Images and News Posts

Posted by Trent on November 07, 2008Permalink

Many of our Manna, Tourdatr, and Butter users spend time keeping their sites current by frequently posting news. Recently, we've had a few clients ask for help when it comes to inserting an image into a news post.

Step 1 – Upload your image to the web.

Note: if your image is already online, skip to step2.
You can utilize the photos section of your CMS / Admin section to store photos. Simply click "photos", "New Photo", fill in the necessary text fields and locate the image on your computer. From there you click, "Submit" to complete the process, uploading your image.

Step 2 – Obtain the image web address.

From the main admin photos page, right click on the image you want to use in your post and get the image address.
Note: you can click on any online image and obtain the image web address whether it is in your CMS / Admin section or not.

If you are using Internet Explorer, right click and click "properties" & and copy the image address.
If you are using Firefox, right click and click "copy image".
If you are using Safari, right click and click "copy image location".

Step 3 – Insert the image into your post.

While creating a new post, or editing a previously entered post click the "photograph icon" to insert an image into your post. Paste or enter in the image web address in the field for "Image URL". You can also set picture dimensions in pixels or enter in a brief description. While there are other formatting options, we do recommend you do as little formatting as possible to ensure that your website content looks consistent.

Note: Inserting images will require a bit of attention in regards to image size. Be sure that the images you are inserting into posts do not exceed the width of your news colum. If you need assistance with this, feel free to contact us.