Hopefully this post will help anyone who is trying to upload a picture from Picassa.
I discovered today that all (most of) "My Hiking Blog" photos are actually hosted on Picasa , even though I use Blogger as the platform for the blog.
I will try and explain this in "simple" steps.
1) Upload your picture to
http://picasa.google.com/2) Open the picture in your Picasa web album
3) In the "Link to this photo section " find the heading saying "HTML to embed in website".
4) Select the size you want the photo to appear on the forum. There are 4 options from thumbnail to 800px (which is the size limit for the Bushwalk Tasmania forum)
5) Copy the computer code on the section below the "HTML to embed in website"
The code created for one of my pictures was:
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/frankinoz2/OurHikingBlog/photo? uthkey=l2lua44Mgi0#5024999553870581330"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG" /></a>
Just embeding this in the forum WON'T WORK.
6) Open Bushwalk Tasmania forum in a new window and create the post where you want the picture to appear.
7) Click on the "Img" icon in the forum post section to add the correct "tags"
8 ) Paste the HTML code from Picasa between [img]
HERE[/img]
9) Find the
highlighted bit of the HTML code:
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/frankinoz2/OurHikingBlog/photo? uthkey=l2lua44Mgi0#5024999553870581330"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG
" /></a>AND DELETE IT.
10) You want the HTML Code that is between the tags to be like this:
http ://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG
NB: I have added a space between http and : so the code does not look like a link
11) Your final "string of code" should look like this. NB - this time, just to confuse everyone, I have had to add a SPACE in [img ] and [ /img] so that the text appears - REMOVE THE SPACES so they are like this:
[img ]http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG[ /img]
12) In the code you will notice a part that says:
/s800/ . This is the SIZE the picture will be displayed on the forum.
I have added a couple of different sizes below. First is 800, second 400 and third 200. All I had to do was change the number in the "string" of code to the size you want. (Remember 800 is the maximum for this forum)
Again, with spaces in the tags so we can see the code:
[img ]http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG[ /img]
[img ]http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s400/IMG_0030.JPG[ /img]
[img ]http://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s200/IMG_0030.JPG[ /img]
![Image](https://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s800/IMG_0030.JPG)
![Image](https://lh4.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RbxieHzzzlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oM2G8XyP6v8/s400/IMG_0030.JPG)
ALTERNATE METHOD1) Open Picture in Picasa web album
2) Right click on picture and select "Properties"
3) Where it says "address" (URL) copy the code:
NB - space added between http and : so the code displays - make sure you don't have a space
http ://lh6.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RdmCPxAVEVI/AAAAAAAAAA8/eFuUGiXlHoE/IMG_0061_comp.JPG?imgmax=512
4) Remove all text to the right of .JPG - in this case ?imgmax=512
5)You will then have something like this: http ://lh6.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RdmCPxAVEVI/AAAAAAAAAA8/eFuUGiXlHoE/IMG_0061_comp.JPG
6) Add the RED BIT to define the size of the picture
http ://lh6.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RdmCPxAVEVI/AAAAAAAAAA8/eFuUGiXlHoE
/s400/IMG_0061_comp.JPG
Make sure you add the Img tags and, in this case I have removed the space after http preview. You should see your picture
![Image](https://lh6.ggpht.com/frankinoz2/RdmCPxAVEVI/AAAAAAAAAA8/eFuUGiXlHoE/s400/IMG_0061_comp.JPG)
Sue heading to Cradle from the Horse Track