I have started to be more careful, when I am uploading pictures to the blogs, because the free image storage has limited to the size in my Picasa (Google images hosting) which is only 1 GB. Although I can use other image hosting sites and I can create links to it, I still prefer to use only Picasa, mainly because:
(1) I prefer to use only Google services - easily to use & manage.
(2) Other image hosting servers availability in long run (due to many sites are closing down).
(3) I do not prefer to have to subscribe to many sites for the similar services.
Of course it is possible upgrade the Picasa storage size by paying money to them, but I've not planned to do that, as I not expecting to earn anything from my blogs. Another issue about my concern on the image storage size, due to my picture file size are very large (can easily exceed 5MB each) and it can quickly utilized my Picasa storage.
After reading some of other blog sites, I would like to share my understanding on how is the images are loaded and posted in the blog (technically). The easiest way is to publish picture is to use the "Add Image" icon, displayed on the posting pages (you can find it when you post a new blog). Then it will pop-up a dialog window, where I can define where to retrieve my pictures, (from your computer storage or the link/URL to other website). When I finished uploaded image from my computer, Blogspot server will actually store the image into my Picasa, and of course it will occupy some of my Picasa storage space. , then I can click the "Edit Html" tab, and I can find the 2 lines of codes:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_aAwIfttpvD4/SAdDE5VP7GI/AAAAAAAAA0k/sb2d46rObfs/s1600-h/image1.jpg http://bp3.blogger.com/_aAwIfttpvD4/SAdDE5VP7GI/AAAAAAAAA0k/sb2d46rObfs/s320/image1.jpg
The one with s1600-h is refer the actual image file size, and the s320 or s400 or other numbering (it depends on the image on how is being auto re-scaled by blogspot) and this is the image will be shown when people browse to my blog site. So, it is to say that, the image with the path named s1600-h is the one that will be shown when people click on the image.
Instead of using the "Add Image" button to upload image to my blog, I can coding method to do it, in the "Edit Html" page, by add the code as below:
the-link-to-your-image = is path or URL to the image hosting server (eg. Picasa). But remember if the image is too large, then this code can cause slow load of the blog website.
Alternatively, you may sign-up with PhotoBucket, which is also one of the popular free image/video hosting sites with with maximum of 1GB. You can also easily edit your images from their website. PhotoBucket is much easier (compare to Picasa) for new blog users who which to post their pictures/videos onto their blog, because they provide a list of html codes and URLs which allow users easily to include it into their blogs.
Note, you may encounter difficult to include the photo in the Blogspot "User Profile", if the URL is from a website, so for this issue, then you may have to upload photo from your local computer.
I usually preferred to re-size/re-scale my photos, before uploading to image hosting sites, so, that I can save storage space for more photos, and yet still within acceptable image quality. Those settings are: Pixels: 640 x 480, Resolution: 72 x 72, Save JPG quality: 85%, so then the image size is about 50 to 100kb.
(2) Other image hosting servers availability in long run (due to many sites are closing down).
(3) I do not prefer to have to subscribe to many sites for the similar services.
Of course it is possible upgrade the Picasa storage size by paying money to them, but I've not planned to do that, as I not expecting to earn anything from my blogs. Another issue about my concern on the image storage size, due to my picture file size are very large (can easily exceed 5MB each) and it can quickly utilized my Picasa storage.
After reading some of other blog sites, I would like to share my understanding on how is the images are loaded and posted in the blog (technically). The easiest way is to publish picture is to use the "Add Image" icon, displayed on the posting pages (you can find it when you post a new blog). Then it will pop-up a dialog window, where I can define where to retrieve my pictures, (from your computer storage or the link/URL to other website). When I finished uploaded image from my computer, Blogspot server will actually store the image into my Picasa, and of course it will occupy some of my Picasa storage space. , then I can click the "Edit Html" tab, and I can find the 2 lines of codes:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_aAwIfttpvD4/SAdDE5VP7GI/AAAAAAAAA0k/sb2d46rObfs/s1600-h/image1.jpg http://bp3.blogger.com/_aAwIfttpvD4/SAdDE5VP7GI/AAAAAAAAA0k/sb2d46rObfs/s320/image1.jpg
The one with s1600-h is refer the actual image file size, and the s320 or s400 or other numbering (it depends on the image on how is being auto re-scaled by blogspot) and this is the image will be shown when people browse to my blog site. So, it is to say that, the image with the path named s1600-h is the one that will be shown when people click on the image.
Instead of using the "Add Image" button to upload image to my blog, I can coding method to do it, in the "Edit Html" page, by add the code as below:
the-link-to-your-image = is path or URL to the image hosting server (eg. Picasa). But remember if the image is too large, then this code can cause slow load of the blog website.
Alternatively, you may sign-up with PhotoBucket, which is also one of the popular free image/video hosting sites with with maximum of 1GB. You can also easily edit your images from their website. PhotoBucket is much easier (compare to Picasa) for new blog users who which to post their pictures/videos onto their blog, because they provide a list of html codes and URLs which allow users easily to include it into their blogs.
Note, you may encounter difficult to include the photo in the Blogspot "User Profile", if the URL is from a website, so for this issue, then you may have to upload photo from your local computer.
I usually preferred to re-size/re-scale my photos, before uploading to image hosting sites, so, that I can save storage space for more photos, and yet still within acceptable image quality. Those settings are: Pixels: 640 x 480, Resolution: 72 x 72, Save JPG quality: 85%, so then the image size is about 50 to 100kb.
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