Adding an Image

Once you have navigated to the ‘Write a Post‘ page, you should see a toolbar just above the Post area – if you have ever used Microsoft Word, a lot of these icons should look reasonably familiar, things like B for Bold, I for Italic’s etc. There is also a ‘Add Media‘ section, if you roll your mouse over each of the little icons – you will see a pop up which explains what each of the buttons do. For this example, we will be focusing on the ‘Add an Image‘ function.

Once you have clicked the ‘Add an Image‘ button you will be presented with what is called the File Uploader. This transports the image from your computer to the website.

Firstly, choose the file you would like to upload.

Once the file is successfully uploaded you will be presented with some options for how you would like to insert the image into your post.

If you have already scaled your image to an appropriate web size (ie. roughly 450 pixels wide) then choose ‘Full Size‘. If you are uploading a large image, choose ‘Medium‘ – with this option when a user clicks the image they will see the original larger version.

Once you have selected the options, choose 'Insert into Post'