I want the old Blogger image uploader back.

June 24, 2005 1:40 PM

I want the old Blogger image uploader back.

Blogger have changed their image upload applet to a slightly more complicated one, which, besides offering alignment selection and the ability to select an image that is already on the web somewhere, adds all kinds of code that I really don't need:

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.domain.com/uploaded_images/filename.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.domain.com/uploaded_images/filename.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>

I don't like that it adds a link either, and that I can't specify a folder (it goes straight to "/uploaded_images").

Is there any way to get the old one back? I can’t find anything in the knowledgebase. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

posted by goodnewsfortheinsane to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

Response by poster: I could just use FTP, of course, but I liked the convenience of the old applet because it allows you to stay in the post editor while you're adding images.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:42 PM on June 24, 2005

Best answer: The "Upload File" button, located directly to the right of the "Add Image" button, lets you pick a destination folder and does not add a link.
posted by event at 2:52 PM on June 24, 2005

Speaking of the new Blogger, I've noticed that the line spacing on my blog has changed. The paragraphs are now much more scrunched up. Whereas before it seemed to be 1.25 or 1.5 spacing, now it's at single space. Does anyone know how to change the line spacing in the template? Thanks.
posted by billysumday at 5:15 PM on June 24, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks event, that's it. I guess I got a bit confused.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:30 AM on June 25, 2005

Response by poster: billysumday, in the template CSS there's usually something like this under "post":

.post {
line-height:1.35em;
}

Not sure if that helps but could tweak a bit and see how it works out.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:31 AM on June 25, 2005

Response by poster: (but you could tweak a bit)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:32 AM on June 25, 2005

You can add < _img src="_ "> tags to the Post Template. That way you do not need to add the image code everytime. Just add the url of the image on the post editor.
posted by webmeta at 3:17 AM on June 27, 2005