I had seen in a posting by Seth Godin that Craigslist does not support picture hosting. He suggested that Craigslist could write a FAQ on how to do it. Considering I frequently recommend that people advertise in their local Craigslist, I am often describing how to do it. Since I use this blog as my sites FAQ, I hoped this might be a resource for anyone interested.
So, you don’t know how do get a picture on to Craigslist.
That’s OK, it’s easy to do.
Your own Picture Hosting.
If you have your own website, this is very simple. Just follow these directions:
- Locate the picture on your website. In my case I am going to use the one above.
- Write down the location. This one is at
http://www.CharlotteWebDevelopment.com/Charlotte_Website_Design_Logo.jpg - Create an HTML Image tag. That is what will let the browsers know where to look for the image. Don’t worry, this won’t hurt a bit. In fact, you can just copy this code below and change the URL to be your website and file name.
The code for the image tag is:
<img src=”http://www.CharlotteWebDevelopment.com/Charlotte_Website_Design_Logo.jpg”>
Now all you have to do is put that code into your Craigslist post as shown in this picture:
After Craigslist publishes your item, you will get a result like the one below:
Other Hosting:
If you do not have your own website, you will have to host your images somewhere else. A quick search of the web turned up ImageDeposit as promising. They should be able to help you out.
P.S. I had to research how to display that HTML code above in a text. This was made even trickier because of my CMS. If you would like to learn how to display HTML code on your website, this post and comments at Tech-Recipies is a great start. Thanks to all there for some great work.
Related Reading:
- How to Add Pictures to a WordPress Page or Post
- Should Your Business Use Craigslist?
- Web Design Errors: Technology Edition
- Free Website Photos
- Ping Services I Use
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I’ve tried everything I know to produce a link and images from Craig’s List to my website (commercial). I followed your excellent directions without success. If a fee is involved to expedite this, I am more than willing. Can you help me? Thank you.
All,
After Glenda posted this question I worked with her on-line to help her out. The one issue she missed was that the image had to be hosted somewhere on-line. You cannot upload a picture to Craigslist but you can put in code that points to an image somewhere else on the web.
If the instructions above don’t work for you, or if they seem too technical or confusing, write a comment here below as Glenda did and I’ll be happy to help out based on my availability.
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