tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post5878700277638892115..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: I Didn't Get A Maintenance Manual With My BlogStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-69257280085141363072012-02-28T14:23:35.963-09:002012-02-28T14:23:35.963-09:00Clark and Jamie - Picasa automatically hosted my p...Clark and Jamie - Picasa automatically hosted my photos because I'm using blogger. It was a while before I realized that. Most of the photos are my own, if not I try to identify the source. Early this year Picasa created some single photo albums. I have no idea why and I really haven't stopped to figure out how to do anything more than I have to do there. <br /><br />I'm willing to let the old posts look however they look - it's part of the evolution of the blog I guess. Mostly, I can't imagine doing that much maintenance. Maybe we should chat sometime about what you think is important to do at Picasa. <br /><br />Thanks for your comments, it's all very daunting keeping pace with all the stuff that is constantly changing.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-78615560602229418642012-02-28T13:04:52.435-09:002012-02-28T13:04:52.435-09:00With you on the continual maintenance issues: I...With you on the continual maintenance issues: I'm gradually doing a virtual comb-over, as all my old posts from a couple years ago are all wonky looking now. Mostly it's just reformatting the text and resizing the images back up to maximum whenever it randomly resurfaces.<br />Also, are you uploading images to Picasa by any chance? Since Google runs both that and Blogger, the hyperlinking and storage has been simple, long as I remember to keep the image portfolios organized.jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-28200073480977402062012-02-26T08:11:37.122-09:002012-02-26T08:11:37.122-09:00I anticipated the problem with broken links when I...I anticipated the problem with broken links when I launched my Mt View blog in '06 and personal blog in '08. I link the images back to my flickr page. flickr maintains a permanent URL for each image and I pay them 24 bucks annually to store an unlimited number of images. And since 99% of the images on both blogs are my own, it works pretty good. When I moved the Mt View blog from Blogger to Wordpress in '08, all of the images migrated to the new site without a hitch.<br /><br />If i want to link an image from someplace else, or maybe a video I do it in such a way that the story could stand on its own if the image or video isn't available later. I rarely if ever go back and update posts more than a month old.<br /><br />I'm somewhat crosswise on flickr's policy [though I believe they have relaxed lately]. They used to want you to promote their site with each image. But I figured, it's not as if I'm messing with anybody else's intellectual property here -- these are MY images. And I do include a flickr widget on the sidebar of both blogs.clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006229490840930891noreply@blogger.com