Adding images to your site
Uploading your photographs
When your images are ready for upload, click Photos on the left hand menu. Click New to add a new photo to the system, and then add the following information:
| Photo | Click the browse function to locate your image. |
IMPORTANT: before adding any further details about the image, click the Add record button at the bottom of the page. If the image uploads ok, you can then add details. If an error occurs, please see Photo upload.
Then add the following information:
| Caption |
Add a short caption – this appears on the gallery index as well as the main photo page. |
| Reference* | Add your own reference if you have one or leave this blank if you don't. |
| Gallery | Select a gallery to show the photo in. You can leave this blank if you want to use the image on your home page or in an article. |
| Description | This copy will appear when the user clicks for an enlargement of the photo. |
| Image sets | Optionally set the image as one of the main images on the home page, a gallery heading, or a background image. To assign a set, click it in the list of “available” sets and the click the arrow button to move it to “Selected”. |
| Keywords | Keywords that will enable users to search for the photo. Only enter a small number of relevant keywords that appear in the caption or description as well. |
| Location* | Optionally specify the location. |
| Photographer* | If you would like to credit the photographer, enter the name here. |
| Date* |
Enter a date for the image. |
| Sort order |
The order the image will appear in the gallery. As with all of our sort orders, remember to use high numbers, e.g. 10, 20, etc, so that if you need to change it at a later stage, you have more flexibility. If you omit this, the photos will be sorted in the order in which they were added. |
*These fields can be redefined for your own use and names may
vary. You can edit the definitions via the
Settings>Text/Language section
Once you have added this information, submit the record (this will either be the add record or update record button at the bottom depending on whether you are adding a completely new photo or editing an exiting one).
If there are other fields on the page, these are for integration with a payment gateway such as PayPal. See Selling Online for details on these.
Now repeat the process by clicking New in the top menu.