Images Will Help Your Post - Wordpress Tips

Images are not always necessary but they can help the overall look of your post and make it more appealing to the reading audience.

There are a lot of places that you can get images from, but you must keep in mind that we cannot allow photos to go up on the website that we do not have the rights to use. If you do use an image found on any search engine, it is not likely that we will be allowed to keep it up. To make sure that you are using an appropriate image, you could follow these steps below, using Flickr as a source.



1. Go To: http://www.flickr.com/ and click on the word search in the upper right hand corner. Then on the new page, click advanced search, also located near the right corner.

2. Here, in the the advanced search screen, you want to type in what you are looking for in the search box, choose all three options, photos, screenshots, illustration art, then select box that says "only search creative commons images."

3. Select the image that you want to use in your post.

4. Click on the word "share" located above the image, and a drop down will appear. Within the drop down, click on "Grab the HTML/BCCode."

5. Copy the entire HTML code to your clipboard. Go to your MyFDL post and click on the HTML tab on the post window. Make sure you are NOT in the visual tab. In the HTML side, paste your HTML code.

6. Once you have pasted the code, click back to the visual tab side and you should see your image. Click on the image and choose the icon that appears in the upper left hand corner of the image in order to EDIT it.

7. As shown in my screen shot (click to enlarge) you can edit the size of the photo, its position, right, left, center, and add a caption. You must add a caption to your photo giving credit to the owner of the image. In the caption, include the name of the owner and the title of the image. Example: Ryan Cook - Obama Nation. This info is provided on the page where you found the image. (Title is underneath the photo and owner to the right of the photo)

8. Click "Update" and your image will adjust within the post. In the visual side tab you can physically drag the image to where you would like it positioned as well.

If you are using other image sites make sure that you are allowed to use the image, can locate the HTML code for it, and that you give credit to the owner and title of the image.

If you have any further questions about adding images from Flickr or other sources, feel free to send me an email at ryan@firedoglake.com. I will be happy to help out the best I can.