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Learn to insert images into your Posts or Pages.
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====  Uploading Images To Wordpress ====
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===Storing Images in your WordPress Media Library===
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*To add images from your computer, click on the small icon next to the upload/insert text (figure 1) and select an image from your computer (Select Files).
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====  Uploading Images To WordPress ====
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#While editing your post or page, place the cursor in the page where you'd like the image inserted.
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#Click on the '''Add Media''' button (figure 1) and select an image from your computer (Select Files)
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#Customize the image size, alignment, caption
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*You can customize how the image looks once you upload it by clicking on the image once in your page or post and clicking on the edit image icon.  This will bring up the dialog box you saw when you first uploaded the image (figure 3).  From here you can realign, resize and add a caption.
 
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* When editing an image, clicking on Advanced Settings will provide more tools for customizing the image to fit you post or page.
 
  
  
  
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====Adding Alt Text to Images====
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'''Alternative (Alt) Text provides a textual alternative to visual media. Alt text is accessible to screen readers and allows those who may not be able to view the image to understand the media presented in your page or post.'''
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# In the Page or Post, click on the image once to highlight it.
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# From the pop-up mini-menu, click on the '''Edit''' (pencil icon) button.
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# At the '''Image Details''' page, enter a description of the image in the '''Alternative Text''' field. (Figure 3)
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 14 August 2017

Learn to insert images into your Posts or Pages.

Storing Images in your WordPress Media Library

Figure 1

Uploading Images To WordPress

  1. While editing your post or page, place the cursor in the page where you'd like the image inserted.
  2. Click on the Add Media button (figure 1) and select an image from your computer (Select Files)
  3. Customize the image size, alignment, caption
  4. Click Insert into post



Figure 2




Adding Alt Text to Images

Alternative (Alt) Text provides a textual alternative to visual media. Alt text is accessible to screen readers and allows those who may not be able to view the image to understand the media presented in your page or post.

  1. In the Page or Post, click on the image once to highlight it.
  2. From the pop-up mini-menu, click on the Edit (pencil icon) button.
  3. At the Image Details page, enter a description of the image in the Alternative Text field. (Figure 3)
  4. Click the blue Update button in the lower right corner to save.
Figure 3



Accepted File Types

  • .jpg
  • .jpeg
  • .png
  • .gif


Blue-l.png

WordPress Tutorial

Adding Images and Media


Designing Your Site

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