Finding a picture's location (URL) in Google+ Photos or Picasa-web-albums

This article is about how to find the URL (web-address) of a picture that is stored in Picasa web albums.  It is written for Blogger users, but the same technique can be used by anyone who uses Picasa-web-albums.

Google+ Photos, Picasa-web-albums and your PC

An introduction to Picasa. describes the relationship between Picasa and Picasa-web-albums.  A key difference between is that :

• Picasa is a program, written by Google, which runs on your PC even when it's not connected to the internet, and 
• Picasa-web-albums is a Google program that you use through your web-browser and some accompanying space on the internet where your pictures can be stored.
• Google+ Photos is another Google program that you use through a web-browser (Chrome, FireFox, Internnet Explorer, Safari, etc), and a space on the space on the internet where you can keep pictures.   

Both Picasa-web-albums and Google+ Photos use the same space on the internet to store photos for each person.    This means that if there are features (eg finding the URL of an individual photo) that are not  available in one program, then you can just use the other program instead.

This means that each and every picture in your Piscasa-web-albums has a unique URL, ie web-address, where it can be found.

How to find the URL of a picture in Google+ Photos or Picasa-web-albums

• Sign in to Picasa-web-albums, using the google account that owns the album that has the picture you want.   (If you are already signed in to Blogger you may not have to log in again.).

• If you are re-directed to Google+ Photos, either follow the Return link - or use the approach described here to return to Picasa-web-albums.

• Find the album which contains the picture you want to find the web-address for.
  
  
• Click on the album to open it. 
  Note:  each album has one picture, usually the first one loaded, set as the cover.   Be careful to actually open the album, and not just work with the album cover, because the URL for it is not the same as the URL for the picture.
  
  
• Click on the picture you want:  it will open in a large "photo" view
  
  EITHER:
  
  
• Click on "Full details page" in the right-hand bar.
  This opens the picture in a new browser window or tab.
  Copy the contents of the address bar in this new window - this is the URL of the photo..
  
  OR
  
  
• Right-click on the picture once you're in "photo" view, and choose the appropriate option for your browser.   In the current versions, this is:
  
  Chrome: Copy image URL
  Safari: Copy image address
  Internet Explorer: Properties > Copy the URL address shown
  Firefox: Copy image location
  

Job done!   
The web-address of the photo is now in your computer's clipboard, and can be pasted into other places where you might need to use the photo's URL, eg in adding a photo to a post, or as a gadget.

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Related Articles

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An introduction to Picasa

How to Center the Blogger Header Image

The header of a website is what distinguishes your blog; it's your identity or digital fingerprint. Whenever a visitor accesses your blog for the first time, the header is one major aspect that is used to determine who you are and the type of content that they can expect to read. Therefore, it's important to develop a header that is both prominently placed and telling of your brand name.

What would seem to be counterintuitive to that idea is the default Blogger settings for header positioning. Whenever you upload a header to the site, it will automatically be aligned to the left of the page. Some Blogger users may be okay with this setting, especially if they are using a header design that doesn't contain a background. Others may find that their background headers appear cut off, incomplete, or indistinguishable from the rest of their content.

If you find yourself in the second category of users, there is a way to adjust the positioning of your header so that it is displayed as a center Blogger header. By centering your site header, you have greater flexibility over the overall design, and it allows you to really shine light on this content. It's hard to miss a header that is placed smack dab in the middle of the screen on every page that someone navigates to.

Center Header Image with Blogger Template Designer

Making the change is relatively easy. You'll be able to make these adjustments on every page of your Blogger blog without having to change them individually. All you need to do is to modify the CSS of your blog that can be found directly through your Blogger dashboard. Even if you have little to no experience in web design or coding, you can center Blogger header by following these next few steps.

Step 1. Log in your blogger account and select your blog, then go to "Template" and click the "Customize" button on the right side.

Step 2. Navigate to "Advanced" > "Add CSS" tab and paste the code in the empty box:

#header-inner {
background-position: center !important;
width: 100% !important;
text-align: center;
}
#header-inner img {
margin: auto;
}

If you have a small image and you want it to become full width, add this CSS instead:

#header-inner {
 background-size: cover;
 width: 100% !important;
 text-align: center;
 }
 #header-inner img {
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 }

Step 3. Hit the ENTER key after you paste the code snippet, then click the "Apply to Blog" button.

