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Beyond the Words:Journey Through the Media Library andAdd Images, Video, Audio and PDFs to Spice Up Your SiteBY NICHOLE BETTERLEY | “N” POWERED WEBSITESHTTP://NPOWEREDSITES.COM
Why Bother? All the cool kids are doing it Big shifts in social media platforms over the past 4-5
years towards more visual. Even LinkedIn is getting in on the image action.
More ‘shareable’ better reach for your content More engaging which in turn increases your
Know / Like / Trust factor with visitors Appealing to different learning/communication styles
A Scenic Tour of the
Media Library
Let’s Add Some Images
Measure Twice, Paste Once STEP 1: Set your
default image sizes in SETTINGS / MEDIA
Change LARGE to the full width of your post display; MEDIUM to roughly half
Mise en Place STEP 2: Prep your image
Give it a Good Name File Size Matters (Don’t upload that 5M image from your
phone or DSLR camera or the high res stock photo site)!! Shrink & Compress First
Dirty Some Dishes STEP 3: Add the image to your site
Upload it directly to the MEDIA LIBRARY and edit it there- OR -
Add it directly to your post or page using the ADD MEDIA button
Take the time to fill in the blanks (you’ll thank yourself later)
Edit and scale it to meet your needs
Time to Get Spicy
Tools MeasureIt Firefox Addon for in-browser measurementhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/measureit/
TinyJPG for image compression - https://tinyjpg.com/
Some of My Favorite Stock Photo Sites Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/
Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/grid
VisualHunt - https://visualhunt.com
Resources Best Practices in WordPress: Image ManagementHow to think about and organize your images in the Media Libraryhttp://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/best-practices-in-wordpress-image-management/
MDGAdvertising It’s All About the Images Infographichttp://www.mdgadvertising.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/its-all-about-images-infographic_1000.png
Kissmetrics The Shocking Truth About How Web Graphics Affect Conversionshttps://blog.kissmetrics.com/shocking-truth-about-graphics/
37 Visual Content Marketing Statistics You Should Know in 2016http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/visual-content-marketing-strategy
How to Crop, Rotate, Scale, and Flip Images in WordPresshttp://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-crop-rotate-scale-and-flip-images-in-wordpress/
Questions?