PART 3: IMAGES

ADDING AN IMAGE FROM THE NET

  1. Understand the ideas of tabs, and also highlighting, copying and pasting.  Possibly try it in notepad (or word) if that helps.
  2. Open a new tab or window in your browser.
  3. Use Google image search and find an image you like
  4. Click on it to go to it’s original, then click on ‘View Image’.
  5. Right-click on the picture / image itself, and from the box that opens up, click on ‘Copy Image Location’.
  6. Find your post on the dashboard ready to edit it (see the instructions for ‘Updating a Post’).  NOTE: you can also click on ‘edit’ on the website page itself to open the ‘Edit Post’ screen.
  7. Place the cursor where you want the image.
  8. Click on the ‘Add Media’ button above the main text of the post.
  9. On the next screen box, click on ‘Insert from URL’ at the left.
  10. Place the pointer over the box where it says ‘http://’ and right-click, then choose paste.
  11. Type in a caption for the image (if you wish) and click on ‘Insert into Post’.
  12. Click ‘update’, and then check the blog website to see if its published.

 

DOWNLOADING AN IMAGE FROM THE NET

  1. Open a new tab or window in your browser.
  2. Use Google image search and find an image you like
  3. Click on it to go to it’s original, then click on ‘View Image’.
  4. Right-click on the picture / image itself, and from the box that opens up, click on ‘Save Image As’.
  5. A box for saving files will open up.  At the top it will show you the folder where it will save the picture file, it will probably be your downloads folder.  REMEMBER THIS FOLDER.  In the middle it will show you any other files or folders that might be in that folder.  At the bottom it will show you  the filename for your picture file.  You can change this filename if you wish.
  6. Click on ‘Save’ near the bottom right of this box.
  7. Open up the folder where this picture file is saved and check to see if the picture is there.

 

Posting your own photographs on to the blog.

  1. Start a new post (as before) except this time, after you click on ‘New Post’, then click on ‘Add media’.
  2. Click on the ‘Upload files’ tab if it isn’t already selected, then you will have a ‘Drop files anywhere to upload’ area.
  3. Open up the folder with your photos or pictures in it, and drag the one/s you want into this ‘Drop files’ area.
  4. You will then be in the Media Library, and the photo you want should have a tick by it.  If not, click the photo you want.
  5. Add a title and for the Photo caption maybe add a line of text – a quote as to what you like and/or a wish – My name is <myname> and I really like <whatulike> because <whyulikeit>.  A wish I have is <yourwish>.
  6. Choose your alignment, and size for the picture.
  7. Click on ‘Insert into post’, then click ‘Publish’ and then check the website to see if its published.
  8. If you want to edit anything, just click on ‘Edit’ at the bottom of your post as before.

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