Archive for 'Media'

Drag and Drop Media Uploader

Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by .

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Adding photos or other files to posts and pages just got easier. Drag files from your desktop and drop them into the uploader. Add one file at a time, or many at once. Select the Media Library or the Media Upload button within a wordpress page or post to upload images as normal.   Two [...]

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Resize Images For The Web

Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 by .

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  Use  free website that allow you to shrink your images and make them web friendly. ShrinkPictures Smush It Image Optimizer GIFBot Web Resizer Dynamic Drive Image Optimizer Online Image Compression iResize PunyPng   Please read the following article that provides more detailed information Top 10 Free Online Tools to Reduce Image Size for Web

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Useful Resources for Images

Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by .

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Stock Photos Great places for stock photos to include in your website: Free Photos Stock.XCHNG – Wellsites favourite! Morguefile – another good site Jupiter Images Stock Free Images Big Stock.com Photos to pay for iStock Resizing Images for the Web There are many photo software that allow you to Save Your Image for the Web: [...]

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SEO for Images

Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by .

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Your Images on your website provide another excellent avenue for SEO. Alternate Text field within each image is used by both Visually Impaired Browsers and by Search Engines.   So added rich descriptive text to help boost your SEO Ratings.  

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How to create a link on an image

Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by .

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Open the relevant post/page. Select the image. Click on link button as normal. Place the URL within the link box and save. Save the post/page. Full details to create a link please see HyperLinks.

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Add YouTube Video

Posted on 26. Nov, 2010 by .

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Find the relevant video on YouTube. At the bottom of your Video to the right you will see the words EMBED (highlighted in yellow).  Click on this button. EMBED will display the code required to be placed in the webpage. The code is automatically highlighted in blue, meaning that YouTube has automatically selected required code. [...]

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Media

Posted on 26. Nov, 2010 by .

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Images It is highly recommended that images are first optimised for the web before uploading them on to your web page. A product like Photoshop is ideal for this. There is no right or wrong answer on how big an image should be or where it should be located on a page. This is purely [...]

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Gallery Options

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by .

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There are a variety of options allow the resizing of thumbnails, the size of slideshow, type of effects on slideshow, whether to place watermarks on a photo etc. All these features are controlled Under the Options menu on the NextGen Menu on the Dashboard: General Options When a gallery is inserted into the webpage, the [...]

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Add Album to Page

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by .

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To insert an album in a page is the same process as inserting a gallery as discussed above. Create/Edit the required page. Click on the NextGen icon. This time select the “Album” option located at top the toolbar. Select the required Album from the dropdown menu. Click on Insert. Save the page and preview. This [...]

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Create an Album

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by .

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An Album is a collection of galleries. Select “Album” from the NextGen Dashboard (highlighted in yellow). This opens up the “Manage Album “page. Add a name for the Album (highlighted in yellow). Click on Add. Then drag one or more galleries over to the left which are to be included in the album.. Click on [...]

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