Editing images

Editing properties and adding details to an image

1. To edit and add details to an already uploaded image, on Images page perform one of the following:
   • Click the image you want to edit.
   • Click the Actions link of the respective image and then click Edit Properties.

     The Edit image page appears.

     NOTE: In the right of the page you can see the current status of the image that you have opened for editing. You can also see the author, the time and date of the last update, the publication date, and a link to all existing versions of the item.

2. Change the title of the image, by entering the new title in Title input field.
3. View the image in its original size as it would appear in a browser by clicking View in original size button below the preview of the image.
4. Replace the image by clicking Replace Image button below the image preview.
   The Select image link appears. Click the link, browse your computer to find the new image, and click Open.
   The system replaces the image, but not its title and other properties.
5. Change the library which the image belongs to, by clicking Change library button and selecting the new library from the dropdown box that appears.
6. Add alternative text to the image, under Alternative text, click Click to add alternative text and enter the text in the input field that appears.
   The text that you enter in Alternative text is used for accessibility reasons and by search engines.
7. Change the categories and the tags which the image is assigned to, by clicking Categories and tags.
   For more information, see Adding categories and tags to a content item.
8. To add details to the image, click Details.
   The following input fields appear:
   • Author
     Enter an author of the image.
   • Description
     The description you enter in that input field appears as a tooltip for the image in browsers that support ToolTips feature. When the image is opened, the description appears under the image.
9. By clicking Advanced, you can change the following:
   • The automatically generated URL of the image.
     To change it, click Change and enter a new URL name.
   • Configure multiple URLs for the image
     1. To configure an image to have more than one URL, select Allow multiple URLs for this item... checkbox.
     2. In the input box, enter the additional URLs that you want this image to have.
        Enter one URL per line.
     3. If you want all the URLs that you have entered to point to the default URL of the image, select All additional URLs redirect to the default one checkbox.
        If you uncheck the checkbox, each URL will display the image without redirecting.
10. If you have added any custom fields for images, all created fields, appear after the Advanced section.

    IMPORTANT: Some of the above fields may not be displayed when you edit the properties of an image, because they have been hidden.

    For more information about creating custom fields and hiding default fields, see Adding custom fields to content items.

    NOTE: In the right you can see the following information about the image:

    • Its status, when the status was last changed and the user that changed the status.
    • The dimensions of the image and its size in bytes.
    • Links, which you can use to link or embed the image.
11. In the right side of the page, you can see the dimensions of the image and customize them.
    To do this click Customize embedded image link and select the new size of the image.
12. When you are finished, perform one of the following:
    
    • If you have opened for editing an image in status Draft, Unpublished, or Rejected, perform procedure Managing a page or content item that is Draft, Unpublished, or Rejected.
    • If you have opened for approving an image in status Awaiting approval, perform procedure Managing a page or content item that is Awaiting approval.
    • If you have opened for publishing an image in status Awaiting publishing, perform procedure Managing a content item or page that is Awaiting publishing.
    • If you have opened for editing an image in status Published or Scheduled, perform procedures Managing a page or content item that is Published or Managing a page or content item that is Scheduled respectively.
      If you are editing a published image, the system saves a draft of that image, but the published version is still visible on the webpage. To see which version is the currently published one, see Revision History.

Edit many images at the same time

You can edit the properties of many images at the same time. To do this, perform the following:

1. On Images page, select the images you want to edit and click More actions » Bulk edit titles, categories, tags.
   The Bulk edit page appears displaying all the selected images.
2. You can apply the following to all selected images:
   • Common image library
     Click Change library and select the library from the dropdown box that appears.
     All images are moved to that library.
   • Common categories
     Click Click to add common categories link.
     For more information, see Adding categories.
   • Common tags
     For more information, see Adding tags.
3. For each of the selected images, you can change the following:
   • Title
   • Alternative text
     The text that you enter in Alternative text is used for accessibility reasons and by search engines.
   • Description
     The description you enter in the input field appears as a tooltip for the image in browsers that support ToolTips feature.
4. When finished, click Save changes.
   The system returns you to Images page.

Moving and deleting an image

• To move one or more images to another library, on Images page, select the images and in the toolbar click More actions » Move to another image library.
  A window appears where you select the library where you want to move the images and click Move.
• To delete images, perform one of the following:
  • On Images page, select one or more images you want to delete and click Delete button in the toolbar.
  • On Images page, click the Actions link of the image you want to delete and then click Delete.
  • On Edit image page, click More actions » Delete.
    
  • A dialog box appears where you must confirm the deletion.