Posting to the Bill Whittle Member blog just got a bit better. Among other improvements, we’ve made the process of embedding a YouTube video in your blog post a bit more obvious, and reliable.
When you choose to embed a YouTube video, a box will appear allowing you to post a bit of code from the video’s link. Instructions are on the blog post form, but let us know if you have any problems.
Your Own Private Photo Library
At the top right of the Your Blog Content box, you’ll see a camera/music note icon. Click it and you’ll be able to upload a photo to your own private media library, then insert it in your blog post. After you’ve inserted it, if the image is too big, scroll to the bottom of it, click on it, then drag the lower right corner to the upper left to resize it.
NOTE: A “featured image” which you can also upload, does NOT appear in the post, but only with excerpts on the home page, and the blog list page. If you don’t include a featured image, a Bill Whittle logo will appear on the home page, and no image will appear on the blog category page.
Expand the Content Box
You can also expand the size of the blog post content box to give yourself more room to write, by dragging the handle at the bottom.
We’ve been working on some much-needed improvements to BillWhittle.com. As they seem ready for prime time, we’ll roll them out for y’all to test.
6 replies on “Blog Posting Improvements”
I totally, without hesitation, and proudly take credit for Scott coming up with this idea. He finally got tired of our weekly meet ups. Hahahaha!
And it came just in time. Once the current Baited series ends, another will start–a 10 hour call this time.
I was soooo legit afraid to tell him! 😀
Thanks nice tools. I think I still managed to botch embedding a video. lol.
I fixed it for you, Wesley. The only part of the video URL you will use next time, is the string of numbers and letters that appears after
well, I’m a bit of a techno duffus and it’s all Greek to me, but I guess it’s time to learn a new language…. Maybe learn to code??? whatever…
No knowledge of coding required.
1. Go to the YouTube video you want,
2. Clip a few characters from the address bar.
3. Paste them in a box.
As always, let me know if you have questions.
AND as always… y’all’s a peach… Thanks !!