To Upload a Pin in Pinterest

To Upload a Pin in Pinterest

Pinterest also allows you to pin personal photos that are stored on your computer by uploading them.

1. While viewing the Pinterest homepage, locate and select the Add button at the top of the page.
2. The Add dialog box will appear. Click Upload a Pin.
   Uploading a pin from your computer
3. The Upload a Pin dialog box will appear. Select Choose File.
   Clicking Choose File
4. The Open dialog box will appear. Select a photo from your computer and then click Open.
   Picking a photo from the computer
5. The photo is now uploaded to Pinterest. Select the pinboard for the pin from the drop-down list and type a description. When you're ready, click Pin It.
   Saving a pin
   
6. The uploaded pin will appear on the pinboard.
   Viewing the newly upload pin

You can also save a pin from a website by entering its web address. Click the Add button and then select Add a Pin from the Add dialog box. Enter a web address into the text box, choose an image from the site,  type a description, and then click Pin It.

Adding a pin from a web address

In addition to most images, Pinterest allows you to pin videos from YouTube and Vimeo. Pinning a video is no different from pinning an image. You can even watch a video straight from a pinboard!

Pinning videos from YouTube