Whoa, It's My Tenth Article!

Help for the computer illiterate.

Published on January 16, 2008 By Cedarbird In Blogging

Since I've only been here for a little while, I was wondering if you guys could answer a few questions for me.

1. How do I put a picture from, say, my saved pictures onto a blog?
2. How do I put a video onto a blog?
3. How do you make a link that has, not the URL, but the title, or something else fancy like that?

And any other little computer savvy tips you can bestow upon a person who had to have her big brother set up an instant messaging system on her computer..

Thanks, everyone!

Comments

SanChonino

on Jan 16, 2008

From your saved picture, you'll have to upload it to a hosting website, like Imageshack. Sign up and then host your images. Once it's on the internet, copy the address of the picture between these brackets: [img ]take the spaces out, obviously[/ img].

Observe: I'll put a space so this won't work.

[img ]http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/08/40/0000040840_20070702160716.jpg[ /img]

Now, see the effects without spaces:

Oh, my hot Alexis. Have you cut your hair?!? You're still hot.

SanChonino

on Jan 16, 2008

As far as videos go, usually the YouTube site will have a place to "embed" the file or somesuch. Just copy that code into the thing, presto-change-o, you's gots you a video!

As far as the links, you have to use old-school HTML. You put (without all this space, of course - I just want it to show up for you)

Here's where you put the fancy name.

Thus, you get this awesome link to the best blog.

SanChonino

on Jan 16, 2008

Arrgh, the things still disappear because it recognizes it as HTML. I'll have to e-mail you the way to do it.

Tova7

on Jan 16, 2008

You're rockin along...10 articles and counting.

SanChonino

on Jan 16, 2008

You're rockin along...10 articles and counting.

Pick up the pace, slowpoke.

foreverserenity

on Jan 16, 2008

quote]You're rockin along...10 articles and counting.

Pick up the pace, slowpoke.

! Aren't big brothers cool, he gave you all the answers!

Zoologist03

on Jan 16, 2008

10? Just 10? Slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow! Then again I've only got 240 and I've been here a few years.

~Zoo

dynamaso

on Jan 16, 2008

Cedarbird

on Jan 16, 2008

Well, I also have a life outside of Joe User.

Oh, what now?

Thanks for the answers, guys!

SanChonino

on Jan 16, 2008

Well, I also have a life outside of Joe User.

Oh, what now?

So do I, as you well know. And *dreamy voice* it involves a pretty girl . . .

Punk.

Cedarbird

on Jan 16, 2008

Yeah, at least you can date your current love interest. I'm stuck in some kind of crappy thing, which I hate. But that's another blog.

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