Here are some other aligning options for your headers:

Align Blogger Header Banner and Text Side by Side

Image on the right and title on the left

#header-inner {
background-position: right !important;
width: 100% !important;
}
.titlewrapper, .descriptionwrapper {
float: left;
clear: both;
margin-left: 20px;
}

Image on the left and title on the right

#header-inner {
background-position: left !important;
width: 100% !important;
}
.titlewrapper, .descriptionwrapper {
float: right;
clear: both;
margin-right: 20px;
}

Note: for larger images, you may need to resize them in order to make them appear side by side with the text.

That's it!

After making the changes to the CSS and saving your modifications, you may navigate back to your homepage. Refresh the page and you'll notice that the header is now centered, instead of on the left. Click on a few of your page links and make sure that this modification has been made to every page or post on the blog.

If by chance you don't see the changes to the header, go back through the code that you modified and make sure that you have copied and pasted the information into the file exactly as instructed. Even minor modifications in the code, or a missing semicolon may fail to make the changes you are trying to achieve, or come away with different results than what's expected.

The great thing about CSS is that it is your site's central hub for all things design. From the CSS file, you can modify just about any appearance on your site to give the blog a custom look and feel. Once you're comfortable performing minor adjustments to the appearance of your site, you can start to get creative and come up with your very own modifications.

FreeGameDev.net Outage (Fixed)

**Update 2014-08-12 22:17**

It seems all is back to normal! Thanks 123-reg for sorting out it quickly although nobody emailed me or updated the support ticket, but stellar support nonetheless.

If you want a domain name host, then I can happily recommend 123-reg after this experience.

**Update 2014-08-12 11:14**

I've been in touch with 123-reg and was told the following:

This domain has entered in a renewal phase at the registry, it will be completed on the 15-Aug-2014, during this phase you cannot make any DNS changes.

I asked if it would return to as-was once this is phase is completed and if they could do anything to speed it up, response:

Yes, they will return to the original ones, we have encountered these situations before and we can speed up the renewal process.
I will need to escalate this chat to a support ticket to have my colleagues assist you further, is that ok?

So it is being escalated. I'll keep this post updated.

**Original Post**

I'm not sure (as I've not heard from anybody, really) of the exact extent of the freegamedev.net outage (especially the forums which projects/people depend upon) but it is currently down for me and others if isup.me is to be believed.

I forgot to renew the domain. I would cite lots of excuses but I don't have any!

Don't panic! It is now renewed, but perhaps because I renewed it after it expired (on the 9th - I noticed the forums down this morning which is the 10th) it seems I don't have access to the admin tools and it hasn't recovered yet. They have taken my money though so I expect normal service to resume soon and my provider (123-reg) says the 16th at the latest.

To everybody that this impacts, I am sorry. It'll be back soon. Also, it should auto-renew next year.

 - Charlie

Stunt Rally now comes with spaceships and cool ancient cities!

Stunt Rally 2.4... talk about feature creep, but I am not complaining ;)

See more pictures of the release here, and don't forget to give some feedback on our forums.

Oh and you can now browse cars and tracks online.

SWIFT BIC Code for ICICI Bank in India for Adsense Payment

Since Google Adsense has started Wire Transfer in India, most of the Adsense users are searching for SWIFT BIC Code. SWIFT BIC Code is usually available if you ask for it in your branch but in some cases you might face some difficulties in getting that. Some of my friends have bank account in ICICI bank and they struggled really hard to get their SWIFT BIC Code.


If you call the customer care of ICICI bank then the support staff their might provide you a SWIFT Code "CHASUS33XXX", which is incorrect when filled in the form of Adsense Account. I researched a lot to get the SWIFT Code of the ICICI Bank but in the end got the solution that you should contact your branch instead of Customer Care Number. If the staff of your ICICI Bank don't know it, then contact the Manager of ICICI Bank. And if the Manager also don't know the SWIFT BIC Code then its his responsibility to get you one after getting it from head office.

While i was researching for SWIFT BIC Code of ICICI Bank i found some SWIFT BIC Codes that might help you. So here i am providing the list of SWIFT BIC Codes of ICICI Bank that might help you in getting your Adsense payment. These SWIFT BIC codes are only for verification purpose. You must get it from you ICICI Bank branch.

