February 2, 2006 01:12AM (EST) |
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In addition to posting new photos, you can also continue working on photos you've saved and make changes to photos already published.
There are three steps to editing a photo:
Selecting a Photo to Edit
Before you can edit a photo, you must first select one to edit. There are two places where you can do this:
Opening a Photo From the Dashboard
One of the lists on the Dashboard is the Recent Articles list, which can list the 5, 25 or 100 most recently-posted entries. If the entry you want to edit is within the 100 most recent, you can use the Recent Articles list to select it.
To open a photo for editing from the Dashboard:
| 1. | Click the Dashboard tab in the Navigation Bar.
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| 2. | Click the title of the photo to edit in the Recent Articles list. You may need to change the number of items displayed by the list.
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Opening a Photo From the Post Manager
The Post Manager lets you access any entry in your weblog. You can use it to retrieve any entry to work on it further, no matter how old it is.
To open a photo for editing from the Post Manager:
| 1. | Click the Post Manager tab in the Navigation Bar.
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| 2. | Click the title of the photo to edit in the list. Depending on when the photo was posted, you may need to change the number of items displayed by the list or jump to another page in the list to find it.
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Making Changes to the Photo
You make changes to articles in the Edit Photo page for that article. The Edit Photo page is similar to the New Photo page, with only a few differences.
Comments, Trackbacks and Publish Date and Time
For published articles, the Edit Photo page lists the number of comments made to the photo, the number of trackbacks pointing to the photo and the date and time it was published:
In the case where the published photo has received comments or trackbacks:
| · | The Comments link opens the Comments page for the photo, where you can view all its comments. You can also delete selected comments from this page.
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| · | The Trackbacks link opens the Trackbacks page for the photo, where you can view all its trackbacks. You can also delete selected trackbacks from this page.
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Comments and Trackbacks are covered in detail in the Comments and Trackbacks chapters, respectively.
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For draft articles, the
Edit Photos page lists the number of comments made to the photo (which will be zero), the number of trackbacks pointing to the photo (which will also be zero) and its publish date and time will be N/A:
Photo Tools
The Photo Tools are located just below the comments, trackbacks and publish date and time. They allow you to do some very simple photo editing within the system:
The tools are:
| · | Rotate 90 Degrees Counter-Clockwise
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| Rotates the photo 90 degrees counter-clockwise and automatically saves the photo.
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| · | Rotate 90 Degrees Clockwise
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| Rotates the photo 90 degrees clockwise and automatically saves the photo.
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| Rotates the photo 180 degrees (upside-down) and automatically saves the photo.
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| Jumps to the Replace This Photo area of the page, which has controls that allow you to replace the photo without losing other elements of this entry (such as the caption and description).
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Photo Capture Date and Time
The Edit Photo page provides controls to change the photo capture date and time:
Photo Caption and Photo Description
The Photo Caption and Photo Description fields in the Edit Photo page are just like those in the New Photo page.
To change the title of the photo:
| · | Change the text in the Photo Caption text field.
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To change the text of the photo:
| · | Change the text in the Photo Description text field.
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Excerpt
The Excerpt field in the Edit Article page is just like the one in the Post Article page.
To change an existing excerpt:
| · | Change the text in the Excerpt text field.
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To create an excerpt:
| · | Enter the text for the excerpt into the Excerpt text field. You can use HTML tags to format the excerpt.
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To remove an excerpt:
| · | Delete all text from the Excerpt text field.
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Publish Date Controls
For draft photos, the publish date controls are the same as those in the New Photo and Post Article page. For more details, see the Changing the Publication Date and Time section.
For published photos, the
Publish this article / Finish this article later options are replaced with a checkbox captioned Reset the publish time to:
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Reset the publish time checkbox lets you change the photo's publication date and time. You may keep the original publication date and time, change the publication date and time to the current date and time, or change it to a date and time in the past.
To keep the photo's original publication date:
| · | Uncheck the Reset the publish time checkbox.
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To change the photo's publication date and time to the current date and time:
| · | Check the Reset the publish time checkbox.
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| · | Select today's date from the drop-down list.
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Changing the publication date and time to the current date and time will make the article the topmost one in the Main Page of the blog.
To change the photo's publication date and time to a date and time in the past:
| · | Check the Reset the publish time checkbox.
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| · | Select a date in the past from the menu.
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| · | Enter the date and time for which you wish to publish the photo using the Republish date controls.
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Saving Your Changes
| · | To save changes you have made to a photo: click the Save button.
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