This morning I finally posted a new profile photo, reflecting my 65 pound weight loss, and also posted a new team photo in the profile. Ron Gillis e-mailed me asking how I got the text to line up beside the photo. I know it's been covered before, but here it is again (putting it in the profile is exactly the same method as doing it in a post):
Wherever you want to insert the picture, click on the tree icon 
in the gray header line at the top of the text box. You'll get a popup box with two tabs at the top:
Note the two tabs at the top, General and Appearance
After you've uploaded your image, fill in the description and the title, then - BEFORE you click Insert at the bottom, click on the Appearance tab at the top, and you'll get another window, like this:
and this is where you CONTROL your inserted photo.
The alignment box has a dropdown giving you various choices of where to put the text. Don't worry if you don't know what each one means, just look at the box below and you'll see the content change, reflecting how your drop down choice will look - left aligned, right aligned, text going all down the photo or just one line in the middle, etc.
The next choice is size. Keep the checkmark in the Constrain Proportions box checked (i.e., do nothing to it) and when you resize the photo it wiill keep its proportions. You only need to change one dimension and the other will change automatically as long as the box is checked. Play with it a while and get a feel for the size you're comfortable with.
The remaining choices are optional - I usually put 2 in for vertical space and horizontal space.
When you're finished making choices, then click the Insert button at the bottom left, and it will appear in your post.
Unfortunately, as far as I know, there's no edit - i.e., when it appears and you see that you forgot something, you'll have to delete the photo, and go back and start over. (If anyone knows better, please let us know).
Hope this helps, Ron, and anyone else who's been wondering how to do it.
Sharon,
Your picture looks terrific, I hope your proud of yourself :0)
Tom Weiss
Jason - good for you. My son has always taught me that the best way to learn any software is to just sit and PLAY with it.
Andrew - you're most welcome.
Ashley - thanks for the great advice - I'll try it.
Roy - glad it was useful. You may find it helpful to use the SEARCH button and fill in the topic or information you're looking for. There are so many wonderfully informative posts over the last year plus.
Tom - I am, of course. And of my webmistress, Amy, who has lost 108 pounds in the time I've lost 65.
Linda - it's a battle every day. I have to stay vigilant or I'll be back there.
Thank you very much!! I knew how to add pic, but never looked any further in the appearance tab (actually didn't even see that) thank you very much!! Have a great weekend! I like my profile much better thanks to your help!!
Sharon,
I have been practicing with this for a while now and the only problem I sometimes have is when I need to drag the photo and it kind of has a mind of its own. Nice new picture and your looking great.
Sharon...
I noticed the pic this morning.
I have just now had the time to pop in and tell you that you look Mahvelous Dahling. You really do :)
TLW...ROAR!
Great new picture Sharon!
Editing photos is pretty standard platform to platform, if you have WYSIWYG. The insert /edit image is not always a picture of a tree but it is a picture and in my experience if you click on the image and then click on the photo editor and change size, location etc, it all works. ActiveRains is easier than on my other two blogs but I have the trouble with moving an image a smidge like Neal said. Or sometimes I delete ithe image right after fussing with it for some odd reason. On one of my other blogs there is a "redo" button which will bring the photo back up. I love that.
Robert - Thanks for noticing and commenting about the weight loss. Glad you liked the recap.
Ronald - your profile looks pretty good now. I'll have to go back and read some of your blogs about an eNotary.
Neal - now we wouldn't want docile photos, would we? Thanks for your comments.
Kevin - thanks! After a while you'll forget what my old image looked like.
TLW - Thahnk you, Dahling!
Maureen - thanks for the hints. We all need undo and undelete buttons sometimes!
Christine - Thanks ,,, just DO IT.
Robert - Thanks. I use a medically supervised program with appetite suppressants and B-12 shots - but they won't work without a sharp reduction in calories (primarily protein) and a sharp increase in exercise. I've been at it since early December, so 9 months. I don't miss my overweight luggage.
Hi Sharon,
Great information to share. When I first started blogging at the end of March, I had no idea what and how all these things worked. I was copying photos and trying to paste them , all sorts of weird things. I hope you posted this where the new bloggers that also may not know will find it and save them all the frustration of figuring it out. Wonderful post.
Thanks, William. I frequently use the blog search box to look for topics.
Kimberly - So true - we often don't know what to ask! That applies to our buyers and sellers, too, so sometimes we have to volunteer what they haven't asked.
Tony - Thanks. And good luck with yours!
Sharon - interesting info on photo placement - but the big news is the weight loss. Congratulations on the discipline and persistence. The new pic looks great ! You have a lot to smile about.
