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Overview
Photos and Photo Albums are managed completely through the Image Explorer. This article will review how to upload and manage the Image Explorer, access Stock Images, how to crop and resize images, and how to manage Photo Albums. Use Case(s) Images are an extremely important part of your website. Through imagery, we can bring the website to life, tell a story, and evoke emotion. It is easy to enhance your site design, or to emphasize your message by placing quality photography throughout the website. There are also practical uses for images, such as showcasing upcoming events and to show photos from past events. |
Video
This video provides an overview of how to use the Image Explorer.
Note: Sections of the video have been referenced below with corresponding times in the video for ease of access
| Total Video (Length) | 11:41 |
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| Why Images are Important | 0:37 |
| Editing Images | 4:01 | |
| About the Image Explorer | 1:00 |
| Adding Images to a Page | 6:03 | |
| Accessing the Image Explorer | 1:19 |
| Adding Text Around Images | 7:07 | |
| Organizing Folders | 1:45 |
| Styling Images on a Content Page | 7:20 | ||
| Adding Images | 3:00 |
| Managing Photo Albums | 8:45 |
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Accessing the Tool
To access the Image Explorer, follow the steps below depending on your access role.
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Editors: Hover over Admin in the main navigation, select Main Tools, and then Image Explorer.
The following Image Explorer Interface screen will launch.
Image Explorer Interface
The Image Explorer is a repository for all images used on the website. It is simply a holding place to organize imagery, and allows for images to be edited.
Organizing Images
It is important to organize images, so the images are easy to find. Organizing folders is extremely important when working within Photo Albums, as Photo Albums pull images from an entire folder, or multiple folders. There is never a reason to delete images from the website, as there is no limit to the amount of images stored.
Folders are typically named after year, event, topic, dimension, or Photo Album title.
To add a New Folder, click the Add New Category folder at the top of the folder structure.
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Once the upload interface is launched, we can upload imagery in several ways.
Images can be resized on upload by choosing the Resize on Upload button.
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First, the image will need to be resized to reach the desired width or height. Open the Resize button to begin.
The Keep Proportions option is checked by default, which should remain enabled as this ensures that when the image is resized the appropriate aspect ratio is kept.
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Once the desired height or width is reached, Click Apply.
Next, Click Crop the image to meet the desired dimensions if Resizing did not meet the proper dimensions.
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An option to Save and Replace or Save a Copy prompt.
- Save and Replace: this will replace the original image in the Image Explorer. Not recommended, as it’s best to keep the original dimensions so the image may be edited again at a later time.
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- Save a Copy: this will keep the original image and save the new editing image separately. Note: both images will have the same name once added in the Image Explorer. The images will need to be renamed in order to tell the edited and original image apart.
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First, navigate to the page you wish to add the photo and open the click to edit in the desired area where you would like to add the image. Note, this may be in a content area, sidebar marketing area, or a banner image.
Once the Editor is launched, images can be added in two ways.
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Images can be inserted in two ways, by double clicking on the image or using the Image Icon in the Image Explorer Toolbar
- Double click the image to insert.
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Save once complete for changes to publish to the Photo Album.
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FAQs
Q: I am seeing a black box where an image once was, what happened to it?
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A: It can take a few minutes for the image to show in the Photo Album. This is due to caching. To refresh the Photo Album, open the Album settings and click save at the bottom of the Album interface. This should refresh the album, so you can see the image right away.
Q: PicMonkey won't open for me.
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It is best to keep the Image Explorer as organized as possible so images can easily be found. By creating multiple folders named by year, event title, or image size it can be easy to find where images are located at a glance.
Create an Archive folder in the Image Explorer and move imagery here when not in use. Since there is no limit to the amount of imagery in the Image Explorer, move unwanted images here. If images are deleted from the Image Explorer, they then must be re-uploaded in order to use them on the website. Deleting an image in use will create a black box on the website where the image was located.
Resizing and cropping images ensures that imagery to sized to the proper dimensions for the site design. It is not recommended to resize imagery on the page as this could cause the image to become pixelated.
- Name imagery something descriptive of the image so images are easy to locate within the folders.
Downloadable Guide
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