How to Create a Picture Exhibit

Images must be uploaded to the Web site before they can be used on the Web site. This includes images that will be added to pages, or images that will be used in a picture exhibit. Most of the popular graphic file formats are acceptable. JPEG and GIF are the most common formats used. Images that will be used in a picture exhibit do not need to be resized.

For this exercise we will use a set of JPEG files located in the PLOW folder on the desktop of the PLOW laptop. At your library, download pictures from a digital camera and store them on your local computer or network. Rename the pictures using descriptive file names so it will be easier to add the metadata for each picture.

Create a Folder and Upload Images

1. Log in as an author
2. Navigate to the location you wish to add a folder to
   
3. Click on the Contents tab
4. Click Add Item and select Folder from the list
5. Add this metadata:
   
• Shortname - hyphenated two-word file name
  
• Title - Title of folder
  
• Description - description of folder contents
  
6. Click on the Save button
7. Click on Add Item and select Image from the list
8. Add this metadata:
   
• Shortname - hyphenated two-word title
  
• Title - title of image
  
• Description - description of the picture
  
9. Click on Browse
10. Navigate to the file location on your computer
    
11. Click on the picture name
12. Click on Open
13. Click on the Save button
14. Repeat Steps 7-13 to add more images
    
    

Publish Folder with Images and Change Display

1. Click on your folder name  in the breadcrumbs
2. Click on State:Private and select Advanced from the list
3. Click in the checkbox under Include Folder Items
4. At the bottom of the page, click in the button next to Publish
5. Click on the Save button
6. Click on Display and select Thumbnail View from the list