Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The writing on the wall for Google+ comments

Bad news for anyone who ever used Google+ comments on their blog.

Rembrant's painting of Balthazar's Feast: mysterious writing on the wall
Mene, mene, tekel upharsin
Google will start deleting them on April 2 Update: or maybe February 4!. 

it will be impossible to leave a new Google+ comment after February 4—next Monday.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Adding images from "Photos": Google Photos, that is

toolbar > Insert image > Photos

The "Photos" option provides direct access to all the photos in Google Photos, for the blogging account you are using.

A menu of ways to insert images, with 'Photos' selected
The Photos option lets you insert images from the linked Photos albums.

That's an important distinction if you have more than one Google account (I have three). You won't see photos that you took or uploaded using another account, even if you share them.

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Adding images "from
Google Album Archive"

toolbar > insert image > Add Images > From Google Album Archive

The top row of "From Google Album Archive," showing four albums
Partial view. Each box is an album. Click to enlarge.

"From Google Album Archive" is one of six ways to add images to your blog from "Add Images." (You get "Add images" when you click the Insert Image tool in Blogger's editing window.)

Update: The user interface has changed, so my screen shots and step-by-steps are no longer 100% valid. This option is now a sub option under "Blogger."

The top row in this view shows four of the albums in my album archive, including one for this blog.

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Adding images from "Blogger"

new post > toolbar > Insert image > Blogger

Adding an image from "Blogger" lets you insert images you've previously added to your blog, or any other blog where your account has author privileges.

A menu listing four ways of inserting images into a blog, with "Blogger" selected.
"Blogger" lets you reuse any image you've already added to Blogger.

It's one of four options you'll see once you click the Insert Image tool in Blogger's editing window.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Upload photos into Blogger

new post > toolbar > Insert image > Add images > Browse

Picture are great, and you can add them right into your blog from Blogger's edit window.

"Upload" lets you import an image from your computer or other device.

The Insert Image menu with Upload selected
Use Upload to get an image into your blog from your device.

"Upload" is one of four image-inserting options available when you click the Insert Image tool in Blogger's editing window.