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How to Insert a Picture / Video

After having created a page.

Scroll down to see the section that comprises the page. These are denoted by the large white circle and arrow. Depending on the page, you may see containers such as SlidesContent Row, or Banner, which are different ways of presenting information on a website.


Expand any segment by clicking the arrow to its left.

Click the content types to pick a specific way you may want the content to be presented

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Pick a content type.

Each content type does something specific on how you would like your content to be displayed. Choose the one that best fits your needs 

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Once a content type is chosen the content bar should appear with a table of icons. 

Click on the icon within the yellow square. This icon is used to add images. 
(If you want to add a video, see below)

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Once you click the photo icon, a pop up should appear that gives you the option to choose/import an image

Click on the image source option to Choose File

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A Choose a file menu should come up on the right-hand side of the screen. You have a couple of options to choose from which are Recent, Starred, Browse, and Upload. Just like the names they each have a different function. 

Recent: Choose an image you've recently used or uploaded

Starred: Choose an image that you have Starred

Browse: Choose an image from different folders of your site. In case you need to use an image already used/uploaded and you cannot find it

Upload: Upload an image from your computer 

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Recent, Starred, and Browse work the same way. Click the option you want and click the Choose button on the top right of the screen. 

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Once the picture is chosen, you can adjust the size.

👉 If you would like to make the size of the image flexible, input a percentage instead of a specific pixel dimension. (Example: 50% will make the pic take up half of the container at any given time)

After that click Ok and the image should appear

Alt-text-adding

This is also the time to add ALT text, or an "image description," as it is refered to in Cascade. ALT text should be a meaningful description of the conveyed image, so as to be accurate and descriptive for accesibility purposes. For a helpful resource regarding ALT text best practices, see this helpful article: "Write helpful Alt Text to describe images" (courtesy of Harvard University)

 

Inserting A Video

Using a similar process as above, it is possible to add videos instead!

Go to wherever your video is uploaded (Youtube, vimeo, etc.) and copy its URL address.

Then, on your chosen Cascade page click the Insert Media button, to the right of the image button.

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Then, simply paste the link to your Youtube (or vimeo, etc) video.

Uploading Images

 

Uploading images is similar to the other methods. Except you will have to upload an image from your computer. 

At the top of the Choose a file panel, click the Upload option 

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After clicking upload, make sure you choose which folder the image is going to be uploaded to first. You have to option to browse the folder of the site. Please use the images folder provided or create your own image folder. 

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Now you are ready to upload your image. You can either drag images to the dotted line rectangle or click the Choose option to choose an image from your computer that is provided. 

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After the image is chosen it is the same as the other options. Choose a size that works and click ok to insert the image where it needs to go.  

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Draggin the corners of your image will allow you to resize as desired.  Or click its options to enter a precise dimension (eg: 300px, or 50%).

Images With Wrapped Text

Wrapping your text requires one to insert styles* into the image properties.

rainbow-sunset-over-organs.JPG← This image has a float style applied, allowing text to wrap around it.  In this case, the picture "floats" left. There is also a margin being applied of 20 pixels on the right so the text doesn't touch the image.

To insert these characteristics to your image, you will need to click the Image icon  , find the Advanced tab, then enter those styles. In this case, they are:

float: left; margin-right: 20px;

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*Manual entry of these "styles" is also accessible through the Source Code source-code-ico. For more information on how to use the float style, consult here: W3 Schools: The Float Property