This document provides instructions for adding various media types to blog posts, including single photos, photo slideshows, and YouTube videos. The steps outlined include choosing a photo from your computer and clicking "Add" to include it, using Picasa to create slideshows and copying the embed code, and finding a video on YouTube, copying the embed code and resizing it for the blog post.

3. You can add single photos

5. A blog with
photos can be a
wonderful
memory of an
event

7. This is how you do it.
New post
1 2 Add title and writing
3
Click on Add photo

8. Choose a file from your computer

9. Find the folder

10. 1
Find the photo
2
Click on ‘Open’

11. It is placed here
Click on ‘Add’
1

12. There it is

13. Click on pic. and
choose ‘medium’ 1 2 3
Add a caption
4
Choose ‘preview’ Choose centre

14. This is what you’ll see

16. There are
some lovely
slideshow
applications
on the web

17. How Picasa
Type in
to make a Picasa slideshow
web albums
1
2
Choose this one

18. It will take you to
a sign-up page to
sign in with your
Google account

19. Choose ‘upload’

20. Click here to find the
photos you want to use.

21. Find the folder
and open it

22. I usually choose ‘Ctrl
A’ to choose them all

23. Wait for them to
upload

24. Notice all your storage space
1024 MB of
storage

25. Wait for them to
upload

26. You’ll need to change some
settings
Click on ‘edit’

27. Change this to
‘Make public on
the web’ Click on ‘Save’

28. Notice what has happened
Click on ‘Link to
this album’ .
1
2
Choose ‘Embe
slideshow’

29. Choose ‘Large’
1
2
Copy the
embed code

30. Paste the code 1
2
Click on HTML
3
Click on
‘Preview’

31. Look at it on the blog

34. Have your video ready
Find your video

35. Get your blog post ready
New post
1
3
2
Click on the
Add your writing video icon

36. Click on ‘Browse’ and
find your video

37. Find your video folder
1
Click on the video
to select it
2
Click on ‘Open’

38. You will need to wait
till it uploads

39. Now it has
finished
1
Click on preview
2 to take a look

40. Take a look and
watch it

41. Notice how it
looks on
‘Compose’
HTML shows the
code on the other
side

43. Get your blog post ready
New post
Add a title
1
2
3
Add some words

44. Find the video on You Tube
Click on
1
Share
2 Click on
the video
3 so that it is
ready to
play
Click on embed for the code

45. We’ll change the size in the blog
Note the
width

46. Choose HTML
Paste here. It will be
1
too wide
2

47. Change the width to 420
1
2
Click on ‘Preview’

48. Look at it on the blog