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Session 3: Elizabeth Taber Library
How to Start a WordPress Blog
Using Images
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Using Images
• There is not a governing body reviewing your site; however: – If you cut and paste arFcles that are not your own you can be held liable.
– If you reuse content that is not your own you could be “punished” by the search engines and your site will not be listed in search results
– Images that are not properly credited can result in legal acFon which could be a financial penalty.
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Resources for Images • Paid
– 123rf.com – ShuMer Stock – Deposit Photo
• Free PhotoPin -‐ hMp://photopin.com/ – Pinterest -‐ hMp://pinterest.com/ – Flickr: hMp://www.flickr.com/groups/creaFve_commons-‐_free_pictures/ • Understanding Flickr and CreaFve Commons: hMp://www.flickr.com/help/general/#147
• Make sure you give photo credit on free images, you can do this in the capFon or the boMom of your post
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How to Add An Image in WordPress
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How to Add An Image in WordPress
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How to Add An Image in WordPress
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How to Add An Image in WordPress
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Add a Video From YouTube
• Find a video you like on YouTube • Go to the URL and copy it • Go to your website and paste • Publish (or save as dra`)
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Add a Video From YouTube
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Add a Video From YouTube
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Using PhotoPin To add a photo from PhotoPin (the concept is the same for Pinterest) 1. Find an image you like and hover over it 2. Select Download 3. Either highlight and copy the code beneath the image for a small size or download the image to your desktop or hard drive • If you plan to copy and paste the code for the image – copy, go to
your blog post and paste in the line of code, you can be in either visual or html mode
• If you download the image-‐ go to your blog post and use the image upload icon at the top of the edit page secFon.
4. There is a piece of code at the boMom of the PhotoPin photo box, highlight and copy, then post that at the boMom of your blog post. YOU MUST BE IN HTML MODE.
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ArFcles & Tips I Have WriMen on Using Images
• PhotoDropper (for people with self hosted websites) hMp://www.eileenlonergan.com/photodropper-‐plugin
• How to Use PhotoPin hMp://www.eileenlonergan.com/adding-‐free-‐images-‐to-‐your-‐blog-‐posts-‐photopin
• How to add a Price to an Image on Pinterest hMp://www.eileenlonergan.com/how-‐to-‐add-‐a-‐price-‐to-‐an-‐image-‐on-‐pinterest
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