Adding Images To Your Blog
I like to use at least one image in every page and post. Needs to be relevant too, or in a vague or amusing way….
In this video tutorial I take you through the basics and let you watch over my shoulder as I add imagery to a post in our test blog ( with the release of WordPress 2.9 it’s meant to have got easier too). Today’s audio is about using imagery generally as in “Can I get sued?”
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PS: Video below is longer than usual (about 24 minutes)
Useful Links
istockphoto Library
Works out at about a dollar or a Euro for a small sized image ( fine for most blogging needs) but be CAREFUL as the default is set to LARGE which will cost you 15 and not 1 euro or buck! Sneaky, and they should really stop doing that!
compfight.com – This is a way of searching the online photo library Flickr. You want to make sure that you only use photos that are set to ‘Attribution’ or ‘Share-a-like’ copyright settings. You can set your search settings to do that which saves time and potential legal issues.
Gimp (free image editing/manipulation program). This software is the next best thing to having Adobe Photoshop ( which costs a fortune!)
Or try editing your images online at PhotoShop.com which is pretty cool and free.
LATEST: The Good News is that, since the release of WordPress 2.9, you can do simple editing ( re-size and crop) in your WordPress Dashboard once you’ve uploaded an image.
Bad News is that the internal WordPress image editing widget doesn’t seem to be working so great ( as you see in the video). In the meantime use one of the photo editing options above.
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Hello Clive
I have the All in one seo installed, but I am having difficulty with keywords.
Can you offer any advice.
Kind regards
Karlene
Hi Karlene, what I do is decide what ‘search phrase’ I want my post to rank for and in the All In One Seo plugin make sure that this keyword phrase is included in my ‘Title’ ( make sure it’s 65 characters or less in total – including spaces). Ditto in the ‘Description’ box ( don’t exceed 150 characters). Use http://www.Lettercount.com to help with that.
Make sure your Keyword phrase is also mentioned in your first and last paragraphs ( preferably made bold/italic or underlined) and use H1/H2 tags as paragraph headers too. I am currently building a new DIY SEO site that will help with this but not finished yet.
Hello Clive
Love your site. Finding it very helpful and easy to follow as a novice.
I have copied and pasted an image from a powerpoint slide. I imported the image directly from a programme called presentation pro and so do not have a dedicated file for it.
I have been unable to edit it. I tried to resize but when I tried to select a new percentage, 70% it would not allow me to do so. It just did not acknowledge my request.
What am I doing wrong?
How can I edit this image
Kind regards
Karlene
Hmmm, not sure what you mean. Did you upload the image via the Media Upload option in your WP Dashboard?
Here’s a bucket load of free apps. regarding imagery, that you might want to check out:
http://Splashup.com
http://WebResizer.com
http://www.SumoPaint.com/
http://www.Clarkii.com
http://Snipshot.com
Do with them what you will :-)
Is there another section that covers adding images? The video tutorial listed above appears to be a test video and not an actual tutorial?
Thanks for pointing that out Saeed, that’s been fixed – hope you find the video useful.