Thursday, September 27, 2012

Blogging Tip | Fixing The Blogger Photo Limit Problem



Last week I ran into the horrible problem of not having room for any more photos on my blog! It was awful! Being a girl with no money I was determined to figure out what was going on and how I could fix the problem without buying my own domain. Yes, I know it's only $10 a month, but I have no income and therefore no way to pay for that.

So what did I do to be able to post photos again? I spent literally 5 hours searching Google and trying to figure out what was wrong and how I could get back to posting pics. Here are a few things I learned:

1. Yes, there is a 1024MB limit for Blogger users, BUT photo's under the 800x600 pixel size DON'T COUNT towards that total!
2. When you go to post photo's on your blog just Export them to another folder (I use Picasa 3 so the export button is at the bottom of the screen when you're on an individual photo) and then choose the "resize to" option. Make sure you move the bar to 800x600 and then you should be able to upload to your blog without any problems!
3. An alternative option is to upgrade your storage space...but I obviously didn't want to do that since you have to pay so much per month.

I hope that this information is helpful to those of you who are currently using the Blogger platform!

UPDATE
I have found a super easy way to resize your photo's without ruining them or the hassle of downloading a program, etc. Go to PicMonkey. Upload your photo, on the very first screen once you upload the photo you will have the option to RESIZE (this is at the bottom of the list so you may have to scroll down a bit). Make sure the box is checked next to "keep proportions" and then type in 800. The other number (which WILL be less than 600) will fill in automatically. Now just click "apply" then save your photo. *Make sure to save as a .jpg not .png!*

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15 comments:

  1. CaroleSeptember 27, 2012 at 8:04 PM

    Thank you very much for this info - I had no idea and have been uploading some bigger files! You have saved me a lot of stress.

    PS I have linked back to you on my Carole's Chatter Blog Tips blog - the post will run on the 29th.

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogSeptember 27, 2012 at 9:16 PM

      Yes I was quite stresseed out when I found out, but I'm glad that there is a way around it!

      Awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

      Helen
      Blue Eyed Beauty Blog

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  2. NikiNovember 25, 2012 at 12:23 AM

    Thanks for writing this post. I needed it today. I have officially used all my Google storage space. :P

    Niki
    nikis-notebook.blogspot.com

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogNovember 25, 2012 at 12:50 AM

      You are very welcome Niki! If you don't have a way to resize pics I've found pickmonkey to be extremely useful! You can resize by typing in 800 and it automatically fills in the other part to keep the photo's proportions! http://picmonkey.com

      Helen

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  3. MelindaNovember 28, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Thanks so much! I thought I was going crazy. I figured out that I had used too much space so just for the heck of it I started reducing the picture size in FastStone Imager. I was trying to keep pictures to about 100 kb (I read that online somewhere). All of a sudden I had no problems but figured I had just a little bit leftover. Thanks for explaining that my size didn't count! I'm not insane!

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogNovember 28, 2012 at 8:18 PM

      You're welcome Melinda! I actually need to add to this post that on PicMonkey.com you can chose to resize photos (for free) by typing in 800 and it will fill in the other side and keep your picture proportioned properly so it won't be messed up which is perfect and easy! :)

      Helen

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  4. DawnNovember 30, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Thanks for the information ~ I'm loving PicMonkey :)

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogNovember 30, 2012 at 8:02 PM

      You're most welcome! Yes I am in love with all the fun fonts and different features!!

      Helen

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  5. Larissa T.December 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM

    Definitely going to try this... do you know if it compromises the photo quality? For example, if I still want it to be an "x-large" photo on the post, will it be messed up?

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogDecember 5, 2012 at 3:13 PM

      Oh no it wont! Just as long as the photo quality is good to start with they you should be perfectly fine. On my photography blog I actually have all my photos resized and then they are shown at extra large if you'd like to see an example. (http://angellightphotographybyhelen.blogspot.com/)

      Helen

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    2. Larissa T.December 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM

      Great! Thanks :D

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    3. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogDecember 7, 2012 at 6:03 PM

      You're most welcome!

      Helen

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  6. Natasha AtkersonDecember 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Oh awesome! I was just mentioning to my mom this morning that I was frustrated that Blogger did that! Thanks for the information-very helpful!
    Natasha
    A Modest Fashion Blog:
    www.natashaatkerson.blogspot.com

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    1. Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty BlogDecember 10, 2012 at 2:10 PM

      Awesome! So glad I could help!! I have been using picmonkey to resize my photos latley and it does a wonerful job without ruining the images!

      Helen

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  7. UnknownJanuary 29, 2013 at 10:31 PM

    Thanks for the great tip! Your newest follower! Sorry I missed following you during our Winter Fun Walk. My full-time job really cuts into my blogging time. LOL

    Kathy @ lifeonlakeshoredrive.com

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