Don't you just hate it when you find out the site you've been using for almost five years to host images decides to start charging you $400/year overnight? Um....no. I don't make enough to justify that cost, and I'm just cheap.
So today I want to share with you how to host third party images in Blogger. It's super simple, even if you're not the most tech savvy individual. {If I can do it, anyone can!}
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So today I want to share with you how to host third party images in Blogger. It's super simple, even if you're not the most tech savvy individual. {If I can do it, anyone can!}
Let's get started with the video.
Feel free to ignore the part where I talk about the TpT UTM codes. I started going that route, and then realized I would need to log into my traffic tag - which means logging into my dashboard. I'm just not comfortable with all of internet land seeing that. ;)
If you're more of a written directions person, no worries!
- Log into Blogger.
- Create a new post.
- Upload your picture like you would if you were writing a normal post.
- When the image is uploaded, right-click on it.
- Click "Copy Image Address".
- Now you can paste that URL into the area you need it - your TpT site, blog, or whatever other online location where you would use third party hosting.
- Do NOT publish that blog post. Just save it. I named mine something so I can find it again (3rd party image hosting).
That's it. Really!
You've now saved yourself from having to pay $400/year. And yes, there are plenty of other options out there as well - but since so many teacher bloggers already have a Blogger account (whether you currently use Blogger or have since switched to Wordpress like I have), it makes sense for us to use this platform. Free. Easy. Done! :)
Questions about how to host third party images in Blogger? Ask below! I'll do my best to help you out.
