Editing image settings

You know how to get images into your posts now. But what if you want to change an image's settings You don't have to delete it and start from scratch. If you move your mouse pointer over an image in a post that you're editing or writing, the two icons shown in Figure 6.24 appear. Figure 6.24 Click the landscape icon to edit the picture's settings or the prohibited symbol to remove the picture from the post. The red circle with a line through it the universal prohibited symbol deletes the image...

Experimenting with advanced image settings

Clicking the Advanced Settings tab brings forth a wonderland of new and exciting yes, I'm a geek image settings to play with Figure 6.26 . Source ' Title Link del CSS Class Styles Target Figure 6.26 Advanced image settings are powerful. Don't fiddle with them if you don't know what they do. Here's what you need to know about the Advanced Image Settings options Source. The source of the image is required, and the text box is prepopulated because you've already uploaded this image to your blog....

The Downside of WordPress

All is not sunshine and fruit punch in the world of WordPress. Using a blogging platform that is engineered like this one has a couple of drawbacks Appeal to bad guys. Popularity and an open codebase are generally a good combination, but a few people out there are always looking to ruin everyone's fun. Because WordPress runs so many high-profile sites, some nefarious types are on the lookout for flaws that can be exploited. Luckily, the WordPress developers are very quick to patch...