Uploading and editing images

You manage images on the Images page.

To open the Images page, in the main menu in the upper part of the screen, click Content » Images.
The Images page appears, displaying a list of all created libraries together with actions you can perform on them.
Use this page to manage image libraries and upload and edit images.

Section contents

On this page you can do the following:

Permissions for images and image libraries

You can set permission for all images and image libraries and you can set individual permissions for each image or library.

To change the permissions for all images, on Images page, click Permissions link in the right side of the page.
The Permissions for all images page appears.
To change permissions for all libraries, in the main menu, click Administration » Permissions » by Section » Libraries.
For more information about changing permissions, see Changing global and section permissions » Step 2 to Step 4.

For more information about setting individual permissions for images and image libraries, see Changing permissions of an individual item.

Custom fields for images

You can add a custom field to all images. A custom field is a field that you create. For each image there are default fields, such as author, title, etc. If you need to add different than the already existing fields, you must create a custom field.

To manage the custom fields of images, on Images page, click Custom Fields link in the right pane of the page.
For more information, see Adding custom fields to content items.

You then display a custom field on your website by adding it to a template for displaying images.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Displaying images on your website

To display the images you have uploaded on your website, you must use the Image widget or the Image gallery widget and configure them to display images.
For more information, see Configuring the Image widget or Configuring the Image gallery widget.
For more information about adding widgets on your page, see Adding widgets on your page.

You can then choose the way images are displayed by changing the template, which the Image or Image gallery widget uses.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Linking or embedding an image

On Images page click Embed this image link of the respective image.

  • To link an image, copy the content of the Link input field.
    For example you can copy the link and paste it in an e-mail.
  • To embed an image in HTML, copy the content of the Embed field and paste it in HTML code.
    For example you can embed an image in the text, using the text editor in HTML mode.

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