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Before you upload any images to your website it's important that they have been sized correctly and optimised.

See the following tutorials for sizing and optimising images:

• To crop and resize your images correctly see this tutorial: Using Pixlr.com to create images for your website.
• To ensure your images are optimised to load quickly see this tutorial: Optimising images using TinyPNG.com

Uploading images to be used in your website.

1. Login into your website.
2. In the left hand column click Media / Library.
3. You will now see a list of folders to keep your images organised.
4. Click a folder to view the images within it.
5. To upload new images simply drag images on to the window.
6. You can also upload by clicking Add New and selecting the files you wish to upload.

Adding Metadata To Your Images

Once an image has been uploaded you should attach apply metadata information to the image so search engines understand what the image is about.

Select an image in your image library and edit the following fields in the right hand column.

1. Title: Add a descriptive title and include the keyword people would use to find the image.
2. Alt Text: The alt text explains to search engines what the image is. Write a good description and include a keyword people would use to search for the image.
3. Description: Simply copy and paste the Alt Text into this field.
4. Media Category: Assign the image to the relevant media category. Categorising images will make searching for the images easier, especially if your site has many images.

Note: Everytime you make a change they are automatically saved.

If you want to add more media categories see tutorial Adding Media Categories.

Creating Media Folders

It is possible for you to create more media folders should you need to. You can also create nested folders which can be quite useful if you have a blog post with its own large gallery images.

To create a new image folder to the following.

1. Click Media
2. Select the Media Library so you are at the top level.
3. Click Create Folder
4. Give it a name and click Create.

The new folder will be created. You can easily move the folder into another by dragging it.

To delete a folder you must Control click and select Delete.

Before deleting a folder move the images to another folder first.