Hey Steemians,

Just a quick post for today, running around chasing a 1 year old has a tendency to take priority over everything LOL!

In yesterday's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/steemitmastermindgroup/permalink/1121061184720192/">Steemit Mastermind Group</a> we were talking about pic hosting and basic post formatting. I'm the first to admit I am no expert on this topic at all, I use simple myspace level html.

I just remember my confusion and feeling lost when I first arrived. So I thought I'd offer my advice from what I've learned so far. I'm also inviting (hoping) others will add their tips to this post if you feel like sharing.

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*Adding a pic here because nobody likes huge blocks of text right?*</a></center>

<h1>They say a picture paints a thousand words.</h1>
I know most people here are tech savvy so I'm not talking to the smarty pants. At risk of seeming patronizing, I'm mostly writing for those of us who are casual users of t'internet.

Folks like my Dad who just joined Steemit and didn't have a clue what a image url is?
<h2>Get on with it.. how the bloody hell do I add images!!?</h2>
Ok so Steemit doesn't host images for you so you have to go to where your image is hosted first and then simply right-click the image and copy image url/address. Now simply use the editor tool, paste the url/address and your image should appear!

If you don't see the editor tool bar, look to the right under the title box. Clicking this switches you between the editor and Raw HTML.

(*Edit: Where a pic is "hosted" means where it was loaded from your computer "up" to the internet*)

<img src="http://kenicamz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-11-at-4.06.12-PM.png">

I've heard there are some image hosting services specifically for steemians that work fine. Feel free to post below if you have any that you'd like to recommend.

Personally I like using my pre-existing social media accounts. I use both <a href="https://kenistylesblog.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kenistyles/">Instagram</a> depending on what type of image, Tumblr is nsfw friendly. Otherwise I use my wordpress hosting account but I feel that's quickly becoming redundant.

The main advantage of this is it reminds me to keep up with my other accounts and helps me stay connected with those audiences.

<h2>Ok what formatting can I think of that might help?</h2>

Well the rest of the editor seems self explanatory right?

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From left to right -

<b>Bold</b>, *italics*, <del>strikethrough</del>, <code>monospace</code>..
<ul>
  <li>Bullet points&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ol>
  <li>Numbered bullet points</li>
</ol>
<blockquote>Block Quotes</blockquote>

The chain "link" looking thing allows you to add a <a href="https://steemit.com/@kenistyles"><b>LINK</b></a> to any url you paste in and also removes them..

Then the pic tool we mentioned above and a drop down menu of <b>header</b> sizes and finally the undo/redo buttons.

Surprisingly there's no center justification, so I just use what myspace taught me;

Put < center > before and < /center > after, but without the spaces of course.

Oh yeah and there's this..
<hr>
Yeah that horizontal line thing above.. to put that in just type < hr > without the spaces.

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@Samstonehill added some great tips to the discussion, he's already created a post about "<a href="https://steemit.com/howto/@samstonehill/how-to-pull-your-image-to-the-side-simple-explanation">How to pull your image to the side</a>". Oh and I was going to explain how to add videos but it seems Steemit has simplified that process already and all you have to do is paste the video url to add it to your post.

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So that's about it for now, like I said I'm no expert on this. If I think of anything else then I'll add it to the comments below and you are all welcome to add to the conversation if you like.

We all know our content deserves as much exposure as we can get. Include some images and use some simple formatting to help boost your post rewards and add a splash of color!

I just wanted to put this out there to help n00bs and minnows like me.

Wholeness.

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