One of the support items in the Blogging For Genealogy Success class taught by Larry K and Kathleen Cragun

1. CAPTURING A PHOTO FROM FLICKR

2. Go to http://flickr.com
Think of what might be a
photograph that relates to
your topic.
There are millions of
photographs stored in
Flickr, most allow you to
use them for non
commercial purposes
providing you give proper
credit to the owner.
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

3. Go to http://flickr.com
In this example I will
search for “blogging”
As usual there are many
to choose from.
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

4. Go to http://flickr.com
In this example I will
search for “blogging”
As usual there are many
to choose from…. And I
like this one!
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

5. Go to http://flickr.com
I want to place this photo
in my blog. So first I need
to see if it is licensed for
me to do so.
To determine that I click
the share button above
the photo.
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

6. Go to http://flickr.com
YES! I can use this one if I
paste it as HTML in my
blog.
When you open the share
button you look for the
Grab the HTML/BBCcode
(red arrow)
NEXT Copy the HTML
(Green arrow)
You will paste this code
into your blog.
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

7. Next, go to the backend of
your blog, to the area
where you are composing
your article.
Click compose: (Green)
Paste the HTML: (blue)
Go back to writing: (Red)
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO

8. And the photo is inserted.
You now have the options
to change the size and
move it to the left or right
of the article.
If you have written text
while the photo is in the
center mode, moving it to
the left or right will bring
the beginning of the text
to the top of the article.
SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO