Comments on The Fifty Factor: Crazy Little Thing Called Blog - Part 2 - Photos

I tend to use free photos or photos that are free ...

2009-11-12T06:45:07.850-08:00

I tend to use free photos or photos that are free to use if I need photos... However, these days most of the photos I use are my own.

Primarily, I use my own (old) photos but when I ge...

2009-11-12T05:44:03.450-08:00

Primarily, I use my own (old) photos but when I get from google I usually state that. Love this post and am learning so much from it!

Look at you with all this info! Great stuff! I u...

2009-11-12T04:32:00.805-08:00

Look at you with all this info! Great stuff! I use my own photos and rarely pluck them from the net. Mostly because I'm too lazy to search for them, lol. Where IS that copyright symbol?

I LOVE this idea of yours! And I hope to be able ...

2009-11-12T04:08:15.742-08:00

I LOVE this idea of yours! And I hope to be able to check out some of the info you provided. So hard to do when I'm using dial up and have to share with others!! Please keep it up!!

Wow, a lot of great info here. Thanks to you for ...

2009-11-12T02:09:21.050-08:00

Wow, a lot of great info here. Thanks to you for providing a space for us to learn. I use my own pictures and Windows Live Writer. With their toolbar the pictures can be changed to any size you wish, cropped and several other editing tools are also available. I use a lot of photos and found this easier to use than the blogger template. I have much to learn and look forward to your advice to come! Thank you!

This is a fabulous idea, Joanna. Bloggers sharing...

2009-11-11T19:47:59.584-08:00

This is a fabulous idea, Joanna. Bloggers sharing the 'how to' love. Thanks to you and everyone else for the great tips.
I have a question:- how does one put buttons and banners from another blog into one's sidebar when the button or banner does not have HTML code provided?

You can find copyright free images for your blog a...

2009-11-11T18:41:07.766-08:00

You can find copyright free images for your blog at:

http://search.creativecommons.org/

or

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

1) & 2) I use only my own photos which just li...

2009-11-11T15:25:28.937-08:00

1) & 2) I use only my own photos which just like anyone else's will appear on Google images if someone does an appropriate search. This does not mean that they are up for grabs. They're still my images just as every other photo out there belongs to someone else. Without permission and attribution, it's considered plagiarized.

3) I can tell you on the Mac keyboard that the © is produced by hitting the option key and then G.

4) Yes, if they're large and there are many (like I have) it will load slower than a text-only or smaller photo post.

5) There are a couple of ways to do this without going into the bowels of HTML. This works best in FIrefox for me (as opposed to Safari).

A) Go into compose mode when all of your photos are on the page and select, cut and paste the image where you want it.

B) Change your editor setting (by selecting Dashboard - Settings. Then scroll to the bottom of the page to the second to last option. You'll see that your blog is probably on "old editor." Click on "Updated editor" and then save settings. In this newer editor you can dictate where you want the photo to arrive when uploading them to your post. Wherever you put your cursor, the photo will land. You can still rearrange them later as outlined in A above. You can also change the size and justification of the photos right there on the page.

6) I'll give it some thought. :)

Love that you're doing this, Joanna. You're a gem!

I love, love, love this series! Thank you! I'm...

2009-11-11T13:52:30.286-08:00

I love, love, love this series! Thank you! I'm an idiot at all techy things. I use Google images or my own photos. I don't use pictures often enough because I find myself spending too much time searching for the right one.

There are a lot of free photos out there that are ...

2009-11-11T13:47:06.981-08:00

There are a lot of free photos out there that are legal to use. Search for "public domain pictures" or "public domain images". Sometimes sights have both free images and those that you can use for a small fee.
Love that you are sharing all this information, Joanna.

Love the post...I have always wondered how to have...

2009-11-11T13:34:32.826-08:00

Love the post...I have always wondered how to have the larger pictures on blogger other than what they offer.

I'm with a couple other people..I do a google search for a pic I'm interested in. Most of them say fine if you give credit...others are blocked and aren't available. To move pictures on the blog, I've always dragged them to where I want...also have used the copy and paste in the edit html portion too. I'll be interested in knowing if a lot of photos slow a blog load time.
Great series!!!

thanks joanna for being so generous with your time...

2009-11-11T13:29:33.683-08:00

thanks joanna for being so generous with your time. i´m going to learn a lot! besos!

As a techincal idiot, I absolutely love this new i...

