The text module is a great way to display images. Before you put an image on your website, there are two very important things that you will need to keep in mind:
- The greatest resolution that will show on a computer screen is 72dpi (dots per inch.) This means that the pictures that you've taken with your digital camera at 300dpi (a great print quality) should be reduced to 72dpi before you upload them to your site. This will ease the upload process and keep your site running quickly.
- The dimensions of a picture need not be any larger than the largest occurrence of the picture on your website. For instance, if you are going to put a logo on your home page at 300px by 200px (like the image that you see above), there is no sense uploading that picture with the dimensions of 2400px by 1600px. You should shrink the image prior to uploading it.
If your images are too large (in dimensions or in resolution) you will notice that your pages will start to take a really long time to load. If you do not have access to a program like Adobe Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements that will allow you to resize your images, there are some free tools available online that will do the trick. Check out www.shrinkpictures.com or www.irfanview.com for tools that will help you resize your photo dimensions and resolution. You can also create a free account at www.photoshop.com that will give you access to all sorts of photo editing and optimizing features.
The text module is a great way to display images. Before you put an image on your website, there are two very important things that you will need to keep in mind:
- The greatest resolution that will show on a computer screen is 72dpi (dots per inch.) This means that the pictures that you've taken with your digital camera at 300dpi (a great print quality) should be reduced to 72dpi before you upload them to your site. This will ease the upload process and keep your site running quickly.
- The dimensions of a picture need not be any larger than the largest occurrence of the picture on your website. For instance, if you are going to put a logo on your home page at 300px by 200px (like the image that you see above), there is no sense uploading that picture with the dimensions of 2400px by 1600px. You should shrink the image prior to uploading it.
If your images are too large (in dimensions or in resolution) you will notice that your pages will start to take a really long time to load. If you do not have access to a program like Adobe Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements that will allow you to resize your images, there are some free tools available online that will do the trick. Check out www.shrinkpictures.com or www.irfanview.com for tools that will help you resize your photo dimensions and resolution. You can also create a free account at www.photoshop.com that will give you access to all sorts of photo editing and optimizing features.