Help Sheet 5

 Adding Images, Documents and Links
More Help Sheets  

Adding images and documents to your pages

To make your site more interesting and informative you can also include images, documents and links on the pages you have created.

Adding images and documents is a two-step process. You must first upload your image or documents to the ‘Assets Library' to ensure they can be seen by other online users. Once the image or document is uploaded to the library you can add it to pages on your site.
You can use the same method outlined below to upload as many documents, images, audio or visual clips to the site as you require.

NOTE: Images must be saved in either jpeg (.jpg) or gif (.gif) formats

Adding images

• ‘Edit this page'
• Choose 'Content Management' tab
• Choose 'Content'
• Place your cursor in the 'Body text' field where you wish your image to be
• Enter the title of your image and highlight it
• Click ‘Insert/edit image'
• Click the icon at the end of the field 'Link URL' and complete the form in the bottom section 'Or add a new Image'
• Click 'Save and Publish'
• Complete the 'Title' and 'Description' fields in the section above to make it accessible to disabled people
• Click ‘Insert'
• When it is displayed in the window, click ‘Save and Publish'.
• You can then resize by clicking on a corner of the image and holding mouse button down to drag to required size

Adding documents 

• ‘Edit this page'
• Choose 'Content Management' tab
• Choose 'Content'
• Place your cursor in the 'Body text' field where you wish your document link to be
• Enter the title of your document and highlight it
• Click ‘Insert/edit link'
• Click the icon at the end of the field 'Link URL' and complete the form in the bottom section 'Or add new Asset
• Choose 'Document' from the dropdown
• Complete 'Menu Title' and then click 'Browse' in the 'Upload file' to find the document
• Choose the document
• Click 'Save and Publish'
• Choose 'Open in new window (-Blank) from the dropdown in the 'Target' field
• Click 'Insert'
• Click ‘Save and Publish'.
• Return to your homepage and then find the page you were working on.  Your link should open up the document you've just added.  If you can't see the link click the 'Refresh' icon or press 'F5'

Note:  Once the document or image is in the Assets Library you can leave out the steps from 'Or add new Asset through to 'Click 'Save and Publish'.'  Instead follow these steps:

• Click + sign next to Assets
• Click + sign next to either Documents or Images
• Wait for item to load and then double click item required
• Then follow above instructions from 'Click Insert' if an image or if a document follow from 'Choose Open in new window (-Blank)' to the end.

Insert a link to a web page

• Find the web page you want to create a link to and copy the web address (URL) eg http://www.bbc.co.uk
• Select the page where you want to add the link
• Click ‘Edit this Page'
• Either simply paste the website address into the page
• Or enter the text that describes the link e.g. ‘News':
• Highlight the text
• Click the ‘Add Link' icon in the toolbar (4)
  
  

• A popup form appears - paste the full web address (URL) into the URL field on form
• Click ‘Add' and your text will be made into a link e.g. News (will link to http://www.bbc.co.uk - please note that without the http://www. the link will not work)
• Click ‘Save changes' or ‘Save and Publish'
• Select the ‘Preview' link or click ‘Back to homepage' to view your changes
• You may need to refresh your browser screen to see the changes - press F5 on your keyboard

You can reach the Help Desk on: 01245 436559 or via email support@essexinfo.net

Top   |   More Help Sheets