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.

Mount Baden-Powell

On August 3rd 2008, I woke up at 4:30AM in Hesperia, CA. I didn't plan to get up so early, but that's when my Dad wakes up so he can get the good deals at the swap-meet. Mine was the 2nd vehicle in the Mount Baden-Powell trail head parking lot. At 6:10AM and 6,500 feet elevation, I hit the trail. It took about 2 hours to gain 2,800 feet and I was very pleased to find nobody on the summit. After an hour and change of solitude I made my way back down. My timing was fortunate because there was a stream of hikers coming up the hill, I passed about 50 people in all (mostly Korean, by the way). By jogging part of the way down, I made some good time and was out of the parking lot at 10:30AM. It was hot on the side of that mountain, there was precious little breeze, but the view and cool wind at the top made it well worth the effort. Someday I hope repeat this hike on a clear day. Click photo below to view album.