From time to time I hear about people having difficulties dealing with the way blogger handles photos. I have worked out a system that works pretty well for me so I thought I would share my process. Maybe it will save you some time and frustration.
This is especially helpful for tutorials, but it would work just as well for posting to your family blog.
Step 1. Organize your photos before you start writing anything.
I storyboard my photos in photoshop. I go through all the photos I took, find the ones I want to use and save them in order.
For this example the photos were named Boots1.jpg, Boots2.jpg, etc. This way the photos will all be together when I go to upload them to Blogger.
Step 2. Upload pictures to blogger in reverse order. In the picture you can see I started with 7 in the first slot, and worked down to 3.
When uploading more than 5 pictures at a time, start with your very last photo and work your way back up to 1. For some tutorials I have added close to 20 pictures, which is 4 times through the upload process.
After you have uploaded all your photos return to your blog post. All your pictures will be in the right order and ready for you to add captions or whatever text you want.
I have also found it helps me keep my blog posts organized and include everything I wanted to include. I spend a little more time in Photoshop, but actually writing my post in blogger is a breeze.
What about you? Do you have any tricks that makes blogging easier?
I have the worst time getting my pictures into the right spots. I’ve noticed that sometimes the only way to get a photo right where I want it is to start a new paragraph where I want the photo to be. I’ll have to try your idea the next time I post. At least I won’t have to try to shuffle them around.
Oh, how I wish I had Photoshop!! For those that don’t, I’ve found it helpful to write down the image numbers on a piece of paper. I put them in the reverse order of what I want to see on the screen. I’m really surprised that Blogger hasn’t come up with a more user friendly approach to photos–it really does take awhile to figure out all of these things out!!