August 02, 2005
FINALLY! PICTURES AT BLOGGER! (UPDATED TWICE 8-3-05)
300 MB of free image storage space at Blogger. Click the button and upload pictures from your computer to their server. No limit on individual image size that I could find.
Nice little tutorial here. FAQ here.
Yes, it works
Peter's problem may finally be solved.
The only downside is that there doesn't appear to be any way to browse or delete your images once they've been uploaded. I've e-mailed them about that and I'm awaiting a reply.
UPDATE 8-3-05: I heard back with all due speed from Stephanie from Blogger Support:
It is not currently possible to remove published pictures from the photo server. We are working on adding this functionality for a future release and we appreciate your patience in the meantime.Please note, however, that the photo server is not browseable. If you have deleted the post that included the picture, your photo will not be easily accessible, unless potential viewers already have the exact URL of the picture.
So I give them a 10 for convenience, but keep in mind that - for now - your uploads are a one-way trip. Just hope they have that fixed before the first person hits that 300 MB limit.
UPDATE #2 8-3-05: Mustang 23 of Assumption of Command emphasizes a fact which Blogger only mentions in passing:
But you need to make sure to let people know that if you use the HTML upload vs the Upload from your machine it won't actully up load the picture to blogger photos, IT WILL HOTLINK THEM FROM THE SITE YOU FOUND THE PICTURE!!!!!!
And we know that hotlinking is a bad thing, right?
Review the lecture and let your conscience be your guide.
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Hey, I'll try that. Thanks Harvey. BTW, my tagboard seems to be working. I think it was just taking a long time to recover from Saturday night ;-)
Yay! Everyone should visit my blog to see just how well this works. *g*
Harv,
I have been using blogger photos as well. it works great.
But you need to make sure to let people know that if you use the HTML upload vs the Upload from your machine it won't actully up load the picture to blogger photos, IT WILL HOTLINK THEM FROM THE SITE YOU FOUND THE PICTURE!!!!!!
I found that out hard way. I thought it would be nice and easy to just put in a URL of a photo that I wanted to use. I am glad I found out about it before I got in trouble.
AAAAACH! No hotlinking. Why would they even have that option? It's easy enough to do anyway. We don't need Blogger making hotlinking even easier.
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