Hoi,
The problem is not that I cannot use svg files, I cannot upload ANY files.
My problem is not solved as I had to be told where I could find this pgn.
This does not scale.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 16 August 2010 21:45, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> wrote:
> (On Windows at least, Blogger has a more subtle way of preventing you from
> using svg files.)
> I see on the blog that your problem was solved, finally; and as an upside
> it seems that there are built in links on the description pages of Commons
> for the PNG versions in many sizes.
>
>
> Bence
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:37 PM, 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
>>>
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