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  paulparkie · Member · Feb 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m trying to upload single images into a blog from url. I am clicking on Add Image > > From URL > then I’m pasting in the url of the image I want to insert (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/bGflLK4K6ym9BA6FXmaOWg?feat=directlink).

  But then I just get a red cross on the left of the ‘Image URL’ box as if to suggest it doesn’t recognise the url. I have tried this with individual image urls from both my Flickr and Picassa albums.

  What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Thanks _ Paul

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 26, 2009 at 9:04 pm

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  Please paste the exact URL of your blog when asking questions here – or link your nickname to your blog as explained in the Sticky 8 Things to Know. We usually need that to give a relevant answer.

  The URL you’re trying to use is the address of a webpage, not an image.

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  paulparkie · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 12:02 pm

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  Ok, sorry. My blog is here: http://travelmumblings.wordpress.com/ …

  If this link (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/MOHy2-8Ol8ieqKdP2hsBSA?feat=directlink) isn’t a url to my photo in Picasa then I’m not not sure how to get the url? Next to the photo in Picasa it says ‘Link to this photo’ – the same in Flickr, and it give my this link.

  How do I get the url for my photos in Flickr or Picasa then?

  Thanks in advance.

  Paul

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  ellaella · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 12:14 pm

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  You have to save the photo to your hard drive and then upload it to your post or media library.

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  ellaella · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 12:17 pm

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  If you need help uploading, you’ll find it here:

  How to Upload Images [Screenshots]

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 1:15 pm

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  @paulparkie: You need the direct URL, i.e. an URL that ends with “jpg” – the URL of the image itself, not of a page that includes the image. If Picasa won’t give you that, you can find such an URL if you look at the source code of the page:

  

  But I don’t think it’s worth the trouble: better do as ellaella says.

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  ellaella · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 2:19 pm

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  I’m just repeating advice from on high. :)

  This very issue came up just a few days ago and tellyworth advised uploading from the computer:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-my-pictures-show-and-then-become-a-small-x-in-the-corner-of-a-box?replies=2

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  bnwiersma · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 3:46 pm

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  I think I know what u (Paulparkie) mean. The uploadscript is not working properly. Uploaded files get placed in the ‘wp-content/’-folder while the post is refering to ‘wp-content/uploads/….jpg’. This is a serious problem and has got nothing to do with uploading right or wrong. I have the same problem and can’t fix it due to the fact that I can’t find the script that says where the uploaded files are placed.

  Does anyone have an answer (pretty please)?

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  bnwiersma · Member · Feb 28, 2009 at 4:04 pm

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  Ok, I have found the answer, do the following:

  Settings -> Miscellaneous and make these changes:

  Store uploads in this folder: wp-content/uploads
  Full URL path to files: http://www.yourwebsitehere.com/wp-content/uploads

  Good luck

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  vivianpaige · Member · Mar 1, 2009 at 1:14 am

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  bnwiersma – that information is not correct for blogs hosted at wordpress.COM. Please take a look at the sticky at the top of the forums for an explanation of the difference.