How To Prepare and Use Images In

WordPress

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Talk Overview

• Why use images?

• Where to use images

• Creating images

• Sourcing images

• Image optimisation

• Saving for web

• Inserting into WordPress

• Image plugins

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Why Use Images?

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Why Use Images?

• Visual appeal

• Show off your work

• Break up text blocks

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Where To Use Images

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Where to Use Images

• Headers

• Backgrounds

• Logos

• Post images

• Graphical headings

• Styling elements (buttons, header backgrounds)

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Creating Images

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Image Sources

• Your own photos

• iStockPhoto.com

• PhotoPin.com

• Flickr.com

• Google Image Search

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Optimisation and Saving

• Photoshop

• Alternate programs

• pixlr.com

• GIMP

• Photoshop Elements

• Demo

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Inserting Into WordPress

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Inserting Into WordPress

• Media manager

• Image sizes

• Title and Alt text

• Link source

• Demo

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Image Plugins

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Image Plugins

• Galleries

• NextGen

• Plenty of other options in the Plugin Repository

• Sliders

• Genesis Responsive Slider

• Plenty of others

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Image Plugins

• Image Sizing

• Simple Image Sizes

• Regenerate Thumbnails

• Imsanity

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