Hello from Titusville to St. Petersburg (a previous real estate stomping ground :-) Hearty congrats on the new look - very becoming! Missed the post on Snag-It, but going to check it out - thanks
Gail MacMillan
Hi Sharon - BEAUTIFUL!!!! Congrats on that awesome weight loss and a wonderful new picture, too!! Looks great!
Ann
Hey Sharon,
I liked your blog, I never knew about the appearance part...now I can size my photos.
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I am happy with it and don't mind telling about it. Your site looks great. It gave me the idea to put up my designations.
Love, Lynne Pope
Sharon,
Congratulations on the weight loss! You look great!!! and you look hot! How long did it take to lose and how did you do it??
Congratulations on the weight loss. Good job.
I suppose we can learn a lot by trial and error. Thanks for shortening the learning curve. I do wonder what the "style" line is about.
Sharon, you look totally fabulous! Love the new picture and congratulations on the weight loss. I'm working on that one myself!
Oh, and thank you for the how to post! I've been really hit and miss when I add photos, especially if I want them in the middle of the post.
Congratulations on your weight loss. You look great. Thanks for the post.
Sharon
What a neat little trick. I have been doing it manually but will certainly give this a try.
Thanks!
Hi Sharon,
Thanks for the helpful post! I had to stop by and tell you how amazing you look! I'm so glad you finally posted a new photo to reflect your wonderful accomplishment! :)
Cool, I think I am going to be the next bif wrapper.
Take care!
RJH
Laurie - Thanks. I do feel wonderful.
Candy - Thanks and you're welcome.
Andrew - Pictures do help to liven up blogs - glad you'll now be able to do more of that.
Jason - Thanks. Glad the information was helpful.
Nathan - You're welcome!
Bakie - You're welcome. Glad you're putting it to use.
? - Thanks. Glad you liked the info and my website. I feel very fortunate to have a great team around me.
Luba - You're so right - maintaining is as hard or harder than losing. No milestones, declining comments - just hard work keeping to those things you know you have to do or not do.
Jennifer - Thanks. When people start telling you that you don't look like your picture, you know you need a new shot!
Mitchell - Glad you've learned a shortcut - it's a real pain trying to downsize a huge photo.
Ted - Thanks. It's not easy to persevere. Glad you found the info on photo placement interesting.
Gail - Hi, Titusville. St Pete is still here, and getting even better every day. Glad you like the new look.
Hi, Ann - as you can see, there's less of me now than when we met in Orlando.
Lynne - You worked hard to earn your designations - you definitely should let people know you have them. Enjoyed reading your connections to Tampa Bay. Any way that helps someone lose weight and inches is great. Thanks for sharing yours.
Diane - You're right. Drag and drop isn't an option - yet. In the meantime, at least you know how to choose various positions, sizes, wraps andborders.
Matthew - you must suffer the same malady as I do - lack of time to experiment. My older son always tells me to make the time to play with programs.
Nancy - You're welcome. Hint is - do whatever makes sense for you and what you will stick to. For me it was this Medi Weight Loss (search for that on google), but that's certainly not the only route to success. It took me over two months to discover when in my day I would exercise - first had to try all the times that didn't work. I hated to give up my early mornings, but that's the only time that worked for me.
Missy - I hope it helped. We all do want more recognition on the search engines, and it's well worth the extra couple of minutes to fill in the title and description.
Monika - Thanks. I appreciate your comments.
Debbie - Wow! I started in early December - it was Medi Weight Loss that worked for me - you can check it out on google and see if there's one in your area.
Renee - Thanks. I love it when I go for my weekly salmon lunch at Parkshore Grille and the servers now say - Yes, I know - you want it naked!
Will - Yes, you'll need to experiment. I can't help you with those.
Linda - hope the information helped to solve your problems.
Bridget - Thanks for the encouragement. 5:30 am is the only time that works for me as well.
Brad - Mmm, thanks for the big hug ... and for all the congratulations.
Dan - hello and you're welcome. I haven't had time to figure out Style either.
Patricia - Thanks so much. If you need more information on photo placement, check out some of the blogs that Krystal Kraft wrote.
Sam - Thanks. You know you're always welcome - we've learned from each other for some years now.
Bill and Barbara Jo - No question that it gets harder to lose as you get older. If you need encouragement, search the blogs on Active Rain for Naked Diet and you'll see some before photos. I did it on a doctor's Medi Weight Loss diet - check google to see if there's one in your area.
Chuck - yup, that's how. You're welcome.
Barbara - thanks, and you're welcome.
Allison - this trick should make it easier than doing it manually.
Suzanne - Many thanks.
RJH - Goog luck!
Joan - Like you, I forget how to do things I don't do very often.
Lisa - Thanks, and you're welcome.
Lloyd - You're welcome - and thank you.
Gerhard - I do appreciate your comments.
Hi Sharon,
This is a great little tutorial on a very useful aspect when posting. Great new picture!!
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