Inserting images into blogs etc.

Wannabeagenius

[Mentor's note: this thread was split off from a thread in the "Forum Feedback and Announcements" forum: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=449867 ]

OK. I understand.

I'm actually writing a blog for another website. I'm writing the blog using Microsoft Word with insertions. Is there a simpler way to post a blog from Microsoft Word or do I still have to use an external server for the images?

Thanks

Bob

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DaveC426913

Certainly there are tools that will make the publishing process easier. Something that publishes from Word to the Web may well take care of this for you, but note, you will still have to have a location where the picture will be uploaded to. However, the publishing program may simply create a default location for you.


I don't know if this publishing program has some very common blog formats that you can pick, so that much of this is done for you, but it might be more complicated and more effort than just doing this manually: post the text content, upload the images, link to them in your blog.

When I am writing my blog, adding an image is done by selecting an image from my HD and uploading/linking to it in one step.

Wannabeagenius

You have been very helpful. Thank you.

I suppose it is only a matter of time before browsers support the functionality of incorporating images directly.

Bob Guercio

DaveC426913

No. It is technically antithetical.

Wannabeagenius

I'm sorry. Are you using "antithetical" to mean "impossible"? Or to mean "opposite"?

Borek

Incompatible with the technology. Contrary to word document image displayed on the web page is not part of the document, it is a separate entity.

Wannabeagenius

So this is true of the entire Internet, not just this program.

Thanks. I learned a lot in this thread.

Bob

jtbell

If you're publishing a blog using Word or Wordpress or Blogspot or whatever, you're already using an external server, namely the one that hosts your blog! Whether your blog-hosting server allows you to host images along with the text of your blog, depends on the server's policies; whether you can include inline images in the blog, and how and where to upload them, depends on the blog software.

One blog that I read frequently uses Wordpress. It has its images together with the text on the server that hosts the blog.

Another blog uses Blogger (Blogspot). It has some images on blogger.com, and some on other sites like flickr.

I don't know whether Microsoft provides a server for hosting blogs created with Word, or whether you have to find one yourself. I didn't even know that Word has blog-authoring features, as opposed to simply using it to write text for a blog the same way as with other text editors or word processors.

Wannabeagenius

Does this mean that I can cut and paste from Microsoft Word and the blog program takes care of it all?

Thanks,
Bob

jtbell

Uh-oh... something just dawned on my sleep-deprived brain. Are you trying to use PF's own blog feature, or are you looking to set up a blog elsewhere using Wordpress or Word or whatever?

Wannabeagenius

Elsewhere. I guess it matters?

jtbell

Yes, it means I was correct in moving this discussion from the PF-specific "Forum Feedback & Announcements" forum to the more general "Computers" forum.

I don't know anything about blogging "platforms" like Wordpress or Blogger. Hopefully someone else here does, and can help you with specific information.

DaveC426913

Probably not. I can't be sure, but the blog program will likely add images by opening a dialogue and inserting an existing image.

Wannabeagenius

OK. I have a much better understanding of the process and would like to thank everybody who contributed to this thread and helped me.

Bob

Wannabeagenius

Hey Guys,

I'm not sure if it was on this thread but someone suggested Flickr. You could actually load your images on your profile page of this site and use that URL. It makes life much easier.

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Borek

As long as one picture is enough for your needs you are right, but your blog would look rather boring:

On the beach:



On the boat:



And finally I caught hot chick getting tan topless:

magnetboy

I have to say that Wordpress is the best blogging system to date. It is very easy to write an article post it, edit it, and add images. You may not know this, but there are thousands, if not millions of websites that run off of the GPL wordpress software. They use a copy of it, which they or their host had to pay for and then style their site into a nice Webpage.

You could write everything in word and then paste it into Wordpress, well text wise anyways. You would have to add the images yourself. There are so many sources to "host" your pictures, but beware of the agreement you, well agree to when you sign up with the site. You may be giving away your intellectual property and letting them use your graphics however they see fit. Facebook.com does this exact technique for anything you post graphic wise.

I use photobucket.com, If I don't use my server for hosting my pictures. Last time I read their agreement, you keep all the rights to your graphics. This may have changed so please read it for yourself.