Google Picassa albums

Buggers! They’ve removed the links bit! Anyone know how to link to photos on there now, or is it not allowed?

Log in and it’ll appear.

Yeah you can still do it but it’s more hassle now.

In Firefox, view the photo you want by clicking on it then right click and select “Copy Image Location”.

Paste it here and you’ll get something like:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ik140hRLPio/SKV6jcwpB8I/AAAAAAAACnw/9jDaCg8eN6M/s576/DSC_0839_SITS.jpg

Then slap the [/img ] tags around it – without spaces

Pro Tip: The /sXXX/ bit is the longest dimension in pixels, so you can tweak that to get the size you want.

They’ve really Microsofted it haven’t they!

Try going in this way – it’s the classic view:
https://picasaweb.google.com/home

Nice one StirlingCrispin. Nothing wrong with that look, the stupid gits. Why change it?! hmph.

Try going in this way – it’s the classic view:
https://picasaweb.google.com/home

OK, what am I missing? That’s what I get (have always got).

Is there a new interface somewhere?

Is there a new interface somewhere?

Yeah they’ve made it all fancy as part of Google+

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-google-plus-and-photos/

Ah right. It appear you have to explicitly join google+ to get that.

Sounds a bit facebooky.

Sounds a bit facebooky.

Yep. You can share your photos with other people, they can follow your photo stream and comment on them. All very “social” and not much use if you just wanted to keep your photos to yourself and not show anyone

{Alt Text: On one hand, you’ll never be able to convince your parents to switch. On the other hand, you’ll never be able to convince your parents to switch!}

It’s also no use if you want to email albums to friends – none of the links work, kinda defeating the point of doing it in the first place.

Links work fine:
*link removed*

Yes, i used to use the More , Photos link from my Google homepage, i might disable my Google+ account as i never use it.

Have they stopped the direct linking of pics from Picasa now?

all seems normal.

when you say direct linking do you mean using etc and the Embed image address?

Yep. Using the Embed Image, Image only code.

that’s how I used to do it! What is wrong?

Your broken img.

This works:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GwJq9GoxJ0E/TsD11wIknEI/AAAAAAAADDk/0RM4epyyhAM/s512/IMG_0054.jpg

You had this:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GwJq9GoxJ0E/TsD11wIknEI/AAAAAAAADDk/0RM4epyyhAM/s512/s400/IMG_0054.jpg

An extra s400 sneaked in.

I’m only copying and pasting…where’d you get the address from?

Link Google gives to copy and paste:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ha4NA1D7Y9Q/TsD13OAwuHI/AAAAAAAADD8/nR97WpnOH_U/s512/s144/IMG_0058.jpg

How weird.
Still, cheers – now I know I have to edit the link before posting!