AR Newbies- How to Border Pictures in your Blog

I finally figured out how to border pictures. I read articles and practiced until I threw my hands up in the air and finally said “I can figure this out”. I was going at it all wrong. I thought I had to border the picture and then put it on the ActiveRain blog site. Wrong!!!! Plus when I inserted pictures, I had failed to notice the 3 tabs at the top; General, Appearance and Advanced.

· General

· Appearance

· Advanced

General

Image URL
Image description
Title

Preview

Appearance

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Dimensions	Width x Height px
	Constrain proportions
Vertical space
Horizontal space
Border
Style

7 Easy Steps:

Ø Write a blog on ActiveRain. Type in your text. Now you are ready to add a picture.

Ø Click on the Insert Edit Image (I called it the green tree). The tab automatically defaults to General.

Ø Click on the browse logo on the top right.

Ø The second box appears; Click Browse.

Ø Locate the file and picture in your computer and hit Insert.

Ø Add your Image Description (SEO info) and Image Description (SEO info). I type in "Kristin Hamilton Real Estate"

Ø Now…….Instead of clicking Insert at this point, change your tab at the top to: Appearance. Scan down box until you find Border. I type 8 in the box to give it a nice thick frame. Then click on Style and it will auto-fill. Style box should now have text inside:

<Border: black 8px solid>.

Click Insert and your picture should show up inside your draft area with a nice thick border. Use a smaller number to make the border thinner and use a higher number to make it thicker.

Here is the picture before I added the border.

Here is the same picture below with a border on it.I think you will agree with me that this one below looks better; frames the picture and makes the colors stand out.

I was so excited to figure this out. I hope this helps other members who want to border their pictures. I now know how to insert pictures in the General Tab, Move the picture around the text in the Appearance Tab. Yet to know what the Advanced Tab is all about? I am taking an ActiveRain Webinar this week that I signed up for on ActiveRain University so that will be my next question to AR.

So I guess the topic Advanced will be another article. Practice!!!