Adding images to articles

You've just created an all-text page on art. That's not really what makes your visually oriented visitors tick. Let's show them what it's all about and add some images! Imagine you've been sent some image files by mail and you've copied them to your hard drive.

Tip

Before uploading images, make sure they are resized to the proper dimensions for use on your web page. It's not a good idea to upload a big image and resize it in the editor screen, as loading the image file will considerably slow down the web page display in the browser. Moreover, Joomla doesn't contain image editing capabilities, so you cannot change image dimensions or crop images once they're uploaded. To resize images, use either an image editing software (such as Photoshop or GIMP) or pick a simple online resizing tool such as PicResize (http://www.picresize.com). Search for web image formats to find more information and tutorials on the best image formats and image sizes for use on the Web. In Chapter...