Before Uploading
Posted At : July 1, 2010 3:43 PM | Posted By : Emma

User-guide section : Images

Before Uploading

Images are everything on a website. The quality of an image can mean the difference between a professional looking website and a “Homemade” one.

Time spend improving the quality of images or getting the look “just right” is time well spent.

Format

Images come in a range of formats. You can tell the format of an image by the last three digits at the end of the image name. The most common formats are

  • .jpg
  • .png
  • .bnp

All of these formats are compatible with the Reason8 website creator.

Size

The size of an image is determined by how many pixels it has. The more pixels the higher the quality the image appears. For printed images to appear clear, they require pictures with a high pixel density.

Images used for the internet do not. When an image is viewed on a screen an image of 1200px wide will look no clearer that an image of 400px wide. In addition the higher density the pixels are the bigger the file size is. This can delay uploading and viewing the image.

The ideal size of an image to upload to your website is 400px wide (or long for portrait images).
Larger images can be uploaded but we recommend no larger than 750px. You can easily change the size of an image by using free software. A list of free software manipulation sites can be found at www.reason8.com/support.cfm

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Uploading Images
Posted At : July 1, 2010 3:42 PM | Posted By : Emma

User-guide section : Images

Uploading an Image

There are two ways of uploading an image to your website.

  1. Directly onto a page - Ideal for quickly adding smaller images directly to a page. Images are automatically stored in your image library.
     
  2. Directly to the Image Library- For quickly adding several images to the library at once. Or for uploading larger images. Images are stored in the library to be placed when ready.

Uploading an Image directly onto a Page

  1. Click Step 3 Webpages
  2. Select the page you want to add the image to
     
  3. Click Edit
  4. Place your cursor on the page where you want the image to appear
     
  5. Click Insert/Edit Image
  6. Click Browse
  7. Select the image you want to upload
     
  8. Click Open
  9. Click Upload
  10. The image is now added to your page and included in your image library

Directly to the Image Library

  1. Log into the [control panel] of the website
     
  2. Click Upload Files
     
  3. Click Larger Images
     
  4. Click Browse
     
  5. Select the image you want to upload
     
  6. Click Open
     
  7. Click Upload
     
  8. The image is now added to your image library

Click here for more on Resizing Images and Image Properties

 

 

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