Difficulty uploading image to widget to display in sidebar

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:28 pm

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  I am trying to upload an image to show in my sidebar. I have tried everything I see on the help site, but the image does not show. It shows as an x. I have uploaded to the site and I believe filled out the widget correctly. Thoughts?

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm

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  Upload it to where? Your Media Library?

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:33 pm

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  I have uploaded to media library and now wish to attach this image to the widget that will display this image in my sidebar. When I complete all the setup for the widget and go back to look at the page, the image doesn’t appear. The title for the image appears, but the image does not. Just an x. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:35 pm

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  I have resized the image to make it small enough. And since the image has been uploaded to my media libary, the URL should be ok. So, I must be missing something.

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:35 pm

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  What are you putting in the Widget? And are you using the Image Widget?

  You ARE asking about a wordpress.com hosted site, right?

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:41 pm

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  A jpg image. Yes I am using the image widget. And yes it is a wordpress.com hosted site.

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 23, 2013 at 8:46 pm

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  I just looked at mine and it’s a straight file name right out of the Library with nothing special added.

  If you’d care to post the image file name here, maybe somebody can come up with a reason.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 4:35 am

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  Give us the URL you’re trying to use please.

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 8:25 pm

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  http://sharonmanuel.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=420&action=edit

  This is the URL for the picture I am trying to add to my sidebar using the image widget.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 8:36 pm

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  That is NOT the URL for an image. That’s the URL for an edit page for a post.

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 8:38 pm

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  Oh, ok. I uploaded this image as media and thought this would be the right link to use for the sidebar widget. Can you suggest what I should do instead?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 9:15 pm

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  What is the URL of the image? In the media library, go find the image, click Show, and scroll down to where you have the actual FILE link. If you have to, change the link to “Link to File” instead of what you have now, which appears to be “link to page”. Copy the link to file, which will end with .jpg or .gif or some other image-specific suffix, and put that in the image widget.

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  daisymanuel · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 9:31 pm

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  Thanks for the input, but I think I am technically challenged. There is no SHOW option to click on and scroll down when I go to the media libary. Also, I do not see Link to File/Link to Page. The file I have uploaded does end in jpg. I have tried a 3rd part site to create an image URL and I cannot seem to get that working either……

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  justpi · Member · Jan 26, 2013 at 2:28 am

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  For a new file: you upload the image from your computer via Media > Add New then copy the File URL.
  For an image you have already uploaded to your blog: you go to Media > Library, hover over the thumbnail, click Edit, copy the File URL.