I don't use banners myself. I just copy and paste whatever images I want. Substack automatically uses the first image in a post like a banner. AI says you can make a banner by going to Dashboard, then Settings, then Emails. Perplexity.ai can probably give you full instructions, if you're not satisfied with images in your posts. I use Paint to work on images. Sometimes I tell Copilot.microsoft.com to draw an image for me. It does pretty good lately, but I usually need to add to it or stretch it etc. to make it cover the width of the page.
I am talking about how Jim does it: https://www.mind-war.com/p/she-might-be-a-victim-why-trump-will He has these huge full page images with titles. I would like to learn this method. I am efficient in Photoshop and want to make my own title images like this.
I feel completely useless. I used to be able to simply add a hyperlink in substack and now I cannot figure out how to do it. Why is it not as simple as highlight the text and then just adding the link?
First, you need to copy the URL link to your clipboard. Then highlight the text where you want to put the hyperlink. Then click on the sideways figure 8 at the top that resembles 2 chain links. A textbox will appear that says Add URL. Click in it and paste the URL there. Then click the blue button below that which says Link. That should add the hyperlink to the text and underline it.
I always used the copy - paste way to insert images. But lately I ran into problems doing that. When I go out of the editor after it wouldn't show my usual Dashboard and it looks like it is loading the draft for a very long time. Once I even lost about 1000 words. It worked with out a problem for months but now it doesn't. The only other thing I did was adding the premium version of Grammarly. Maybe it is related to that? Anyone else?
I'm not very experienced, but have you tried going to your substack in a new tab (while leaving your original tab open) and clicking on the Dashboard in the new tab and finding the draft under Drafts, and then opening it there? It should have a copy there, I think, which might work better than the original draft.
No, in UK protemp Len, but my good mate with whom I work is in Brisbane. I repost his finance blog weekly each Tuesday and my own GB Letter on Saturdays.
I am a Brit but married to a lovely SA lady after living in CT for 10 years. We are sojourning here until the SA 2024 elections when we will decide our escape route.
If not CT, then we are looking at Belize and Zanzibar for 2024+. We are lifelong yachtsmen so our final retirement years will be spent as live-a-boards while everything on land goes to the dogs!
I see posts that have a large full page width header image. Do you know how this is done? TIA
I don't use banners myself. I just copy and paste whatever images I want. Substack automatically uses the first image in a post like a banner. AI says you can make a banner by going to Dashboard, then Settings, then Emails. Perplexity.ai can probably give you full instructions, if you're not satisfied with images in your posts. I use Paint to work on images. Sometimes I tell Copilot.microsoft.com to draw an image for me. It does pretty good lately, but I usually need to add to it or stretch it etc. to make it cover the width of the page.
I am talking about how Jim does it: https://www.mind-war.com/p/she-might-be-a-victim-why-trump-will He has these huge full page images with titles. I would like to learn this method. I am efficient in Photoshop and want to make my own title images like this.
This video seems to explain how to do it pretty well, especially at about 5 minutes and 30 some seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-iplvtjSFk
Thank you!
I feel completely useless. I used to be able to simply add a hyperlink in substack and now I cannot figure out how to do it. Why is it not as simple as highlight the text and then just adding the link?
First, you need to copy the URL link to your clipboard. Then highlight the text where you want to put the hyperlink. Then click on the sideways figure 8 at the top that resembles 2 chain links. A textbox will appear that says Add URL. Click in it and paste the URL there. Then click the blue button below that which says Link. That should add the hyperlink to the text and underline it.
I always used the copy - paste way to insert images. But lately I ran into problems doing that. When I go out of the editor after it wouldn't show my usual Dashboard and it looks like it is loading the draft for a very long time. Once I even lost about 1000 words. It worked with out a problem for months but now it doesn't. The only other thing I did was adding the premium version of Grammarly. Maybe it is related to that? Anyone else?
I'm not very experienced, but have you tried going to your substack in a new tab (while leaving your original tab open) and clicking on the Dashboard in the new tab and finding the draft under Drafts, and then opening it there? It should have a copy there, I think, which might work better than the original draft.
Brilliant Len - thank you so much - I've been looking to do this for ages and could never figure it out. Hat tip mate. :-)
Thanks. Are you still in Oz?
No, in UK protemp Len, but my good mate with whom I work is in Brisbane. I repost his finance blog weekly each Tuesday and my own GB Letter on Saturdays.
http://boomfinanceandeconomics.com/#/
I am a Brit but married to a lovely SA lady after living in CT for 10 years. We are sojourning here until the SA 2024 elections when we will decide our escape route.
If not CT, then we are looking at Belize and Zanzibar for 2024+. We are lifelong yachtsmen so our final retirement years will be spent as live-a-boards while everything on land goes to the dogs!
https://internationalliving.com/sailing-in-caribbean-belize/
You're such an optimist. I hope all the optimists don't jinx reality excessively. Good luck to us all, including you.