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====Uploading==== | ====Uploading==== | ||
'''Multiple Files''' | '''Multiple Files''' | ||
[[File:Wordpress-3.7.1-upload-multiple-files.png|thumb|WordPress - Multiple File Uploader]] | |||
To upload several files at once. | To upload several files at once. | ||
*On the left side of the control panel, click Media. | *On the left side of the control panel, click Media. | ||
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*Drag & Drop one or more images from your computer to inside the dashed box, or click the “Select Files” button in the center of the dashed box. Note that below the dashed box is a notification of “Maximum upload file size”. | *Drag & Drop one or more images from your computer to inside the dashed box, or click the “Select Files” button in the center of the dashed box. Note that below the dashed box is a notification of “Maximum upload file size”. | ||
'''Browser Uploader''' | '''Browser Uploader''' | ||
[[File:Wordpress-3.7.1-upload-new-media.png|thumb|WordPress - Browser Uploader]] | |||
If the multi-file uploader is unavailable or exhibiting problems: | If the multi-file uploader is unavailable or exhibiting problems: | ||
*Click the browser uploader link under the dashed box. | *Click the browser uploader link under the dashed box. | ||
*Click the Browse... button, select your file from your computer, and then click Upload. Note the “Maximum upload file size”. | *Click the Browse... button, select your file from your computer, and then click Upload. Note the “Maximum upload file size”. | ||
'''Insert from URL''' | |||
You may add images while you are creating a new post. Click the “Add Media” button above the left top of the text box. You may upload files using the preceding methods or you may '''Insert from URL'''. | You may add images while you are creating a new post. Click the “Add Media” button above the left top of the text box. You may upload files using the preceding methods or you may '''Insert from URL'''. | ||
[[File:Insert_from_URL_-_WordPress.png|thumb|WordPress - Add from URL]] | |||
*Click the Insert from URL link on the left. | *Click the Insert from URL link on the left. | ||
*Type or paste the image's URL into the top box. | *Type or paste the image's URL into the top box. | ||
*Enter a caption under the image, and then the "Alt. Text". | *Enter a caption under the image, and then the "Alt. Text". | ||
*Choose your alignment, then choose what happens when the image is clicked: Go to the original image, go to a custom URL, or nothing. If you click custom URL, type or paste the custom URL into the box provided below it. | *Choose your alignment, then choose what happens when the image is clicked: Go to the original image, go to a custom URL, or nothing. If you click custom URL, type or paste the custom URL into the box provided below it. | ||
*Lastly, click the “Insert into Post” button at bottom right. | *Lastly, click the “Insert into Post” button at bottom right. | ||
==When to use images== | ==When to use images== | ||