Managing Images

The Image Manager is where you go to handle your image needs in the system. This powerful tool allows you to store, organize, edit, and insert any images that you want to use on your website. It has a myriad of features to help with your websites visual presence.

To get started with the Image Manager click the “Manage Images” button from either your Site Dashboard or the Site Actions drop down list in the menu. Once the window has popped click the button labeled “Upload New Image” in the upper left of the Image Manager. Browse to the image or images on your computer you would like to upload and click OK (or Select on a Mac).

That’s it you will see a progress bar show up on the screen and your images will be added to the Image Manager.

If you want to edit the details of an image that you have uploaded into the system, all you have to do is mouse over an image and click the “Edit” button. From here you can edit the “Image Name” and the “Description”. In more advanced integrations these are used to get the Image details into galleries.

Folders are used to keep your images organised. If you have ever used folders on a computer in the past, you will find this very similar. To create a new folder you first click on the “Folder” link next to “Create New” in the upper left hand corner of the Image Manager.

This will bring up a box where you will type in the folder name.  Click the “Create” button to complete the creation of the new folder. You will now see the folder you created added to the list of folders on the left side of the Image Manager.

If you click on the folder name you will enter the folder. Once inside you can add images to this folder just like you did in the Uploading a New Image section above.

To remove a folder click on the red “X” next to the folder name. This will remove both the folder and the images contained within. If you accidentally delete the folder or images, they will remain on your website if they have already been included in a past published page.

You will need to upload the images you deleted again if you want to use them in the future.

If you have a dynamic gallery that uses the Folder Publishing feature, this is how you update your website. When you are in the folder that the gallery is based on, there is a green text button in the Image Manager navigation that says “Publish Gallery” clicking on this will update your photo gallery with whatever images are contained within the folder. Think of this as syncing your gallery.

If you add a new image and publish, that image will be added to your gallery. If you remove an image, and publish that image will be removed from you gallery. Depending on the extent of your gallery integration it is also going to be important to keep your Image Details up to date as well.

When the Image Optimization feature is enabled, you can do extensive image editing and manipulation right in the system. To use this feature, mouse over the image you want to optimize and click “Optimise” your picture will now be pulled into a full on editing suite that allows you to create effects and fix errors in your images.

Once you have made your changes click the “Done” button on the left toolbar. Then click the “Save” button. This will overwrite your original image. This new image is now good to go and can be used right from the Image Manager on your website.