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  adrianmullen · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 3:35 pm

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  I placed a widget on my blog, one for images, on the right-hand column, but the image gets cut off almost completely because of its size. I would like to find out how to resize it so it doesn’t come out in actual size, but rather is formatted to fit perfectly in the sidebar, so you can see the whole picture.
  Here is my blog: http://www.aphoticexposure.wordpress.com/
  Thanks to anyone who’ll help!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm

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  You can use either desktop image editing software or online image editing software to create and image of the correct size for your sidebar.
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/sidebar-width/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/03/26/cropper-or-proper-image-preparation-2/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/image-optimization/#image-editing-software
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/11/28/ten-free-online-image-compression-and-optimzation-programs/

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  adrianmullen · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 3:45 pm

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  Normally that would work, but the widget requires I insert the image URL, and doesn’t let me upload an image straight from my computer. And as the image I provided the URL for is too big for the sidebar… would there be any other solution?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 3:54 pm

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  Yes. The easy way to do this is:
  1. presize the image to the size that will fit in the sidebar
  2. create a draft post and upload the image into it along with any text you require
  3. save the draft
  4. switch to the Text (HTML) editor in the draft and copy the code
  5.open a text widget in another tab and paste the code into it
  click “save” and “close” in the text widget
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/#adding-an-image
  6. view the blog
  7. delete the draft post

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 3:55 pm

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  doesn’t let me upload an image straight from my computer

  These are the accepted file types:
  .jpg/.jpeg
  .gif
  .png

  Instructions for image uploading are here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/
  Here are more details about the options for uploading images:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/
  For creating a gallery see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/
  For troubleshooting images here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/
  See also > Media Library » Multi-file vs. Browser Uploader
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/uploader/

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  adrianmullen · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 4:14 pm

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  Thank you so much! That solved my problem perfectly.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2012 at 4:18 pm

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  You’re welcome.