How do I upload an image in Contribute?

1. Open Contribute on your computer
2. Navigate to the page where you want to add the image.
3. Click "Edit Page" in the upper left-hand corner of your screen.
4. The menu items at the top of your screen change once you are in the edit mode. "Edit Page" and "New Page" have now been replaced with "Publish," "Send For Review," "Save For Later," and "Discard Draft." Next to Discard Draft are "link," "image," and "table." Click "Image."
5. Contribute will ask you whether you want to upload an image "From My Computer," "From Website," or "From the Internet." From My Computer means this an image that you have saved already on your desktop or an image that you have saved somewhere else on your computer hard drive. From Website means this is an image that is already saved on the Loyola website server somewhere on your current website. And finally, From the Internet means this is an image that you want to save from a non-Loyola website.
6. Most often, you will upload a new image that is saved on your desktop, so you will click "From My Computer." When you do this, another window opens asking you to browse to the photo you want to upload. Select the image that you want.
7. If the size of your image is too large to display, Contribute will display a message that says "Contribute decreased the size of the image because it exceeded the size limit set by the website administrator." Click "OK."
8. Next, Contribute will prompt you to enter a Description (ALT Text), which is a description used for visually impaired users of the internet. In this box, please enter a short sentence describing the photo. (For example: a picture of a student studying in the library might be described as "Loyola University new Orleans student studies in the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library") Please use proper names for these descriptions and always make mention of Loyola University New Orleans. After entering a description, click "OK."
9. The image will now appear on the page where you want it to display.

The image is too large. How do I change its size?

1. The image may be larger than you want it to be on the page or may not be next to the paragraph of text where you want it to display. If this is the case, put your mouse cursor on the image and right click.
2. Select "Image Properties." A new window called "Image Properties" will appear. Here you have listed the name of the file, controls for resizing the photo, controls for adding space around the photo, controls to align the photo to the left or to the right on the page. And a control to revise the description (ALT text) for your photo.
3. Change the display width to 200 pixels. When you do this, Contribute will automatically constrain the proportions on your photo so that the height of the photo is properly adjusted and the image still appears as it should without distortion. We recommend photos to be displayed at anywhere between 150 and 250 pixels wide. Use your judgement as to how large you would like the image to appear.

I want the image to appear next to a paragraph of text with the text wrapping around it. How do I do this?

1. Place your mouse cursor at the beginning of the paragraph where you want the photo to be. This will ensure that the paragraph of text is even with the photo you want to display
2. Upload the image you want. (See steps #4-9 from above on uploading images)
3. Once the image is placed, right click on the image and select "Image Properties."
4. Click the dropdown menu for "Alignment" and set the alignment to "Left" or "Right" This will move your photo to the right or left of the paragraph with the text wrapped around it. You may have to do more adjusting to the size of the photo for it to appear as you want it.

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