14 Steps for Adding Graphics and Photos To Websites

Too many graphics, clip art or photos on one page will make the page load so slow that it won't be worth opening. Use these tricks to make your photo album and Web pages more user friendly. Also learn to add graphics and clip art to your Web pages, from beginning to end, with 14 easy lessons.

1. Find Clip Art Online and Download it To My Computer There are free clip art sites all over the Internet. Find out how you can find them and how to add their clip art to your Web pages.

2. Turn a Photo or Graphic Into a Thumbnail Photos and graphics can be turned into smaller versions of themselves, called thumbnails, to save space on your website.

3. Upload Clip Art and Photos From My Computer To My Hosting Service Copy your photos from you computer onto your website and add them to your Web pages so you can share them with your family and friends.

4. What is the URL of my Graphic? Find out what the Web address of your photo or graphic is so you can link to it from your website.

5. Find a Graphic Page Template An HTML template that you can use to build your own page full of photos.

6. Add Graphics To My Page The HTML you need to add graphics to your Web pages.

7. Add Thumbnails and Link To GraphicsAdd thumbnails to your Web pages and link to your graphics from your thumbnails.

8. Create a Separate Page Each Picture With Each Page Linking To The Next HTML template to create a slideshow type photo album with one photo on each page.

9. Create an Index Page for my Graphics Gather all your photo pages into one place with this template.

10. Link to Another Page From My Graphic Turn your photo or graphic into a link. Link to other Web pages from your photo or graphic.

11. Link To My Graphics Hosted Elsewhere Add photos to your Web page without adding them to your website's hosting service. As long as they're online, you can add them.

12. Keep People From Steeling My Graphics Simple code to keep the average person from right clicking on your photos and stealing them.

13. Write Text Over My Graphic Add text right on your photo. Anything you want can be added to your online photos.

14. Create a Photo Album With a Photo Hosting ServiceAdd your photos online the easy way. Sign up with a photo hosting service and upload all your photos for your family to see.