| Adding Images
Dadooda makes it really easy for you to add images to your Article or
Images item type.
Within the Article or Images template, every image has its own field,
with an associated caption field. So you simply use the Image 1 Browse
button to locate the file for the first image you want to add. Then you
use the Image 2 Browse button for the second image and so on up to Image
5 for an Article or up to Image 20 for an Images item type. You can add
the captions as you go, or go back and add them after you’ve added
all your image files.
The advantage of this method is that you can change the images or their
captions as often as you wish within the template before you upload them.
Only when you are satisfied with your choice of images and their captions
do you need to upload them. Moreover, all your images are then uploaded
in one session, along with all the other elements of your item.
Even then, you can go back and change the images and captions by using
Dadooda's powerful edit function before you finally publish your item.
To make it even easier, we recommend you copy the images you wish to
add to your item to a temporary folder and if necessary that you resize
them (see below) before starting to add them to your template. You can
always delete the temporary folder after you have uploaded the item.
Image size
Images used on websites such as Dadooda are displayed in a much lower
resolution (smaller size) than the high resolution mega-pixel images which
many digital cameras are capable of recording today. So, if you want to
publish a high resolution image on The Dadooda it has to be reduced in
size to fit the space allotted to it. This resizing of an image can be
performed by Dadooda after you have uploaded the image, or you can resize
your image before you upload it.
If you want to use images with a resolution higher than 1280x960 pixels
we recommend that whenever possible you resize them (see below) before
adding them to your Images or Article item type.
Ideally, your images should be resized to the following dimensions before
you add them to your Images or Article item type and upload them:
Landscape mode: 800x600 pixels
Portrait mode: 600x800 pixels
However, images with the VGA standard dimension of 640x480 (or 480x640)
pixels as commonly used for sending images via email will produce excellent
results.
Resizing your images
If you used a digital camera to capture your images, it is likely they
will have a resolution much greater than the 800x600 we recommend. If
you have software that can resize your image and you are adept at using
it, resizing your images to 800x600 will be a familiar process to you.
If you don’t have any such software but use Microsoft Windows XP
you may wish to consider Microsoft Windows XP Image Resizer, available
as a free download from Microsoft at the following address:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Once you have downloaded and installed the program, resizing your images
is extremely simple.
1. Open the folder containing the image(s) you wish to add to your Images
or Article item type.
2. Select and right click on the image(s), then choose Resize Pictures
from the drop down menu. A small dialogue box will open.
3. Ignore the 4 preset resize options and click on the Advanced>>
button. This will expand the dialogue box.
4. Select Custom and enter 800 and 600 in the two boxes.
5. Click on OK. The dialogue box will close and the new image(s) will
appear in the folder.
6. The new images are ready to be added to your Images or Article item
types and uploaded to Dadooda.
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