2009-11-11T12:40:03.375-08:00

As a techincal idiot, I absolutely love this new idea of yours. I've already learned a thing or two from the comments.

The pictures I use are either my own from my computer, or from google images. If I want to use a picture from another blog, I always ask their permission first.

I love this new feature! I'm sure I'll le...

2009-11-11T12:34:26.049-08:00

I love this new feature! I'm sure I'll learn lots of things I never knew how to do on Blogger.

I don't usually use photos that aren't my own, so I don't have any advice on that.

For the copyright symbol, the HTML code is & copy, with no space between. When you type them together you get &copy.

Feel like I should shut up and learn. I'm a to...

2009-11-11T12:11:54.877-08:00

Feel like I should shut up and learn. I'm a total newbie at all of this...and I'm always asking people questions who do this blog thing really well. Love that you are asking the questions in this forum. I use iphoto for my own pictures...although I never love how my personal pictures come out on my blog. I use istockphoto.com to purchase pictures. Same shpeal as your source. I prepay for x number of points that = x number of pictures. It's easy and cheap, and is great for breaking up long posts to keep people reading. Come over for a visit. Holly at lifelaughlatte

You should never use someone else's photo unle...

2009-11-11T09:51:38.007-08:00

You should never use someone else's photo unless you have their permission and/or have paid them. As someone else mentioned, you can look for photos with a Creative Commons license that allows for sharing, that would be considered having the photographer's permission. If I use a photo that isn't my own on my blog, I do a search in Flickr for photos that have a CC license.

For an easy way to move your photos around in Blogger, in the edit post mode hit "edit html" and then you can cut and paste the html code for the photo to put it where you want it - much easier than clicking and dragging!

I'm interested in 'How To'...for every...

2009-11-11T09:36:14.465-08:00

I'm interested in 'How To'...for everything. Great topic, I'll stay tuned for more.

I use mostly my own photos and those of my son. If...

2009-11-11T09:26:20.198-08:00

I use mostly my own photos and those of my son. If I have to take something from online, I try to find something through Wikipedia. I have snagged things that I'm sure I shouldn't have at times, but I try very hard not to do that.

I am not very good at anything computer related, so my picture sizes are just what blogger offers. I don't have the time or interest in learning.

I do like photos in my blog and others though. I'm a very visual person.

Thanks for all of the tips. This is awesome. Maybe I will sit down long enough to learn something!

Wow,you are a fount of information! Thanks for all...

2009-11-11T08:43:15.910-08:00

Wow,you are a fount of information! Thanks for all the helpful advice.

Although almost all of the photos that I use are m...

2009-11-11T08:40:47.825-08:00

Although almost all of the photos that I use are my own, occasionally I use one from Photobucket and they are free. Thanks so much for all of the great info and tips!

Thanks for collecting these tips and links. I try ...

2009-11-11T08:21:51.529-08:00

Thanks for collecting these tips and links.
I try to include a photo in each post. If we just wanted text we could go back to BBS's and dial-up (if you don't know what that is - you're weren't on in the 90's).
Most photos are mine own and I have written to bloggers to ask usage permission. I'm no lawyer so this is just my advice. I use pictures from the Chicago Tribune often and credit with a link back. I think news items are treated differently.

Also look for Creative Commons which is the legal way of sharing. Check out their .org site.

Wikipedia has photos free for use too.

One site I used for collecting and hosting my pictures in the beginning was imageshack - DON'T use. I stopped after too many times of pictures not loading anymore.

About picture sizes - we need to talk pixels because large, medium, etc. mean different things to everyone. 400px wide is a good size for posting.

One last suggestion, JJ, if you add more tip posts like this and I hope you do, please create a separate blog where you can collect all the posts. It would be nice reference site.
THANKS

Excellent tips, Joanna!

2009-11-11T08:20:21.374-08:00

Excellent tips, Joanna!

Thanks for the tips!

2009-11-11T07:52:56.829-08:00

Thanks for the tips!

G-R-E-A-T info today!! I am going to visit the ph...

2009-11-11T07:44:51.794-08:00

G-R-E-A-T info today!! I am going to visit the photog's blog for her tips. Thanks Joanna!!

This is interesting! The photos I use that aren&#...

2009-11-11T06:32:34.314-08:00

This is interesting! The photos I use that aren't mine I get from Googel Image. I have heard from a few people that the larger photos in my photo blog load slower but others I've asked tell me they have no trouble, so it must vary depending on your computer.
I click and drag my photos to the position I want them in, once I have them all loaded.