Monday, February 4, 2008

Add a Photo to Your Text Within a Post

I keep my photos on my hard drive in a folder called, "MY Pictures" Within that folder I have additional subfolders named after what ever the photo is about. When I use a photo in my Blog, I keep that photo in a folder named "blog pics" just so I can easily find it.
Once you have written your blog, you can add a photo. While in the blog composition box, you click on the tool bar at the top.







After clicking on the "picture of a tree" another dialog box will appear. It looks like this:







The red arrow above shows where you need to click, It will bring up a "search box" that looks like this:








The next step; click on the "Browse" button. Now you need to know where the photo is on your computer. Surf to the proper file.

My photo file looks like this:






When you find your photo, click on it. The file will then load into the "File Name" box. Click "open"

The picture file is then loaded into the "Upload box" that looks like this:






Once you click on the "Upload Photo" box, the next box you will see will be one that requires you to adjust the photo's attributes for positioning on the page. You will also give the photo a description (to aid impaired viewers & a title) Be sure to pay attention to BOTH tabs at the top. See the illustration below.





The Appearance tab looks like this:




The second tab is very important for placing your photo on the page. If you don't give the proper instructions, you end up with a mess.

Once this section is complete, click INSERT. In a few seconds (be patient) your photo will appear on your blog. If it doesn't work, keep practicing. Usually if it fails it's a user error. I know about that, trust me! :)

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