How To Insert A Photo Into A Blog Post And Right Click Protect

How To Insert A Photo Into A Blog Post And Right Click Protect

Blogger: How To Insert A Photo Into A Blog Post And Right Click Protect

Visitors won't be able to right-click anywhere on your blog.

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Google’s Blogger blogging platform allows you to insert photos and other images into blog posts. You can right-click protect all images on your blog by editing your blog’s HTML source code. The right-click protection prevents a reader from right-clicking on your blog to save a photo to his computer. Visitors can still save photos from your blog to their computers by dragging and dropping them, copying them from their Web browsers' temporary files directory or accessing the image file directly.

1.

Go to Blogger.Com and sign in with your Google account.

2.

Click the drop-down menu to the right of the gray post button next to your blog and select “Template.”

3.

Click the “Edit HTML” button near the top of the page and click “Proceed” to continue.

4.

Press “Ctrl” and “F” at the same time to open your Web browser’s search box and type “<body” to search for this tag.

5.

Add “oncontextmenu="return false;"” to the inside of your "

" tag. For example, if your body tag is “”, change it to the following: 6.

Click “Save Template” to save your changes.

7.

Create a new blog post by clicking the “Create New Post” button. Click the “Insert Image” button on the Blogger toolbar while writing a blog post to insert a photo into your blog post.

Tip

Add a copyright notice to your photo to discourage reuse.

Warning

Be careful when editing your blog's HTML; typing a wrong character could cause problems with your blog’s layout.

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Chris Hoffman is a technology writer and all-around tech geek who writes for PC World, MakeUseOf, and How-To Geek. He's been using Windows since Windows 3.1 was released in 1992.