How to post a Picasa album link in Blogger

If you'd like to create a post with an album link like the one you see in the post prior to this one, here are the instructions...

After you've opened a new post in your Blogger account, select the "Edit Html" tab, which should have opened by default. Then in another browser tab navigate to your Picasa photo album page, e.g. http://picasaweb.google.com/hookcraig/MtBadenPowell. Select "Link to this Album" on the left-hand side (see below) and copy the second field down (Paste HTML..) into your Blogger "Edit HTML" tab.

The copied HTML includes table formatting that we don't want and the easiest way to remove it is in the "Compose" tab rather than dealing with the HTML code. In the "Compose" tab, select the photo and drag it below the black boarder and album title and place it there at the bottom. Then move your mouse between the remaining lower black border and the album title. The mouse cursor will display a 4-way arrow in the proper position, right mouse click and select delete to remove the table and title. This procedure does not work using the FireFox browser, so use Internet Explorer if at all possible. Now the photo which links to your Picasa album can be positioned (left, right & center) using the toolbar at the top of the "Compose" tab.

The last modification I make to the photo album link requires a change to the HTML code. This change causes the photo album to open in a new tab or window. Select the "Edit Html" tab, locate the text img style and insert target="_blank" directly before the preceeding ><.

That's it, just add text above or below the photo link in the Compose Tab and you're done.