Tutorial: How to Upload many Photos at Once (Best Practices)

Well, I am assuming many of you will be wanting to upload Photos as Amanda has on her blog. But instead of taking up all sorts of room on the right side of the blog with the little Slideshow window, I have decided this is how we will post Photo Albums. First off, just for signing up for your Google account you are entitled to use their Picasa Web Albums for free. This is a service where you can upload your Photos into albums, and display them on the internet. Amanda has done this already, and can attest to how simple it is to use.....right Amanda?!?!?

1) You need to have the pictures on your computer before we do anything. Once you do, go to www.google.com. Yes, Google is more then just a search engine. Much more in fact, and one day Google will run the entire world, but that is another topic that will not be covered in this Tutorial. Notice the links that are on the top of the page. Click on the link "More" with the arrow next to it. Then on the drop-down menu click on the Photos link. This will take you to the Picasa Web Album page. Log into this site using your Google account, Username and Password.

2) Now, most if not all will have a blank page with no pictures on them. Well let's get some on there! See the "Upload" button on the right hand side right above your username? Click it. Then click the Create a New Album link if you wish to create a new Photo Album, or click on an already existing album if you would like to upload more pictures to that album. After that, you should be able to follow the directions on the site in order to upload your pictures. Make sure you check the box to make your album a Public album, otherwise we will not be able to view them!

3) Now after your album is created, this is where you need to put this in a blog post for everyone to see. (This is eliminating the little slideshows on the right Navigation bar as seen on Amanda's site. We are doing this to save space on the page!) So, now back at www.thestratmans.com create a new blog post by clicking on "New Post" on the top right, and this should bring you to the text editor. Title your post, and maybe write a little something to describe the Photos you are about to share with us. Then, after that is done, go back to your Picasa Web Albums. Click on your Public Gallery; As seen here with Amanda's Albums:

Then, click on the Album you wish to share with the rest of the 'fam'. Once that album is displayed, go up to the URL and copy that URL. Now go back to thestratmans.com and the post you were working on and paste that URL into the blog post. This will create a "link" in your post so everyone can just click on it, and it will take them right to your Album!

Well, this all sounds easy enough to me, but I realize it may sound confusing to some. So please do not hesitate to leave a comment on the site, or just to email me directly and we can try and troubleshoot whatever happens to be going on! Sorry for the length!

P.S. Does anyone know who is bringing the Mashed Potatoes to Thanksgiving? Seriously, we better figure this out.