Lois, here are some directions that I wrote last year for another member that you may find helpful. You may want to print this out so you can follow step by step.
Here are the directions you are looking for:
Guru Bob has made some changes recently, but I think that these directions are fairly current.
Go to the MEMBER BLOGS page and click on ADD A BLOG at the top of the page.
If you want people to be able to leave comments, be sure the first box is checked. (Allow comments?)
Leave the next box (Visible?) unchecked until you are completely finished.
Give your blog a TITLE. If you don't it will disappear into cyber-space! (Ask me how I know!!!)
Add a video link next if you want to.
You will need to choose the Font Family and Font Size from the drop-down menu, because the default is very small and hard to read. (I don’t know why they made that change!)
Fill out the BLOG TEXT block, then hit “UPDATE”.
The screen will kinda blink, but will look basically the same.
Under the Blog Text box there is a box that says: You will be able to upload images here after you "Update" (save) this blog first.
So….YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR TEXT, AND CLICK “UPDATE” BEFORE YOU CAN UPLOAD PHOTOS.
Now you can scroll down until you see Bob’s directions: To Insert an image:
Here is my version of the same directions:
1) Click on the "browse" button. (Remember that it won’t even show until after you have filled out your text box and clicked the “UPDATE” button.)
2) Choose the first photo you want to post and click on OPEN at the bottom of the file box.
(Check to see that your photo is a Valid File Type: gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png)
3) Click UPLOAD and wait. (Watch the blue bar at the bottom left of your screen to see the progress. It may take some time depending on the size of the file)
4) If you want to post more photos, browse, open and upload them one at a time.
5) After they are all uploaded, go back up to the blog text box.
Put your cursor where you want the first photo to be placed and click it.
Next, click on the little tree icon at the top of the blog text box. (If you rest your cursor on it, it says "Insert/Edit Image" and Bob’s directions show what the icon looks like.)
You will see a drop-down menu. Click on IMAGE LIST.
You will now see a drop-down menu of the photos you uploaded and can choose the one you want, and it will show you a preview picture of the file you have chosen.
Highlight the one you want to insert and click INSERT.
Do each photo the same way, one at a time.
I always click on SUBMIT after each photo, but don't know if it's necessary.
After you have added your photos, and checked your blog one last time, scroll back up to the top of the page and check the second box that will make your blog VISIBLE. Be sure that the date and time are current if you want it to show up right away.
Click SUBMIT one last time, and you should be able to see your blog appear at the top of the MEMBER BLOGS page.