Adding Photos from Your Computer
underwater shot
Taken by my son when we were scuba diving in Bonaire a few years ago.
This is one way to add photos to a post, there seem to be others but this is how I do it.
Go to your dashboard. On the left side under “Media” click “Add New.”
Select the photo from your computer and upload it.
After the photo is uploaded you can add a caption and description and click “Save Changes.”
Go to the dashboard and under “Posts” select “Add New.”
When the blank form comes up for adding a new post, click on the little round thing next to “Add media:” Then select “Media Library.”
Click on the “Show” associated with the photo you want to use.
Select the size you want the image to be, the one above is medium, mess around with the positioning of the photo and when finished click on “Insert into Post.” If you’re working on the “Visual” tab the image will appear, if you are working on the HTML tab the HTML code for the image will appear.
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:28 am
Thanks GerryR for the info on getting photos up.
I did try going to media and ‘add new’ but it kept saying my file was too big….not sure what that was about. When I did manage to get a picture into media and then tried to add it under posts…nothing happened….I must have missed a step somewhere….which is when I tried the copy and paste method…..I will definitely play with this because now….I just have to figure out how it works.
Love the picture by the way
Also…how did you get a picture to show on your profile instead of the generic head?
Have a great day!!!
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:48 am
Janet,
The file size limit here is 2mb, which is actually pretty large. For posting to internet forums, I size photos to 250kb and sometimes that is still too big. Dennis is pretty generous with file size.
My avatar appears through a program called Gravatar. It is tied to your email address. I just noticed that through the transition to the new software we lost the avatars, unless they’re just not appearing on my work computer. My avatar used to appear next to every comment I made. But now I don’t see any avatars next to any comments.
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Janet, if you really have to make photo files smaller, there’s all kinds of free software that does that quickly and simply. I’ve been using IrfanView for a long time, and that’s one of the things it does. Maybe the built-in Windows viewer finally does that, too, not sure. I think FastStone Image Viewer is also very popular, and free. And I think they both can be quickly and easily (and simultaneously) installed from ninite.com online.
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Thanx Gerry
Hmmmm I know it’s fairly large so I’m not sure why it did that. I just need to have time to play and I still get that white screen and now, of course, I just have to figure it out…it’s my nature.
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Thanks Normofthenorth…I hae Irfan view at work so perhaps I’ll put pics on usb and then use it at work….I still can’t figure out the ‘white screen of death’…I’m sure the answer is simple….just need to play a bit.