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Selecting Photos for Features
Most photos that are used on the Learning Commons site are downloaded from Flickr—selected from photos available from UBC-related Flickr accounts or searched under the Creative Commons Advanced Search option. Here is a screencast that illustrates how to go about doing this:
Photos should be 600w x 300h and the most effective ones are evocative, graphic, high resolution and interesting. Only JPGs, GIFs and PNGs file types should be uploaded. If you need to resize a photo you can use Picnik, an online photo editor.
You also need to attribute the original author of the photo. Here is an example of photo size and attribution.
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Media Library
Each WordPress blog has a Media Library that stores all the additional files (audio, video, images, etc.) included in the website content. To access the WP Media Library, after logging in, click on the “Media” tab, on the left-hand side of the page. To add new media to the library, simply click the ‘Add New link under the “Media” tab, and then select which files you wish to upload.
You can also upload photos or other media directly into a post or page from your computer or other sites. Here’s a short “How-To” video about inserting media into your posts or pages.