Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

How to Add Images to Your Blog (Without Having Your Own Web Space)

This image is for Feisty. This is my dog Keisha. She's part Corgi, but all feisty! (To Toni: Sorry about the flash green eyes-she's a point and shoot kinda girl-has to be quick or no pic)

One of my favorite things about having this blog is the ability to share things with other people. I especially love to share when I learn new things that can be helpful and useful and don't cost money. My motto is cheap is good, but free is better.

When I first started writing I knew nothing about web site design, blogs, html or codes. Codes were a foreign language to me. I am not saying I'm an expert (far from it). If I went to HTML-land I would be the tourist asking the stupid questions and saying the stupid things (Ein bier bitte). Yes I can order a beer in Germany but little else.

I am happy I have learned enough to change things like background color, font, placement of object (that one's still a bit tricky) and add images. My favorite is adding images. I am a visual person and I have gotten the best responses from images. This leads me to believe that there are many people out there who would love to put images on their blogs but don't know how because they don't have their own web site or access to web space.

When I first started putting images up I had to post them on my homepage, put the code in my new post, resize it if needed, etc. It was not hard, but it took some time. I was also worried about space on my homepage. I have found a new image hosting web site to post pictures. It is free (of course donations are accepted), easy to use and available to anyone who registers. There are restrictions on some images--NO PORN (yea) and nothing copyright protected.

All you have to do is transfer your image from where you have it stored on your computer and the site does the rest. With a click of a button you store your image and the site generates an image tag that can be copied and pasted in your post. Easy. Resizing is simple too, click a button. I have been using it for a week and haven't had any problems. (Another image, the map, I got from a different web site is missing on occasion. I haven't had any problems with my other images.)

The site is Photobucket.com. There is a lot of useful information on the site (click the about button). I can't wait to see the images people put on their blogs. Please let me know when you post some.

posted by Kelly @ 2/11/2004 06:39:00 AM

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