Adding pictures to your site is a great way to stand out. There are various ways you can add attractive images to your website.
Use the Picture widget
- In the Sitebuilder, go to Widgets.
- Select Popular from the drop-down menu.
- Drag and drop a Picture widget onto your page.
- The File Manager will open up, allowing you to either browse through the existing files or upload a new image file by clicking Upload Files. You can also choose to Add Stock Media which gives you access to a Pixabay's gallery of stock images (available on select packages).
- Once the image file has been added to the File Manager, click on the picture file you want to use and click Select. The picture will be added to your gallery.
- To upload multiple pictures at the same time: Hold down "ctrl" (for PC users) or the "cmd" key (for Mac users), while clicking on the pictures you would like to upload. Click Select in the bottom right corner to upload the images.
Use the Gallery widget
The Gallery widget gives you the opportunity to create a professional gallery without needing to upload and resize pictures individually. With this gallery, site visitors will be able to browse through attractive, clickable thumbnails – it’s perfect for any site’s portfolio!
To scroll through your gallery, site visitors simply click on the picture and click the Next tab in the top right corner. To scroll back to the previous picture, click Prev in the top left corner.
Adding a gallery to your site is easy – here's how:
- In the Sitebuilder, go to Widgets.
- Select Popular from the drop-down menu.
- Drag a Gallery widget onto your page.
- Upload a new image, or browse through the uploaded files in your File Manager.
- To upload a picture from your computer: Click Upload Files. You will be able to browse your computer's folders to select a file to upload. Select the file, click Open and it will automatically be uploaded to your gallery.
- To add pictures that have already been uploaded: Select the image from the File Manager and click Select and the picture will be added to your gallery.
- To upload multiple pictures at the same time: Hold down "ctrl" (for PC users) or the "cmd" key (for Mac users), while clicking on the pictures you would like to upload. Click Select in the bottom right corner to upload the images.
- You can edit your gallery layout, margins and hover text by clicking Edit in the top left corner of the widget.
Use the Text widget
Using a Text widget allows you to insert a number of pictures in the same text box. You can add as many pictures in a row as your chosen style will support. Separate each picture by one or two spaces for the best results:
- In the Sitebuilder, go to Widgets.
- Select Popular from the drop-down menu.
- Drag and drop a Text widget onto your page.
- Click on the "Add Image" button on the Text Editing Toolbar.
- Once in the File Manager, select the image of your choice (as detailed in step 2 in the Gallery widget section above).
- You will be able to wrap the text and pictures within the Text widget by clicking on the picture you just added, and then clicking various Text Wrapping buttons on the Text Editing Toolbar.