If you want to create a website, you will first need a website builder program, and here I am using a free program called Kompozer.
Inserting an image in Kompozer is very easy. Open the web page where you want to place an image. I’m assuming you’ve used tables to build your website, so place your cursor in the cell you want to insert the image into.
Now click on the picture icon on the toolbar. A dialog box appears asking where the image is stored. Select an image and upload it. Remember that image files are . jpg or .gif files.
when you click OK an alert message will appear asking you to provide alternative text. It is used by accessibility programs to describe images on the web; for example, a vision-impaired person would hear “picture of a clock.” Click the OK button on the alert and return to the open dialog. Enter alt text that describes the image, or click Don’t use alt text. then click OK. Your image will appear on your website.
This sounds very simple, but beware. Images take up many bytes of computation and can slow down the time it takes a web page to load. If that happens, people are likely to click away from your website before it loads correctly. Therefore, as a general rule of thumb, your images should be less than 100 KB (kilobytes) each. People often think that it’s a simple matter of clicking and dragging to resize an image, which is true. Then they assume that a smaller image takes up fewer bytes. This is not true!
Here’s how to resize and then correctly using another free program called IrfanView. Open the image you want to resize. Click on the image dropdown menuand select resize/resample. In the dialog box, make sure that”preserve aspect ratio” is selected, as you don’t want to create an image that is short and thick or thin and tall. Now set the new size to pixels, inches, or centimeters. As an example, choose 100 pixels wide and click OK. Your image will shrink before your very eyes, while retaining its features! Remember save your image in its new size.
You can find plenty of free images on the web, usually smaller in size and usually just require acknowledgment of the photographer or website – try http://www.freedigitalphotos.net. However, you can also buy photos quite cheaply: try http://www.istockphoto.com. If you are purchasing the image, be sure to choose the correct contract depending on how you intend to use it.
Remember that when uploading your website, you will need to upload a file containing the images used on the website to your hosting account. Without it, your images won’t show up on your website.
Creating a website with images creates many possibilities. You can even get animated gif files for added fun. Enjoy.
