Images
| Putting images on your web pages |
| First, you must upload the image. Click on the "Pictures" tab in the top left corner of the screen.
Add a "Freestyle" section and click on the image icon (looks like a flower). The image selector will pop up, click "Go" to see all your uploaded pictures, or type in all or part of the file name to quickly find the picture you want.
Once the image is in a freestyle section, you can just click on the image to select a different picture.
Removing an image without deleting the section
Click on the picture to pop up the picture selector, click on "No Picture" at the top. |
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| What's the best type of image file to use? |
| Use JPEG images for regular pictures that have smooth shade or color transitions, e.g. faces, landscapes, product shots etc..
Graphics, e.g. logos, buttons, arrows, icons etc., are best in GIF format.
Note that JPEG images can be resized within the website editor, GIF images cannot be resized. |
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| Why do my pictures look scruffy in the CMS? |
| The website editor uses a low quality copy of your image to make it faster to update your site.
When your site is published, your original image is copied and properly resized to fit the space allocated.
The quality of the published images is set by the "preferences" control (next to the publish control). The quality setting can be changed to achieve a balance between file size and quality. Remember to republish after changing the quality setting. The preferences control will not affect the quality of the image shown in the designer. |
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| What is the best size to upload my pictures? |
You can upload images any size you want. You can even upload straight from your digital camera. The website editor takes care of resizing and optimising the image for use on your website.
Always upload JPEG images at a larger size than you will ever need on your website. The CMS will not allow you to stretch images beyond their original size. Whilst this is technically possible, the results would be horrific. Pixels
Web pages don't understand inches or centimetres, so you must work in pixels. Pixels are the little dots that make up the picture on your computer screen. Typically a screen will have around 80 pixels per inch.
To give you a feel for pixels 
JPEG quality
Copying JPEG images is like making photocopies of photocopies, each copy loses some detail. For this reason, if you manipulate your pictures, always start with the original image and make sure you save it at maximum quality.
Resizing images
To resize, make sure "Preview mode" is off, and just drag on the border of the picture. You can "fine tune" the dimensions in the popup box before saving. |
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