Morning all! Thanks for all your comments on my last post regarding the whole 'exceeding photo limits'. Well I was about to put up the cash to add extra storage but thought i'd check the terms of Picasa.
Blogger automatically uses Picasa to store any photos you upload onto your blog and there is a maximum storage limt of 1GB. HOWEVER... if you make your photos up to a maximum 800 x 800 pixels then the storage of these is free and does not go towards your storage limit! Therefore save all your pictures as small on your computer making sure their size is not over the 800 pixels and you get the storage free - mwahahaha!
So it looks like my credit card is staying in my wallet for the time being with my little loop hole - Scarlett 1 Picasa 0.
But.. blogger is now being a HUGE arse and not letting me use the updated editor for posts. It just has the little whirl symbol and nothing else and it wont let me type, grrr! So im using the old editor which takes an age to do anything. Anyone else having the same problem with updated editor? I tried using Chrome instead, ive cleared cookies etc but still not playing ball.
Come on Blogger sort it out!
Big love as always
Ahh I hadn't heard of this problem before! When it happens to me I'll be asking advice from you clever lady. xx
ReplyDeleteHi Scarlett, thanks for updating us, old girl.
ReplyDeleteBlogger can be a right old pain in the arse. I'm still using the old blogger - painfully slow and clunky though it is - I'm a real Luddite at heart.
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What a nightmare your having,well here is a little good news,I have nominated you for the versatile blogger award.
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well done you - result! am now scared - photo storage? sizes? eeeek - time to get my head round what goes on in all the technical details, instead of me merrily slapping pictures up any old how! x
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the size thing - that explains why only some of my pics are in Picasa - mainly old ones and the bigger mosaic pics I make.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I do smaller photos and pay. If that means my photos are not in Picasa that actually makes me happy! Blogger was incredibly slow for me last night so it may be a general pain not just for you. Doesn't help much, does it?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the photos, good thinking Scarlett hope you get everything else sorted :)
ReplyDeleteBee happy x
Have a delicious day!
ha! i could have saved my $5!!x
ReplyDeleteI hope you sort your blogging troubles soon! I'm useless when it comes to technical stuff, and have on many occassion threatened to throw the laptop out of the window xxx
ReplyDeleteOh i'm glad to hear you have it somewhat sorted. I had a vague idea that there might be a limit but to the inability of getting anything for free these days. I'll have to try the 800 x 800 pixel tip though, that's always good to know!
ReplyDeleteA useful tip - thank you my dear!
ReplyDeleteok! smaller photos in future - thanks so muchly. I've got the swirly thing when trying to do a teeny tiny post at work - using the older explorer - at home with firefox it's ok x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up! I use Picasa for all my photos anyway so am wondering if they're automatically resized? Blogger can be a pain in the bum but I don't think I have the patience to change now I've got to grips with it! Hope you sort your editing problems soon. x
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Sounds like Blogger is trying to break your spirit by making any alternatives a huge pain in the butt so you'll cough up. I'll be checking back on this if I ever have this problem! x
ReplyDeleteHope you get it sorted soon, how frustrating! I'll probably have this problem in the future as I use tons of photos in my tutorials. x
ReplyDeleteAh,interesting!!! Good on you for looking into it further!
ReplyDeleteBlogger likes to spazz out from time to time,doesn't it?!
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Oh I did not know that about resizing photos. I now resize them for bigger picture quality.
ReplyDeletegood luck amor!
That's all rather technical for me. I am useless with technology, thankfully Happy Harris sorts my stuff out xx
ReplyDeleteOh dear! not having much luck! hope you get it sorted, I haven't a clue! xxx
ReplyDeleteoooh Thank you for sharing this, Scarlett! i think i'd better make my photos smaller now and no bigger than 800x800, urghhh as for updated editor, I'm still trying to figure it out myself hahahaha
ReplyDeletexx susan
but i'm glad you dont have to pay for storage coz if i had to pay for it, i think it'll put me off of blogging coz i'm broke as it is unless i got a job hehehe
ReplyDeletexx susan