Steemit in genaral has seen massive growth in only last year and new people keep coming in each and every day. So has our local community #SteemitGhana grown in numbers.
### We have grown for a handfull to a "tank full".... Lol
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*This increasing numbers, with many having little knowledge of how to go about things have seen many people blogging without even a picture or avatar to associate to their identity.*


Today, I would like to address such problem. Probably I can help one or two people to set up their profiles.
### <center>It's all about service to the community</center>

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https://ak4.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/20964874/thumb/1.jpg?i10c=img

[Photo Credit](www.shutterstock.com/video/search/upload) 

Some people have not set up their profile pictures. Why?
Is it because they don't have any pictures to upload? 

Well I think its because they lack the knowled to do so.


## <center>LETS MAKE SOME IMPACT</center>

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## What you will learn today.
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1. How to get the photo link from a picture you have already uploaded on the web

2. How to get the photo link of a picture on your local drive

3. How to set up your profile and cover picture.

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[Photo Credit](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/upload) 


# 1. How to get the photo link from a picture you have already uploaded on the web
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*Photo url can be obtained for any image, so far as image is already somewhere on the web*

* All you need to do is, right click on the image 

* Select copy image link

* Or open in new tab and copy the url

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# 2. How to get the photo link of a picture on your local drive
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*To load your own photo or photos on your device, you would need to host them on any free hosting site and get the urls*

These sites would help: 

- [Postimages.org](postimages.org)
- [Imgsafe.org](imgsafe.org) 
- [Steeming.com](steeming.com)
- [Tinypic.com](tinypic.com)

* Then grab the **Direct Link** to the image

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# 3. Setting up your Profile Picture and Cover Image
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* First log into your steemit account 

* Go to settings

* Provide links to the images you want to use

* Press update 

 *You can grab/copy the link of the photo you used in your introduction post to setup your profile picture*

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# <center>How to upload photos during posting</center> 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmV53wJNx7D4FADp2cMWqnVttp59zTZo8acWXeSgCHgeP9/DQmaVa55LHRMQYo33DABE6ErdrQwvAPdtnc9syUwmCnWaH6_1680x8400.png

*During posting you can use one of these to uploade photos*

* Insert the link at the section of the blog when posting 

* Use the famous ctrl+C and Ctrl+V on the required image

* Use the "Select image" link at the bottom of the body segment of your post to upload from your local drive

https://s19.postimg.org/fq4kd88ab/Whats_App_Image_2017-10-04_at_08.17.22.jpg

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# This is @anaman from #teamghana 

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