As I was working on
some new posts to schedule to be published this month, I discovered that I
could no longer edit the link to images as I have been doing. I asked a couple of friends if their Blogger
dashboard options had also changed, and it was the same for them. The change had to have happened in the last
two months or so. For the last time I
scheduled a bunch of posts, it was there.
What I am talking
about is the option to edit the image link that used to be located on the right
side of that blue bar you can see just above the selected image in the
screenshot above. If you are not
familiar with the bar, it pops up when you left-click/select an image while you
are on the post compose page of your Blogger dashboard. At least in my case, the image will turn blue
when it is clicked-on.
Well, what am I
going to do now? For I do not want
anyone to think that I am stealing their images.
A Google search
found a workable answer, and if I knew more about what to do with Photoshop, I
could show you in other screenshots.
Since I am not good with Photoshop or another graphics application, I
hope you can bear with me as I attempt to walk you through it with text.
The first thing is
to change to the HTML page of the post. The
tab to do this is located to the right of the compose tab on the left, near the
top. After switching to the HTML page,
scroll to the top. The following
paragraph here is what is at the top of the HTML page of the post I am using as
an example.
<div
class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b><i><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size:
12.0pt;">This series will include as many of my all-time
favorite (ATF)
tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak). Now, each
one included in each edition will
have some connection
with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination,
but they will not
be numbered. For I
just cannot bring
myself to rate some higher than others. So, this will not be a
countdown, but if you
are enjoying them
as much as I do, it won’t matter. Besides, with no countdown, this
could go on
forever and
ever! Oh, and despite the
fact that there is
absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite
as mine, I welcome
any suggestions you might dare to make. For I am, after all, quite
magnanimous by
nature.</span></i></b><b><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size:
12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div
class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br
/></div>
<div
class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align:
center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdEitVc46IKObAcWsQBWG4sKLbzU5Qqex9YcsAMZNAJook9Ctm0GFqiv_4sztqlyWP6Z9W7vicUiI_cZkYiDbtN4qUHkFc6mh9sUnhqSuuGm-z9zCvr5k0lOkKYhI4aySULR6VmxHbAM/s1600/Kenny+Rogers.jpg"
imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right:
1em;"><img border="0" height="320"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdEitVc46IKObAcWsQBWG4sKLbzU5Qqex9YcsAMZNAJook9Ctm0GFqiv_4sztqlyWP6Z9W7vicUiI_cZkYiDbtN4qUHkFc6mh9sUnhqSuuGm-z9zCvr5k0lOkKYhI4aySULR6VmxHbAM/s320/Kenny+Rogers.jpg"
width="231" /></a></div>
<div
align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:
center;">
<b><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size:
12.0pt;">Link: [Kenny Rogers]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
The beginning part
has to do with the opening explanation of my ATF (All-Time Favorites)
series. I have highlighted the part of
the code that needs to be changed, which is where the image is linked to. If left alone, clicking on the published
image would just take you to a Silverlight page of the image. Whereas, I want the image linked to where I
borrowed it from.
<div
class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b><i><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
series will include as many of my all-time
favorite (ATF)
tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak). Now, each
one included in each edition will
have some
connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination,
but they will not
be numbered. For I
just cannot bring
myself to rate some higher than others. So, this will not be a
countdown, but if you
are enjoying them
as much as I do, it won’t matter. Besides, with no countdown, this
could go on
forever and
ever! Oh, and despite the
fact that there is
absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite
as mine, I welcome
any suggestions you might dare to make. For I am, after all, quite
magnanimous by
nature.</span></i></b><b><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size:
12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div
class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br
/></div>
<div
class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align:
center;">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers"
imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right:
1em;"><img border="0" height="320"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdEitVc46IKObAcWsQBWG4sKLbzU5Qqex9YcsAMZNAJook9Ctm0GFqiv_4sztqlyWP6Z9W7vicUiI_cZkYiDbtN4qUHkFc6mh9sUnhqSuuGm-z9zCvr5k0lOkKYhI4aySULR6VmxHbAM/s320/Kenny+Rogers.jpg"
width="231" /></a></div>
<div
align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:
center;">
<b><span
style="font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size:
12.0pt;">Link: [Kenny Rogers]<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
The highlighted part
of the code is now changed to the URL where the image came from. Please take note of the double-quotes (“) on
both sides of the code. The way I change
the code is to delete one character at a time between the double quotes, and
then I paste in the new URL. Make sure
and not delete the double quotes or add to them. For this will break the code.
No, it is really
not such a big deal, but having to edit the links that way takes longer than it
did when it could be done by left-clicking on the image in the compose mode. Alas, even though the threat has lessened
considerably, I still think the communists are plotting against me. Sigh.
P.S.
Woo hoo!,
[Postcardy] left a comment with the solution to my problem. As [Ann] asked about, one can indeed edit the
link to images through the link option on the editor toolbar. You can see the link option highlighted in
blue in the screenshot, just above where it says “X-Large” on the blue bar. What needs to be done is clicking on the link
option twice after clicking on the image while in the compose mode. Up will pop
the same box that displays what text one wants to link to where. I had seen this, but what was throwing me off
was that I am wanting to link an image—not text. Well, just ignore the text part, and paste in
the URL where it says to. I tried it,
and it works just fine.
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I don't like messing around with code. Silly question but can't you change the link by using the link option that is in the editor tool bar?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! The link option in the editor toolbar is what I use to link text, but I cannot get it to work for images.
DeleteHey Ann, Postcardy let me know how to do it, which I added to the article.
DeleteI never knew about using the "edit link" link you mentioned on the blue bar. I have been using image links to link to .html page urls for years using the "edit link" box the same way I do for text links. After I click the image, I click "link." Nothing happens the first time. Then I click "link" again, and the "Edit Link" box appears.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much, my dear Postcardy!!! I just added to the article how you said it can be done.
DeleteP.S. I always have the images on my computer first and use "Choose Files" to insert them in the post. If I feel it is necessary to give credit to the image source, I include a caption with a "source" link. I mainly just use image links to link the "Sepia Saturday" image to the "Sepia Saturday" page at the end of my "Sepia Saturday" posts or to link a logo to a "label search" on my own blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Postcardy!!! Yeah, I also have the images I (re)publish on my computer first. I also have most of the text for my articles in Word documents, and then I copy and paste to Blogger. Just in case one of Google's servers suffers a massive failure and loses all of its content, I still have a copy to republish.
DeleteHappy New Year to you, may life be filled with joy and love, and looking forward to blogging with you again this year!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Karen!!! Be assured that I greatly appreciate the well wishes. Yeah, I think 2016 is going to be a better year.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Alas, I am used to being forgotten about.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Martin!!! You are most welcome.
DeleteGlad you found a solution. Blogger likes to keep us on our toes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Linda!!! Be assured that I can use all of the help I can get.
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