Hoi, When I try to upload a picture I get a screen that I uploaded as a screen shot to commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screenshot-Blogger_in_draft-Words_and_what_not_-_Create_Post_-_Mozilla_Firefox.png Thanks. GerardM
On 16 August 2010 21:37, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Can you describe your problem and the steps to reproduce it? > It seems that Blogger doesn't support SVG images (you cannot use its > uploader to upload a svg or to hotlink to one; you can of course edit the > HTML of the post and hope for the best – it will not show the image in its > wysywig editor if you do this but it should be fine after saving.) > I can insert the PNG version of the image you mentioned by using the URL > when you right click on the image on the file description page and choose > "Copy image URL". Downloading and uploading the same PNG version also works > fine for me. > > Best regards, > Bence > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Gerard Meijssen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hoi, >> Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the >> subjects that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I >> did not illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to >> pepper my blog posts with illustrations. >> >> At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to >> blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a >> license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I >> have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the >> interaction with the Blogger user interface.. >> >> It is possible for me to get pictures displayed when I refer to the upload >> page of a Commons picture but that does me no good when it is a svg picture. >> Obviously I can download the picture and save it as an png ... but that does >> me no good. >> >> There are several "solutions" to this problem. I can upload the png, I can >> use Wordpress instead. The obvious solution is for Google to get its act >> together. >> >> The solution that I like best is for Commons to become a true repository >> of images that is not only intended for the illustration of Wikipedia and >> its sister projects but also for the illustration of blogs like mine. >> Commons is my first choice for illustrations for my blog but for some topics >> it just does not provide me with the illustration that I am looking for. >> >> I think that Commons has already many images that are usable, what would >> be needed is just a different kind of pictures or more pictures that are >> grouped by subject and easier to find. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Farsi.svg The svg I would like to use >> as a png >> >> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-boost-for-mediawiki-localisation-in.htmlthe >> blog post that needs an illustration >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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