Adding images

You can insert an image into the body of your article, review, web page, or photo description using one of three methods. File types allowed for images are .zip, .jpg, .png, .gif, and .tif.

Inserts an image located at a specified URL, from a specific photo album, or through file manager software.

1.	Open the Publisher Control Panel for your blog, then do one of the following:

2.	Type the title and text for your blog entry, and then position the cursor at the point where you want to insert an image.

3.	Click the Add Image button in the Article Body toolbar. The Insert Image page opens in a separate window.

4.	Enter the full URL of the image in the textbox in the Direct URL section. You may need to right-click the image and check the image properties to determine its exact location. This may differ between browsers.

5.	Click the Submit button. The image appears at the insertion point in your text body. Allow sufficient time for large image files to load. To work with the image's size or location, see the Working with a photo inserted into a blog entry section below.

6.	Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.

1.	Open the Publisher Control Panel for your blog, then do one of the following:

2.	Type the title and text for your blog entry, and then position the cursor at the point where you want to insert an image.

3.	Click the Add Image button in the Article Body toolbar. The Insert Image page opens in a separate window.

4.	Choose the photo album from the drop-down list in the Photo Album section, then click the Choose Image button. The Photo Album Image page opens in a separate window, displaying thumbnail pictures of the images and the available resolution of each image.

5.	Click the link for the resolution you want below the thumbnail of the image you want to display. The image appears at the insertion point in your text body.

6.	Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.

To change the photo album: choose the photo album you want to use from the drop-down list, then click the Change button.

Note: To learn more about the blogging system's file management functionality, see the list of topics available in Managing your Blog's File System.

1.	Open the Publisher Control Panel for your blog, then do one of the following:

2.	Type the title and text for your blog entry, and then position the cursor at the point where you want to insert an image.

3.	Click the Add Image button in the Article Body toolbar. The Insert Image page opens in a separate window.

4.	Click the Choose Image button in the File Manager section.

5.	In the File Manager Image page, do one of the following:

To insert a local image: click the filename link in the Name column in the Current Directory section. The image appears at the insertion point in your text body.

i.	Click the Browse button in the File Manager Image page. The File Upload page opens in a separate window.

ii.	Navigate to the file you want to display, then click the Open button. The File Manager Image page displays the image filename in the Upload image textbox.

iii.	Click the Upload button. The image filename is now listed in the in the Name column in the Current Directory section.

iv.	Click the filename link in the Name column in the Current Directory section. The image appears at the insertion point in your text body.

6.	Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.

To create a directory in which to store images: type the directory name in the Create directory textbox in the File Manager Image page, then click the Create button. The directory name appears in the Name column. You now can upload images to this directory.

1.	You can work with an image once it appears at the insertion point in your text body, similar to the graphic example below:

2.	To resize the image, click it to display its resizing handles.

Here is an example of a blog entry with an image inserted in the body of the text: