus once they are in the post you can click on the picture...which makes a box around the outside and then click and hold to grab the pic and move it to wherever you want in the post. That's how I make sure they are in the perfect order I want them to be in! Thanks!
Thanks to all for the tips. I have Picasca, but haven't been using it at all. Guess, I just needed someone to hold my hand and tell me what to do! :o)
Wow this is all very helpful. I have been wondering why the pictures are such a pain. Thanks Tonya and all your commenters.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it alot. I'm going to go to Picasa now.
Hugs,
Melinda
If you get photos in the wrong order on blogger, just go into the HTML tab (instead the compose tab) and grab the photo's html and move it where you want it. I'm a computer simpleton, but this is easy. Each photo is several lines. Highlight it, grab it, and click it into place where you want it. If you goof, just undo and try again. I also do only 4 photos at a time, then go back and add more and move them where I want them.
Cheri
I have the other side of trying to click and drag photos-they won't budge...or I end up losing them..but I do pretty much what you do, more or less...and that is basic advice...I just have not had good luck playing with picasa yet.
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