making a picture appear as part of a link

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  rkanderson975 · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 7:00 am

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  Hi everybody,

  I’m trying to add a default image which will appear when I post a link to my blog elsewhere (say, in a Facebook message). I’ve tried everything I can think of but when I post a link to any of the pages / posts it just comes up with a blank square next to the description.

  How do I add a photo which will automatically appear when I or others post links to my blog? Looks very unprofessional otherwise :-(

  Thanks in advance!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 7:34 am

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  You go to Settings->General and you upload a blavatar (also called favicon) there. And then you wait at least 12 hours, because it takes that long to percolate through the system.

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  rkanderson975 · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 9:36 am

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  Thank you so much, I’ll try that!

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 9:37 am

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  You’re welcome.

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  lildavz · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 10:00 am

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  Hello
  How do I modify a post from another blog to be mine,so when they click on the post it won’t open the other persons blog website but mine?thanks in adv

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  colourcottage · Member · Mar 20, 2014 at 10:06 am

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  Why would you want to do that? I think it’s bad manners.

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  rkanderson975 · Member · Mar 21, 2014 at 4:45 am

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  raincoaster – I’ve gone to Settings-General but I can’t find anywhere to upload a blavatar. I’ve looked for help for this but all I’ve found is that there is supposed to be a ‘blog picture / icon’ spot which my general settings page doesn’t have.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/#upload-a-blavatar

  Maybe the page is not displaying correctly?
  Thanks.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 21, 2014 at 5:14 am

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  Are you not the Admin of the site? Only the Admin can upload that.

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  rkanderson975 · Member · Mar 21, 2014 at 5:41 am

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  I am, but there’s nothing there.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 21, 2014 at 7:46 am

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  What browser and version are you using? I know it’s there because I just started a new blog a week ago.

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  rkanderson975 · Member · Mar 24, 2014 at 2:07 pm

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  I’m using Internet Explorer and WordPress version 3.8.1. I’ve tried using Google Chrome but the upload box still isn’t on the General settings page. I’ve seen screenshots in a Youtube video of how it should look, but the space where it should be is just blank.