Blogger: Editing Image Links

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.

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<b><i><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; 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).&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; For I

just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.&nbsp; So, this will not be a countdown, but if you

are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.&nbsp; Besides, with no countdown, this could go on

forever and ever!&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by

nature.</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>

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<b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; 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.

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<b><i><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; 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).&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; For I

just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.&nbsp; So, this will not be a countdown, but if you

are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.&nbsp; Besides, with no countdown, this could go on

forever and ever!&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by

nature.</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>

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<b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; 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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CAPTCHAs Gone Wild!

I received quite a shock when I went to send out the notices for being included in our [Sites ToSee #419].  For by the time it was all over with, there was only five out of the original ten remaining.

You see, I just cannot abide with the hated word-verification spam-protection thingy being engaged.  It is for this reason that I leave comments beforehand to check if it is (because some have it to where the insidious monster does not show itself until after an attempt to leave a comment is made) so that a site can be included in the series.  Lo and behold, there was the CAPTCHA box now clearly in-place on five of the ten.  Therefore, I was legally-obligated to remove the offenders from the lineup.

Oh, but the fun I was having was not to end there.  For when I went to leave comments on [Adullamite’s] and [Ann’s] respective sites, there was the hated word-verification thingy clearly in-place!  Now, I could understand why Adullamite might do this.  For he is the epitome of a cantankerous ol’ (rather ancient, actually) true Scot, but Ann has expressed her hatred for CAPTCHAs at least as much I have.  So, what was going on?

I still don’t have a definitive answer, but the great increase in word-verification engagement seems to be coming from Google/Blogger.  For after I contacted Adullamite via email about the problem, he told me that he had not put it there and instructed me to go ahead and leave the comment without completing the CAPTCHA requirement.  Since he says a lot of things on a regular basis, I was somewhat skeptical, but after I went ahead and hit the publish button (without completing the CAPTCHA requirement) the comment went through.  The same thing happened when I went to again leave a comment on Ann’s.

Now, for all of you who insist upon being anti-social, Google/Blogger has made it mandatory for all anonymous commentators to have to successfully decipher a CAPTCHA code.  This went into effect several weeks ago, and I have not received a spam comment since.  Whereas, I was receiving dozens almost every day beforehand.

Okay, there are some spammers willing to actually register a screen-name (albeit fake).  So, it might not be a bad idea to still have comment moderation in-place, if you are so inclined.

Alas, I recently asked someone to change to comment moderation to make it easier for me to leave comments, and he insisted that he did not have the time to sort through the good and bad.  Please forgive me for saying so, but that is nonsensical.  For when I was receiving dozens upon dozens of spam comments a day, 99.9% of them went into the spam folder automatically.  Since mistakes are bound to happen, I would highly recommend checking to see if an alleged spam comment really is one before deleting the contents of the spam folder.  That is, unless you really could not care less about interacting with your readers and possibly developing a relationship with them, of course.

P.S.: It appears that only sites with their comment location set as a pop-up window have been effected by the current Google/Blogger word-verification glitch.  For this site has not had a problem, and I have it set to “embedded” while both Adullamite and Ann have it as a pop-up window.  So, if you would like to find a fix as soon as possible, go to your Google Dashboard>Settings>Posts and Comments.  At the top of the Comments section, you will see where you have several options for “Comment Location.”  If you now have yours set on “Pop-Up Window,” change it to “Embeded,” and that should do the trick until the current glitch is corrected (hopefully).

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Come Monday...BlogDumps and Other Blessings

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about,  websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Last Monday, I was in [a much different mood].  For I was mired in the midst of a deep dark depression over not knowing what to do about getting the RSS feed for here working again, amongst [some other things].

Yeah, “Oh ye of little faith.”  For I cannot even start to count how many times I have honestly believed that I had finally came to the end of the amount of grace afforded me, only to have it proven that our Heavenly Father’s grace truly is immeasurable.

Some of that proof came through Wolf and Trina over at [BlogDumps].  For they came to my rescue in a very personal way when I was having trouble uploading videos that I had made with my [Windows Movie Maker].  The solution turned out to be converting my [.wmv] to [.flv] through the use of the [Any Video Converter] program.

Backing up a little bit, I had felt like I needed to start making videos because of mistakenly thinking that one of the “improvements” that Google had made to its Blogger platform made it no longer possible to embed an MP3 audio player (provided by BlogDumps) with a song that I would feature each week on a [WhiteHeart Wednesday].  As it turned out, that “improvement” had only made it to where the audio player no longer showed up on the Compose page of a post, but by the time that was realized, I was already hooked on the idea of making videos that would make [Steven Spielberg] and [George Lucas] green with envy.

Okay, I am not quite to that level yet, but considering how technically-challenged I naturally am, I am very pleased with what has been produced so far.  You can find them all [here].

By the way, have you noticed that the all of the links are now opening in a new window?  You can read about how that blessing came about [here].

Now, there is just one more thing that needs to be resolved:

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Come Monday...What Does It Matter?

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about,  websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Well, I was all raring to go with a piece about my adventures in video production, along with singing the praises of Wolf and Trina over at [BlogDumps], but it would seem that the RSS feed for this site quit working after the last Come Monday… was published.  Besides, I am feeling worse than normal tonight, and I am certainly not in the mood to have a knock-down, drag-out fight with Blogger over making things look half-way presentable here.

So, that will be about all for this.  Yeah, it may very well be the best I have ever published.

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