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This tutorial explains image management without the myPictures tool*. It assumes the reader has a basic understanding of image formatting with html.

For information on including images in your weblog posts, the best resource is Russ Lipton's tutorial How to Place Pictures in Your Weblog.

*(Image management with the myPictures tool is coming soon.)

Part I: Upload your images to the cloud.

A. First, make sure your local copy of Radio is running.

Windows users, you know Radio is running when you see the Radio icon    in the system tray.

B. Next, verify "Upstreaming" is enabled.

C. Copy and paste your image into Radio's images folder (directly underneath the www folder).

D. Check for an Upstream event.

After pasting your image to the "images" folder, wait a minute or two. This will give Radio a chance to recognize the new file and upload it to the cloud.

When the Radio "Events" page lists an "Upstream" event for your image file, the image uploading has completed.

At this point, you know you placed the image file somewhere underneath Radio's www folder, but does Radio know about the new image? Click on the "Folder" link in Radio's editors-only menu. Then click on the link representing your image's folder. Is your image listed?

You should see the filename of your new image among the folder contents. This tells us that the local Radio application is aware of the new file on your local computer. Until there is a globe icon next to the image's filename, however, your local computer is the only place the image resides.

Radio's view of your folder before and after upstreaming.
The first screenshot shows that Radio is aware of the image file on your computer. The empty space tells us that the image has not been uploaded to the cloud (yet).
A while later, Radio's list of folder contents displays a globe icon next to the image filename. This confirms that a copy of the image has been uploaded to the cloud.

F. Try Putting the Image in a Weblog Post

Open a second browser window. Click on the globe icon to the right of your image's filename. This is a link to the image file in the cloud.

If you have been successful up to this point, but need help getting the images into a post, this would be a great time to jump over to Russ Lipton's tutorial How to Place Pictures in Your Weblog.

Thanks for stopping by to read my tutorial. Any feedback, positive or negative is welcome!!

Troubleshooting and FAQ

Q. After several hours, the image has not uploaded. Why?
A. This could be due to firewall or NAT settings. (If you think this is your problem, the support folks at Userland can help you work it out.)

Q. I want to keep my images separated from the images that Radio came with. Can I put my images into a different folder, like "myPictures"?
A. You can use a separate folder, but the "myPictures" folder is not recommended. (Why is that? That tutorial will be published months from now, we have to crawl before we can walk.)

Q. I checked my Events page (to see if the image was detected). I cannot remember when I pasted the image into the www subfolder....any activity has rolled off into history. What should I do?
A. The file may have uploaded without your knowledge. Use the Folder link of Radio's editors-only menu to see which files in your local folder are in the cloud.