SWIFT BIC Code for ICICI Bank

Bank or Institution	City	Branch Name	Swift Code
ICICI BANK LIMITED	AHMEDABAD	(AHMEDABAD BRANCH)	ICICINBB024
ICICI BANK LIMITED	BANGALORE	(REGIONAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-BANGALORE)	ICICINBBRT3
ICICI BANK LIMITED	BANGALORE		ICICINBB002
ICICI BANK LIMITED	BHUBANESHWAR		ICICINBB061
ICICI BANK LIMITED	CHANDIGARH	(CHANDIGARH BRANCH)	ICICINBB013
ICICI BANK LIMITED	CHENNAI (MADRAS)	(NUNGAMBAKKAM BRANCH)	ICICINBB009
ICICI BANK LIMITED	CHENNAI (MADRAS)	(REGIONAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-CHENNAI)	ICICINBBRT4
ICICI BANK LIMITED	CHENNAI (MADRAS)	(VOSTRO CELL-CHENNAI)	ICICINBBVC2
ICICI BANK LIMITED	COIMBATORE	(COIMBATORE BRANCH)	ICICINBB016
ICICI BANK LIMITED	HYDERABAD	(HYDERABAD BRANCH)	ICICINBB008
ICICI BANK LIMITED	HYDERABAD	(REGIONAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-HYDERABAD)	ICICINBBRT5
ICICI BANK LIMITED	JAIPUR	(JAIPUR BRANCH)	ICICINBB012
ICICI BANK LIMITED	KOCHI	(KOCHI BRANCH)	ICICINBB010
ICICI BANK LIMITED	KOLKATA (CALCUTTA)		ICICINBB006
ICICI BANK LIMITED	LUDHIANA	(LUDHIANA BRANCH)	ICICINBB017
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(ANDHERI BRANCH)	ICICINBB011
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(CENTRALIZED PAYMENT HUB)	ICICINBBGRP
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(CMS HUB)	ICICINBBCMS
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(CROSS BORDER PAYMENT PROCESSING CENTRE)	ICICINBBNRI
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(GLOBAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-MUMBAI)	ICICINBBCTS
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(OVERSEAS BRANCH UNIT)	ICICINBBOBU
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(REGIONAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-MUMBAI)	ICICINBBRT1
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(SANGLI BRANCH)	ICICINBBSAN
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(TREASURY)	ICICINBBTSY
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI	(VOSTRO CELL-MUMBAI)	ICICINBBVC1
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI		ICICINBB
ICICI BANK LIMITED	MUMBAI		ICICINBBFEX
ICICI BANK LIMITED	NEW DELHI	(DELHI BRANCH)	ICICINBB007
ICICI BANK LIMITED	NEW DELHI	(REGIONAL TRADE SERVICES UNIT-NEW DELHI)	ICICINBBRT2
ICICI BANK LIMITED	PUNE		ICICINBB005
ICICI BANK LIMITED	VADODARA (BARODA)		ICICINBB003
ICICI BANK LIMITED	VISAKHAPATNAM	(VISAKHAPATNAM BRANCH)	ICICINBB060
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	AHMEDABAD		BRAJINBBARA
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	BANGALORE		BRAJINBBBLR
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	BHILWARA	(GANDHI NAGAR, BHILWARA)	BRAJINBBGNB
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	CHENNAI (MADRAS)	(FOREIGN EXCHANGE DIVISION)	BRAJINBBMAS
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	DELHI		BRAJINBBDKN
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	HYDERABAD		BRAJINBBHYD
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	INDORE		BRAJINBBNPI
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	JAIPUR	(OVERSEAS BRANCH)	BRAJINBBOSJ
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	JAIPUR		BRAJINBBMIJ
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	JODHPUR		BRAJINBBSGJ
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	KOLKATA (CALCUTTA)	(FOREIGN EXCHANGE DIVISION)	BRAJINBBCRC
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	MUMBAI	(ANDHERI, MUMBAI)	BRAJINBBANM
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	MUMBAI	(FORT, MUMBAI)	BRAJINBBBYF
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	MUMBAI	(OVERSEAS BRANCH)	BRAJINBBOSM
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	MUMBAI		BRAJINBB
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	NEW DELHI	(OVERSEAS BRANCH)	BRAJINBBOSD
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	NEW DELHI	(SOUTH EXTENSION, NEW DELHI)	BRAJINBBDSE
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	PANIPAT		BRAJINBBPPT
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	PUNE		BRAJINBBPUN
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	SILVASSA		BRAJINBBSIL
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	TIRUPPUR		BRAJINBBTIR
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ERSTWHILE THE BANK OF RAJASTHAN LTD.)	UDAIPUR		BRAJINBBBBU