Uploading and posting a single photo
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Uploading and posting a single photo |
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There are two stages to posting a photo to your blog:
| • | uploading the photo |
| • | entering information about the photo. This information, for example, photo caption and description, appears on your blog's main page. |
To upload multiple photos in a zip file, see Uploading and posting multiple photos.
To upload a photo
| 1. | Navigate to the Add a Photo page in one of these ways: |
| • | select the Photo option from the Post drop-down list |
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| • | click the Post tab on the Publisher Control tab, and then click the Photo link |
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| • | click the Post Manager tab on the Publisher Control tab, select the category in which you are putting your photo, such as Photos. Then click the Add A Photo link. |
The Add A Photo page opens:
| 2. | In the Select an Album area, select the album to which you want to add the photo. |
| 3. | Select one or more of these options: |
| a. | To keep the original copy in your blog (even if you resize it), check the Keep raw copy check box. |
| b. | To overwrite photos of the same name already stored in the blog's photo album, click the Overwrite existing photos check box. |
| c. | To resize the photo as it is uploaded, click beside the Resize to box and select the resize option.The drop-down list lets you choose a width to resize the photo; its height is scaled proportionately. |
| d. | To change the default thumbnail (scaled down) size for your uploaded photo, click beside the Thumbnail size box and select a thumbnail size option. |
| 4. | In the File Information area, click the Browse button beside the File to upload box. The Choose File window opens. |
| 5. | Navigate to the folder in which the photo file you want to upload is located, and select the file. Note that the file format must be *.zip, *.jpg, *.png, *.gif, *.tif. Other file formats will not be uploaded. |
| 6. | Click the Open button. |
| 7. | Click the Add Photo button. The upload process begins. Once it is complete, the New Photo page opens, showing the photo image and a Photo Content area to which you can add information about the photo: |
To enter information about a photo
| 1. | In the Photo Content area, type a title for your article in the Photo Caption box. |
| 4. | Type the content for the article in the Photo Description box. |
| 5. | If required, complete one or more of the the following optional publishing activities: |
| a. | To attach a file to your review, click Attach File(s) and follow the subsequent instructions. For details, see Attaching a file. |
| b. | To create an excerpt to display on your blog's main page instead of the full body of your photo description, click the Automatically generate excerpt (First 20 words) check box in the Excerpt (Article Summary) area. For details, see Creating an excerpt. |
| c. | To specify a time to publish your review, select an option from the Publish this article using drop-down list in the I would like to area. The default option is today's date. |
For details on publication time, or how to complete the article later, see Specifying publication date and time.
| d. | To see a preview of your posted review, click the Preview button. For details, see Previewing an article. |
| 6. | On the right side of the page, if required, specify an album for your photo, assign keywords, or select an advanced option. |
| 7. | When you finish, click the Save button. |
If you selected the today's date option in step 4(c), your photo is posted immediately on your blog's main page. It also appears at the top of the list in the Recent Article area on the Dashboard tab of the Publisher Control Panel.