Adding a new or existing image or file to a Web page
Add an existing file, or a file that you upload on the spot.
Procedure
- You can add a file to a Web page in one of the following ways:
- In a rich text area, add a new or existing image using the Image button in the Insert tab. This is explained elsewhere.
- In a rich text area, you can insert a link to an existing file using the Hyperlink button in the Insert tab. Choose to link to a Component, and select the Multimedia Component containing the file you want to link to. This is explained elsewhere.
- If you see the text
<add internal link to multimedia content>anywhere on the Web page, you can click that text to insert a file at that position. - You can choose to add a new or existing file as a completely independent item, which you can add to the Web page and then move to a preferred position. To do this, select Insert Content in the Home tab of the ribbon toolbar.
If you click the text<add internal link to multimedia content>or the Insert Content button in the ribbon toolbar, the library panel slides in from the left. - If you want to upload a new file, you can do so in several ways:
- If you use a Chrome or Firefox browser in Windows, you can drag a file from Windows Explorer or from your desktop directly onto the Library. The file is uploaded and a Multimedia Component is created that contains the file in the Folder location in which you dropped the file.
- Alternatively, click the area at the bottom to open a system file selection dialog, navigate to the location of your file, and select it.
- Alternatively, navigate through the Folder structure until you see a thumbnail of the item you want to use. If you know (part of) the name of the item you want to insert, you can also click the Search button at top left and enter it, using the * and ? wildcard characters where necessary, into the search box that appears.
- To see more detailed information about this item, such as its title, creation date, or who created it, click on the "i" icon.
- Click Apply to add this file to the Web page.
The file appears as a link, or embedded on the Web page.