Photo Storage - Where do I find my limit ?

According to this Blogger Help article, images / photos and videos, which are used in Blogger, are stored in Picasa Web Albums.

The storage usage and limit (1.0 Gbs FREE), are displayed on bottom of the Picasa Web home page, on the Google Accounts - Basic Storage Usage screen, and on the lower part of the Upload Image icon wizard ...eg:



You can avoid unnecessary usage of your usage limit by 'compressing and/or reducing' the size of images uploaded to Blogger.

How does storage work? see < HERE >

How do I purchase extra storage? see < HERE >



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Bloggers! Learn about your blogs!

When is the penny going to drop for many bloggers? You have to learn about your blogs!

How many times am I going to see this sort of inane question in the Help Forum ...

"How do I show only one post at a time on my blog?"

I call it inane, because, firstly, it shouldn't be there, and secondly, it shows that the blogger has NEVER looked around her blog to see what's what! She is not trying to learn.
How can anyone learn to blog and not start by learning the parts of their own blog, -

like the SETTINGS !

I've written about this subject, before, too, and am constantly amazed. Is it so much easier to ask, than look and learn? Everyday, I see bloggers asking questions which they wouldn't, if they did some basic research - even going to the Help Topics.

Questions like;

How do I get my Blog nominated for 'Blogs of Note'?
How do I fix the time on my Blog?
How do I email a copy of my posts?
Can I change the URL ?
Where do I edit a post?
... and hundreds more.

Give me a break, please.

Blogger, itself, is largely to blame for this ignorance, too. When someone new to Blogger, creates a Blog, they go through some screens, then are plonked straight onto the Post Editor, to start blogging. Why?







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Blogger Template Back-up

* Update of previous post.

Backing-up your Blog Template was crucial in the beta phase of the New Blogger system, and is now crucial in these days of New Blogger, where Bloggers can gain so much access to our Templates, without many of them really knowing what they are doing. Now the Beta phase of the New Blogger is over, I wouldn't let one chance of making a Template back-up copy, slip by. If I am touching/tweaking the Template of any of my Blogs, I make a back-up BEFORE and AFTER.


Backing-up my Blogger Template. How do I?

Step 1. Open the 'Layout' from the Dashboard - or, the 'Customise' from the Navbar (if you have one).



Step 2. Click on 'Edit HTML' and then click on 'Download Full Template'.



Step 3. A Pop-Up wizard will appear, displaying your Template ID. Then 'Save to Disk' or 'Save to a Folder' as I do.



Step 4. Save the copy of your template to a pre-set Folder, somewhere on your computer, maybe in 'My Documents' Folder. This is of paramount importance, because you NEVER know when you'll need an updated copy. Even if I am not working on my Templates, I do a regular monthly Back-up copy. I also delete oldest one afterwards.



Finish by 'Saving' and return to the Blog. Easy.

ALWAYS DO A BACK-UP COPY OF THE TEMPLATE - WHEN WORKING ON IT !

- BEFORE AND AFTER -

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Testing Zemanta

Image by Tom Raftery via Flickr

I make it a rule to 'Follow' blogs which can assist me to learn more. There are a number of them which I have written about, linked to in posts, and refer to in general. Blogger Buzz is one of them. Today, my Google Reader popped-up and told me Rick Klau had published a post on a new Blog Improvement, called Zemanta. As a plug-in for either mainly Firefox (or Internet Explorer, although it may not go too well with IE as it is for Browsers with Extension Infrastructure, I believe), this gives options I think are well overdue.

Linking, photos, related information - all at the touch of the keypad. Seems good, looks great, and it's FREE. I'm trying it out. I'll write it up when I can. So far, so good!



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Photos - with Captions added via Paint

I've posted about this subject before, and may well do it again, because it is constantly coming up on Google/Blogger Help Group, in one guise or another.

Adding captions, or labels to your images is really simple. It just takes time and inventiveness. Yes, there's more than one program to assist you, but I've found the easiest to use is MS Paint, or just plain Paint. It's located in the Accessories folder in your Windows Program files. FREE !




Try it! It's easy.

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