There are many ways to get images in your blog. The easiest way is to use the Gallery feature we provide you.

If you have never uploaded images into your gallery, you will need to go to "My Account" and click on the gallery link next to your blog name. After you have submitted an image, a Gallery link will appear on your blog page near your Name, Bio, etc.

Once you get to the Gallery, click on the "Upload Image" link. This will bring up a page with instructions on how to upload images from your computer to our site.

If you want to create an "Icon/Headshot" for yourself (an image that appears on the blog page near your name, after you upload an image click on the "Icon" link that will appear underneath the thumbnail. This will turn that image into an Icon which will then appear on your blog.

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To have an image appear directly in your post:

If you want to have an image appear directly in your blog post, the image must either be hosted in your Blogstream Gallery or on a third party hosting service.

If you use a third party service, get the URL of the image. This should look something like:

http://www.somewebsitename.com/image.jpg

If you use our Gallery, go to the gallery locate the image you wish to appear in your blog. Click on the "URL" link under the image. This will bring up a window that shows you the URL to use below. (Unfortunately you will have to copy it manually at this time... we are working on a way to fix that.)

Now, when you post a message enter:

{{IMAGE:__URL_OF_IMAGE__}}

For example:

{{IMAGE:www.somewebsitename.com/image.jpg}}

However replace the { symbol with [ and } with ] above. (I had to do this so it did not actually show the image above.)

Advanced Users:

If you are an advanced user and familiar with HTML you can also use the "Standard with HTML" editor by clicking on the link on the right side when posting. This will allow you to use standard html such as:



The other option is to use the "Advanced" editor which works like a word processor. There is an image link avaialable in that editor which will ask you for the URL of the image.