Adding Content

Managing Images

After you add image gallery to your website, the next step is to fill it with images. The procedures of managing images are described below.

Uploading Images

To upload one image at a time:

1. In the Image Gallery module, click Image Upload on the Images tab.
2. On the Main Properties tab, enter an image title in the Name field.
3. From the Position in list list, select under which number the image should appear on the page.
4. Click the Image tab.
5. Click Browse, select an image file on your computer and click Open.
6. Click Upload. The uploaded image is displayed in the Preview area of the Image tab.
7. If you want to provide a short description of the image, click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice.
8. Click OK.

At this stage, the list of categories is empty. After you add some categories, they appear on the Categories tab and you can refer the image to a desired category or several categories.

Sitemonster Pro provides a possibility of batch image upload, allowing to publish many images at once. You can upload the images from your local file system, and perform a group resize operation on them. The maximum size of the batch is determined by the disk space on the publishing server.

To upload multiple images:

1. In the Image Gallery module, click Multiple Image Upload on the Images tab.
   Multiple image upload requires ActiveX Control to be installed in your browser. If the required component is missing from your browser, you will be prompted to install it. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the component.
   If you fail to install required components, click the If you do not see the Multiple Image Upload window, click here shortcut to open simplified image upload dialog where you can upload 10 images at once.
   If the required component is successfully installed, perform the following steps.
2. In the left frame of the Add New Images window, navigate to the required folder in your local file system
3. Select the images you want to upload.
4. If you have already created a category for your images, then from the Upload to category list, select a category you want to refer the images to. If you have not created categories yet, select Create new category and type its name in the appeared field.
5. If necessary, from the Resize large images to list, select the dimensions the uploaded images should be resized to.
6. Click Upload.
7. After the upload is complete, click OK on the progress bar and on the screen.

Previewing Images

To preview an image:

1. In the Image Gallery module, click the Images tab.
2. Click the Preview icon against the image you want to preview.

The image opens in a new window.

Editing Images

To edit an image:

1. In the Image Gallery module, click the Images tab.
2. Click the Edit icon against the image you want to edit.
3. Configure the image parameters as desired.
4. Click OK.

Changing Order in which Images are Listed on Page

You can change the order in which images appear on the website page by moving particular images up and down in the list.

To move an image up or down in the list, click an upward or a downward arrow against the image name. One click on the icon moves the image one position up or down respectively.

For images which have reached the topmost or the bottom position of the list, the upward or downward arrows are not displayed, correspondingly.

To remove an image:

1. In the Image Gallery module, click the Images tab.
2. Select the image you want to remove.
3. Click Remove Selected.

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